Medical
Sciences
List of Courses
GMS
MS 506S Clinical Laboratory Genetics
Prereq: Biology or Genetics course. Teaches the important principles
applied in receiving patient samples, completing appropriate laboratory
cytogenetic and molecular genetic testing for human genetic disease
or identity, and interpreting these disease related results. Class
includes a tour through the laboratory, demonstrations, and presentations.
Lebo. Summer sem, 4 cr.
GMS
MS 552 Presenting Data in Biomedicine
Prereq: some computer skills and basic understanding of the Internet.
Presents a survey of how personal computers and online computing
resources can be used as a communication tool in a medical/biotechnical
research environment. Topics include communications design, acquisition
and presentation of experimental data, online resources, the role
of the Internet and the Web as research tools, and copyright issues.
Hands-on laboratory assignments and projects include Web site creation
(including basic HTML programming), slide show creation, and Inter-net
searches on specified topics. Abruzzese. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
GMS
MS 610 Ethico-legal Issues of Bioscience
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course examines evolving
ethical and legal issues in the biosciences. Students will study
existing laws and legal cases pertaining to topics such as genetic
testing, gene therapy, and forensic uses of DNA. Class discussions,
student presentations, case analyses and in-class lectures will be
supplemented with online activities as well as the composition of
a legal brief. Yashon . 4 cr, 1 st sem.
GMS
MS 700 Elementary Biostatistics
Topics include collection, classification, and presentation of descriptive
data; the rationale of hypothesis testing; experimental design; t-tests;
simple correlation analysis; and analysis of contingency tables. Special
attention is directed to the ability to recognize and interpret statistical
procedures in articles from current literature. Killiany. 2
cr, 1st & 2nd sem.
GMS
MS 703 Neuroscience
Prereq: consent of instructor. Integrated treatment of anatomy
and physiology of the nervous system. In anatomy classes, brains and
spinal cords are dissected and microscope slides examined to study
cytology and projections of neurons. Other practical classes and demonstrations
cover physiology, neurology, opthamology and otolaryngology. Sandell.
4cr, 2nd sem.
GMS
MS 706 Introduction to Computer Applications
in Health Care and Biomedicine
Prereq:
consent of instructor. An overview of the field of medical
informatics, combining perspectives from medicine, computer science
and social science. Use of computers and information in health care
and the biomedical sciences, covering specific applications and general
methods, current issues, capabilities and limitations of medical informatics.
Medical Informatics studies the organization of medical information,
the effective management of information using computer technology,
and the impact of
such technology on medical research, education, and patient care.
The field explores techniques for assessing current information
practices, determining the information needs of health care and biomedical
research professionals and other workers and patients, developing
systems using computer technology, and evaluation of the impact of
these systems. The course covers a wide range of medical informatics
applications relevant for health care delivery organizations, governmental
agencies, biomedical researchers, and commercial entities. The course
provides a comprehensive overview of major medical informatics techniques
aimed to optimize the use of information in order to improve the quality
of health care, reduce cost, provide better education for providers
and patients, and to conduct medical research more effectively.
Bickmore . 4 cr, 2 nd sem.
GMS
MS 711 Research
Seminar in Medical Informatics
Prereq:
consent of instructor. The goal of this course will be to
provide students with experience in the reading and evaluation of
recent scientific publications that may be pertinent to the development
and assessment in computer applications for health care and biomedicine.
The course will be in a seminar format. It will consist of the
evaluation of assigned readings of recent literature that may be relevant
to the field of medical informatics that might be expected to lead
to further computer use in medicine and biology. This format will
provide an opportunity to learn to critically evaluate medical informatics
literature and to develop oral presentation skills essential to function
as a leader in medical informatics projects. Bickmore. 2
cr, 1 st sem.
GMS
MS 753 Cell Biology
Prereq: consent of instructor. Morphology of organelles, biochemical
consideration of receptors, responses to extra-cellular matrices,
vesicles within the cell, and secretion; regulation of gene expression.
Behavior of cells in culture and the cell cycle. Cellular differentiation,
embryogenesis, biochemistry of fertilization, cell movement, and control
of cell differentiation. Fine. 4 cr, 1st sem.
GMS
MS 781 Introduction to Human Genetics
Prereq: general biology, genetics, biochemistry, cell biology,
molecular genetics or the equivalent, and consent of instructor. Teaches
the basic principles and research methods of human genetics, including
the study of genes at the molecular, chromosomal, organisimal, and
population levels. Emphasis is on classical genetic examples in human
disease. Applications of the technology in gene identification, genetic
testing, and forensic science are presented. Farrer 4 cr, 1st
sem.
GMS
MS 783,784 Molecular Basis of Neurologic
Diseases
Molecular mechanisms of stroke, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease,
Alzheimer's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy,
and neoplasia reconsidered. Fundamentals and current research of molecular
biology are reviewed. Current publication seminar discussion is held
with student participation. Distinguished guest speakers give keynote
lectures monthly. Abraham 2 cr each sem, year course.
