Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular semester. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the Student Link for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• GMS MS 795: Biomedical Laboratory Techniques or Essential Biomedical Techniques
  This course will focus on the fundamental laboratory skills that students need to prepare for a career in the biomedical sciences. The course emphasizes both the theoretical and applied aspects of basic methodologies in research. The course is reinforced with applied, hands-on laboratory sessions that would provide practical experience in the topics covered in the preceding lectures. The small class size ensures that all students are provided with adequate hands-on time and adequate time for interaction with course instructors. The course will focus on providing students with a set of basic laboratory skills such as safety practices, laboratory mathematics, documentation, and good laboratory ethics. Students will also be educated in research methodology, data analysis, and data presentation. Topics covered include solution chemistry; protein extraction and detection using Western blot and ELISA; the basic principles of immunohistochemistry; cell culture basics; and RNA extraction. fall, 4cr
• GMS MS 800: Microbes and Methods: Selected topics in outbreak investigations
  This course provides an overview of the important concepts fundamental to the understanding, design, and conduct of infectious disease outbreak investigations. The course will cover three aspects of outbreaks: 1. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of selected infectious diseases. 2. Methodological issues related to investigating an outbreak. 3. Practical aspects of outbreak investigations (including communicating risk to the public). The course will address common causes of outbreaks in this country (such as diarrheal/foodborne and respiratory diseases and outbreaks in hospitals). Issues pertinent to outbreak investigations in the developing world are also discussed. The course format consists of a series of lectures by faculty and guests, discussion sessions, hands-on experience with outbreak investigation data, and directed readings from the current literature. 2 cred.
• GMS MS 970: Directed Study
  
• GMS MS 971: Rel MED Sci
  Var cr
• GMS MS 972: Rel MED Sci
  Var cr
• GMS MS 981: Certified Full Time-With Courses
  0 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 982: Certified Full Time-With Courses
  0 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 983: Continuing Study-Part Time
  0 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 984: Continuing Study-Part Time
  0 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 985: Continuing Study-Full Time (no courses)
  0 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 986: Continuing Study-Full Time (no courses)
  0 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 988: Cont Study Cpt
  
• GMS NE 570: Introduction to Computational Vision (Meets with ENG BE 570)
  Introductory course in biological visual neuroscience and computational vision. Provides a survey of the psychophysical, neuroanatomical and neurophysiological substrates of visual mechanisms underlying perception of visual motion, depth, objects, and space and of decision making mechanisms. Discussion of theoretical, explanatory, paradigms for these visual mechanisms. Topics addressed include psychophysics, methods from single cell recording physiology and low field potentials (LFP),multimodal imaging and computational modeling of various visual tasks and their modulation by attention. We will briefly address learning mechanisms and their relationship to brain plasticity. A term project is required for graduate credit. 4 cr.
• GMS NE 700: Prin of Neuro 1
  
• GMS NE 701: Prin of Neuro 2
  
• GMS NE 710: Neural Plasticity and Perceptual Learning (meets with ENG BE 710)
  This course explores the capacity of cortical sensory and motor maps in the adult brain to change as a result of laterations in the effectiveness of the input, direct damage, or practice. The lectures will describe and discuss (1) the physiology and anatomy underlying adult dynamics; (2) psychophysical methods and experimental paradigms that have been used to study cortical plasticity in the early stages of the sensory and motor pathways; (3) evidence for perceptual learning; and (4) biologically plausible computational models of learning. We will discuss application of functional neuroimaging to study perceptual learning and restorative plasticity in the human brain. a semester-long project is required. There will be 3 hours lecture/week and 1 hour of discussion of relevant papers and progress on the semester-long project.
• GMS NU 601: Mol Nutrition 2
  
• GMS NU 610: Research Methods in Medical Nutrition Sciences
  Prereq Medical Nutrition Sciences, Statistical Methods, consent of instructor. This course examines research approaches and techniques used in medical nutrition research in a variety of settings: basic and laboratory investigation; nutritional epidemiology; population and individualized clinical re-search trials; population-based nutrition promotion or educational campaigns; and community nutrition interventions and programs. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• GMS NU 620: Clinical Nutrition Research
  The course focuses on the impact of nutrition and related exposures a wide range of clinical health outcomes. Students will study current concepts and methods in human nutrition research, including issues in the design and conduct of clinical and translational studies of nutrition-related exposures and outcomes. The class will familiarize students with important and controversial topics in the field, including those related to major clinical outcomes such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, bone health, gastrointestinal disorders, and cancer. 3 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS NU 700: Nutrition and Metabolism Seminar
  Students learn the principles of presenting an effective scientific talk, including the use of PowerPoint to create appropriate and effective slides. In consultation with course faculty, each student selects a topic and two related key papers and then develops three presentations over the course of the semester within the class. Using feedback provided after each practice talk, students present their final public research seminar talk at the end of the semester. The course also expands knowledge of topics in nutrition and metabolism. Var cr, Spring sem.

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