Pathophysiology describes changes in physiology resulting in disease or injury. A solid understanding of normal physiology is necessary before attempting the study of abnormal situations. The course emphasizes the "mechanistic" approach to pathophysiology, i.e., A-B-C, rather that the symptom-diagnosis-treatment approach. Multiple examples, case studies and procedural videos are presented with a discussion of what they do well and where improvements can be made.
The mission of the Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Biomedical Engineering is to exploit the natural interdependence of science and engineering...read more