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Introduction to vaccines- discuss the basics of vaccines, including vaccines of infectious diseases vs. cancer vaccines and effective methods of vaccine delivery to achieve long-term memory immune response. Gene therapy- gene therapy for single gene disorders, cancer gene therapy, failures, and successes of gene therapies with current clinical status of cancer gene therapy. Immunotherapy- cancer immunotherapy, pros and cons of cancer immunotherapy, current status, and future targets for improvement. Drug development- drugs for cancer therapy, cellular targets of drugs for cancer therapy, and assays for drug screening and validation. Drug delivery- nanoparticles for drug delivery, exosomes, and cell membrane `vesicles for developing biomimetic nano delivery vehicles for drug delivery to overcome immune system.
MED 260: Need Finding in Healthcare
Open to School of Medicine-affiliated graduate students (MD and MSPA). NO prior engineering background necessary. Introduction to the Biodesign innovation process for patient-centered medical technology development, centered on the role of clinicians in identifying and supporting medical innovation. Curriculum will cover the role of primary observations, need validation, interviews, need research. Students will get experience generating actionable need statements and need specification documents that could be used to support future innovation.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Callaghan, M. (PI)
;
Fan, R. (PI)
MED 261: Leadership in Health Equity and Community Engagement: Creating New Educational Opportunities
Creating Capacity in Community Engagement Medical Education is a new course for first/second-year medical students with an interest in both community health and medical education. In a small group, faculty-facilitated setting, students will design and develop the foundational structure for a new scholarly application in the area of health equity and community engagement leadership. Additionally, students will work collaboratively with community engagement, public health, and diversity, equity, inclusion faculty members to create a new health equity and community engagement leadership course to be launched in Spring 2021. Activities will include reviewing other similar courses at peer medical schools, assessing medical education needs around these topic areas from peers, creating a syllabus and identifying key content areas, designing interactive small-group activities, and inviting health equity and community engagement practitioner guest speakers. Instructor/s permission is required. Prerequisite:
INDE 201: Practice of Medicine I.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
MED 262: Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries (ECON 127, HRP 227)
Application of economic paradigms and empirical methods to health improvement in lower-income countries. Emphasis is on unifying analytic frameworks and evaluation of empirical evidence. How economic views differ from public health, medicine, and epidemiology; analytic paradigms for health and population change; the demand for health; the role of health in international development. Prerequisites:
ECON 50 and
ECON 102B.
Last offered: Spring 2021
MED 265: Digital Health Tech Entrepreneurship: From Concept to Market
"Digital Health Tech Entrepreneurship: From Concept to Market" offers a deep dive into the multifaceted universe of health tech innovation. Over a ten-week span, this course systematically takes students through the critical phases of building a successful health tech startup: from understanding the overarching ecosystem and identifying gaps ripe for disruption to building effective teams, crafting robust business models, and navigating the complexities of venture capital specific to the healthcare industry. Led by a diverse group of industry veterans, venture capitalists, and academic experts, participants will engage in real-world case studies, interactive discussions, and hands-on exercises. Attendance is mandatory and students are expected to actively participate in class.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Caissie, R. (PI)
;
Schulman, K. (PI)
MED 266: Literacy: A Fundamental Human Right Toward Health and Advocacy
This is a Community Engaged learning seminar style course that meets once a week for an hour and a half. We will have seminar discussions and readings related to local health literacy issues, and the systemic factors affecting health literacy through collaborative problem-solving processes through course readings and community engagement experiences. Emphasis will be on active learning, with assignments calling for data gathering through interaction with community members to explore and address these issues for more positive health outcomes. The course is open to pre-clinical medical, undergraduate and graduate students. No prerequisites.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Gabali, C. (PI)
MED 267: Professional Ethics Across Sectors (ETHICSOC 277)
Ethics arise in many aspects of professional life and work environments, whether in corporations, government, the academy, or non-profit organizations. Leaders face increasing challenge internally and externally as well. Age-old challenges from racism to inability to weather scandal persist, but with expanded scope and increased urgency. Technology now infuses almost every ethical challenge. Sectors are porous. Attempts to silo ethics inevitably fail: Ethical mishaps in one sector, or one part of an organization, spread quickly to the others. This course will consider one sector at each class session: corporate; government; the academy; and non-profit organizations. A final session will explore individual leadership irrespective of sector. Prominent guests will join certain sessions for interactive discussion. Class meets on 3/28, 4/4, 4/18, 5/2, 5/16.
Last offered: Spring 2023
MED 268: Tackling Asian-American Health Challenges (ASNAMST 268)
Why do certain diseases like hepatitis B affect Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs) disproportionately? How can public policy advance health equity among ethnic groups? Weekly lectures examine health challenges endemic to the API community, recognizing underreported health issues in a prevalent ethnic demographic. Students will emerge with an understanding of topics including stigmas attached to traditional medicine, prevalent diseases in APIs, API health politics, and cultural/linguistic barriers that health professionals encounter. Guest speakers include professionals from the Ravenswood Family Health Center, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, Hep B Free, the Stanford School of Medicine, etc.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Lin, B. (PI)
;
Palaniappan, L. (PI)
MED 269A: Health Equity and Social Justice - SC Core FoundationsCourse
This SC Core Foundations Course focuses on engaging core concepts of social justice & health equity in order to build a foundation for change. Over 10 weeks, students will engage in critical self-reflection, discourse, and activities that strengthen their ability to examine intersections of medicine and oppressive ideological and structural frameworks that produce health inequities. This course will draw heavily from a number of theoretical frameworks, including critical race theory, liberatory consciousness, and equity pedagogy, amongst others to realize the Equity First model. Note: This course is required for Track A of the HE&SJ Scholarly concentration. Students not enrolled in the scholarly concentration may enroll in the course after obtaining the course director's consent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Richmond, S. (PI)
MED 269B: Health Equity and Social Justice - SC Core Skills Course
This Health Equity and Social Justice - SC Core Skills Course focuses on building core skills necessary to effectively engage in social justice & health equity change work. During this 10-week course, students will acquire tools & strategies for creating change toward health justice while applying frameworks learned in
Med269A. Students will work individually and in groups to understand real-world problems and begin to cultivate their own change agent identity. A practicum project will be introduced early in this course as an instrument to help students bring into focus a specific area of interest.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Richmond, S. (PI)
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