Undergraduate Courses
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BI 10 Race in Science, Medicine and Public Health (Professor Braun)
The use of racial categories in medicine and public health is currently the subject of intense scholarly and public debate. This seminar will take an interdisciplinary approach and international perspective on these debates by examining: the role of science in the production of knowledge about race and racism; how concepts of race and racism have changed over time; and the ways in which race and racism have shaped science, medicine, and public health.
BI 30 Endocrinology (Professors Messerlian, Morris, and Canick)
A basic examination of endocrinology with emphasis on hormone biosynthesis, mechanism of action, physiological roles, and endocrine pathology. Topics include mechanism of action of steroid, amine, and peptide hormones; neuroendocrinology; reproductive endocrinology; and endocrinology of metabolism and calcium homeostasis.
BI 129 Cancer Biology (Professor Zhitkovich)
This course is designed to provide conceptual understanding of molecular events underlying the development of human cancer. The main focus of this course will be on the genetic changes leading to the neoplastic transformation of cells. The course will cover several major areas of cancer biology such as cell cycle control, DNA damage and repair, mutagenesis, tumor immunology, metastasis, cancer chemotherapy and drug resistance. Each topic will be introduced in 1-2 lectures followed by a discussion session of primary publications. detailed description
BI 182 Environmental Health and Disease (Professor Hixon)
The focus of this course is on fundamental concepts relating to the adverse effects of chemical agents on human health. Topics include dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, mechanisms of toxicity, and the effects of selected environmental toxicants on organ systems. Many of these concepts will be reinforced through the use of a case-study approach where a pertinent environmental issue is incorporated into the ongoing lectures. detailed description
BI 187 Techniques in Pathobiology (Professors McMillan and Jackson)
This is a methodology course featuring laboratory and lecture instruction in established and leading-edge technologies. Examples: flow cytometry (multi-parameter analysis, cell sorting, DNA analysis, apoptosis analysis); molecular biology (PCR, in situ hybridization, southern blotting, cytogenetics, gene cloning, bioinformatics); digital imaging (image acquisition, processing and analysis); light microscopy (confocal, immuno-histochemistry); transmission electron microscopy (immuno/lectin/enzyme cytochemistry); scanning electron microscopy (including x-ray microanalysis).
BI 192 / AF 178 Colonialism, Imperialism and Public Health in Africa: Past and Present (Professor Braun)
This interdisciplinary course will address the epistemological dimensions of public health in changing imperial contexts in Africa, focusing on several key questions. What are the consequences of imperial science, as materialized in public health theories and practices, for the production of knowledge about peoples, their lives, and their health? What was the specific role of public health in producing knowledge about race, racial difference, and disease. Woven into each topic will be an interrogation of the history of the ways in which theories of race and disease causality informed and were informed by the social order and how these theories were contested.
BI 214 Principles in Experimental Surgery (Professors Harper and Goddard)
An introduction to the principles and practice of surgery, sterile technique, anesthesia, and laboratory animal care. Intended to provide highly supervised, hands-on experience in techniques for humane handling and surgical management of experimental animal subjects. Emphasizes surgical technique, anesthesia technique and laboratory animal medicine.
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BI 10 Race in Science, Medicine and Public Health (Professor Braun)
The use of racial categories in medicine and public health is currently the subject of intense scholarly and public debate. This seminar will take an interdisciplinary approach and international perspective on these debates by examining: the role of science in the production of knowledge about race and racism; how concepts of race and racism have changed over time; and the ways in which race and racism have shaped science, medicine, and public health.
BI 30 Endocrinology (Professors Messerlian, Morris, and Canick)
A basic examination of endocrinology with emphasis on hormone biosynthesis, mechanism of action, physiological roles, and endocrine pathology. Topics include mechanism of action of steroid, amine, and peptide hormones; neuroendocrinology; reproductive endocrinology; and endocrinology of metabolism and calcium homeostasis.
BI 129 Cancer Biology (Professor Zhitkovich)
This course is designed to provide conceptual understanding of molecular events underlying the development of human cancer. The main focus of this course will be on the genetic changes leading to the neoplastic transformation of cells. The course will cover several major areas of cancer biology such as cell cycle control, DNA damage and repair, mutagenesis, tumor immunology, metastasis, cancer chemotherapy and drug resistance. Each topic will be introduced in 1-2 lectures followed by a discussion session of primary publications. detailed description
BI 182 Environmental Health and Disease (Professor Hixon)
The focus of this course is on fundamental concepts relating to the adverse effects of chemical agents on human health. Topics include dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, mechanisms of toxicity, and the effects of selected environmental toxicants on organ systems. Many of these concepts will be reinforced through the use of a case-study approach where a pertinent environmental issue is incorporated into the ongoing lectures. detailed description
BI 187 Techniques in Pathobiology (Professors McMillan and Jackson)
This is a methodology course featuring laboratory and lecture instruction in established and leading-edge technologies. Examples: flow cytometry (multi-parameter analysis, cell sorting, DNA analysis, apoptosis analysis); molecular biology (PCR, in situ hybridization, southern blotting, cytogenetics, gene cloning, bioinformatics); digital imaging (image acquisition, processing and analysis); light microscopy (confocal, immuno-histochemistry); transmission electron microscopy (immuno/lectin/enzyme cytochemistry); scanning electron microscopy (including x-ray microanalysis).
BI 192 / AF 178 Colonialism, Imperialism and Public Health in Africa: Past and Present (Professor Braun)
This interdisciplinary course will address the epistemological dimensions of public health in changing imperial contexts in Africa, focusing on several key questions. What are the consequences of imperial science, as materialized in public health theories and practices, for the production of knowledge about peoples, their lives, and their health? What was the specific role of public health in producing knowledge about race, racial difference, and disease. Woven into each topic will be an interrogation of the history of the ways in which theories of race and disease causality informed and were informed by the social order and how these theories were contested.
BI 214 Principles in Experimental Surgery (Professors Harper and Goddard)
An introduction to the principles and practice of surgery, sterile technique, anesthesia, and laboratory animal care. Intended to provide highly supervised, hands-on experience in techniques for humane handling and surgical management of experimental animal subjects. Emphasizes surgical technique, anesthesia technique and laboratory animal medicine.