Course Listing
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, 1st sem, Fall.
GMS MS 621 Bench to Bedside: Translating Biomedical Innovation from Laboratory to the Marketplace
Prereq: consent of instructor.
Life Science graduate students interested in translating their research to the commercial marketplace, or those interested in transitioning to intellectual property management will gain the ability to assess technologies for their commerical potential. Students will also gain an understanding of intellectual property and licensing and experience with the core aspects of planning, creating and funding new entrepreneurial ventures.
Stevens. 4 cr, Fall.
GMS CI 660 Good Clinical Practices in Clinical Research
Prereq: consent of instructor.
Introduces regulatory responsibilities of sponsors, monitors, and investigators conducting clinical trials. Practical information and exercises are designed on GCP compliance fro m an industrial perspective. Topics include: selecting qualified investigators; obtaining ethical approval for patients, and initiating sites successfully. Group discussions and guest speakers help students learn practical skills.
Oommen. 4 cr, Summer.
GMS CI 680 Legal/Ethical Issues in Clinical Research
Prereq: consent of instructor
Students examine the development and implementation of regulatory as well as ethical issues involved with conducting clinical trials. Topics covered include: protection of human subjects, privacy and confidentiality, conflicts of interest, negativity toward clinical trials, research on vulnerable subjects, genetic testing and genetic research. Also included are discussions of current ethical issues in clinical research within the media.
Yashon. 2 cr, Summer.
GMS MM 710 Molecules to Molecular Therapeutics
Prereq: consent of the instructor.
This course is designed to provide instruction in all aspects of the translation of basic research observations into clinical applications, using a case study model. The first case study will focus on sickle cell anemia. Lectures will review the molecular genetics of the disease and explore animal models for study of sickle cell anemia and will include laboratory exercises as appropriate.
The course will address treatment strategies for sickle cell disease, including pharmacologic manipulation of globin gene expression, structural biology and rational drug design, and gene therapy. Additional topics related to clinical trials development will be covered including ethical issues, regulatory affairs, statistical considerations in clinical research, and outcome analysis. Required of all molecular medicine graduate students.
Steinberg. 4 cr, 2nd sem, Spring.
GMS AN 715 Professional Skills for Students in the Biomedical Sciences
Prereq: consent of instructor.
This course discusses many of the professional skills and ethical issues that are part of an academic biomedical career. Some of the topics include funding mechanisms, determination of authorship, intellectual property, conflict of interest, human and animal subject protection, reviewing responsibilities and mentoring.
Sandell. 2 cr, 2nd sem, Spring.
GMS PM 730 Introduction to Medical Pharmacology
Prereq: consent of instructor.
Principles of pharmacology are covered and several major classes of therapeutic agents, with attention to their mechanisms of action. Issues of current and future concern in medical pharmacology are addressed including problems of drug abuse, the ethics of human experimentation, the pricing of new drugs, and new biotechnological approaches to drug design and development.
Walsh, staff. 4 cr, 1st sem, Fall.
GMS PM 800 Advanced General Pharmacology
Prereq: consent of instructor.
Lectures and discussions on the major classes of pharmacologic agents, with special attetnion to molecular, cellular, and physiologial mechanisms of therapeutic effects.
Boyde, staff. 2 cr, 1st sem, Fall.
SPH EP 712 Epidemiologic Methods [http://sph.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=83]
This course covers the same materials as the EP 711 core course, but does so in greater depth, with more emphasis on methodologic issues, and increased focus on critical assessment of contemporary substantive epidemiologic research.
This course is intende for students who have interest in a more intensive exploration of the basic principles of epidemiology, with greater rigor and with a quantitative orientation. This course is recommened for students who intend to concentrate in Epidemiology or Biostatistics and others whose public health interests entail quantitative skills.
Brooks, 4 cr.
SPH BS 771 Topics in Biostatistics [http://sph.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=66]
This seminar provides a platform for a variety of biostatistical topics to be discussed at the intermediate level. Topics may include newly developed methods, or topics may consider in more depth issues that are only briefly discussed in other courses.
Faculty, 4 cr.
SPH HS 806 The Biotechnology Industry
The biotechnology industry is undergoing dramatic growth, sparked by advances in genomics and proteomics. This course provides an overview of the industry, its history and relaton to pharmaceuticals and its importance to health care.
Topics include the human genome project; drug discovery and development; pharmacoeconomics, FDA regulation of drugs and biologic; venture capital and IPOs; patents and intellectual property, entrepreneurship in biotech; and a future outlook for the industry.
Coit, 4 cr.
GMS CI 791 Directed Studies in Clinical Investigation
Directed study provides the opportunity for students to explore a special topic of interest under the direction of a MACI faculty member. Students may register for 2 credits of directed study by submitting a paper registration form, after the MACI faculty member has agreed to work with the student on a specific project. Directed studies with a non-MACI faculty member or adjunct member must first be approved by and assigned to the Director or Assistant Director of MACI as Faculty Sponsor.
Please Note:
A wide variety of research related courses is available through the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences and Boston University Medical Campus. The complete course catalog for the Division is available at http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms. Please be sure to consult with your advisor before registering for any elective courses.
