Greetings,
I am happy to share with you brief descriptions of 3 of the many elective offerings for spring 2010. PH 250  and PH 451 have not been offered in the past several years and have been redesigned to better meet your needs. PH 451 is a new offering that I think you will enjoy tremendously.

PH 250 Issues in Women’s Health:
This course is designed as a complete overview of women’s health from physiological to socio-economic issues. Therapeutics areas such as contraception, menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause will be covered. Specific cancers and infectious diseases that pertain to women will be discussed, along with gender differences in research and financial circumstances affecting the family unit. In addition, the social impact of abuse and body image will be related to a woman’s well being.
Friday 9AM -11:50AM

PH 451 Pharmaceuticals in Nature:
This course will focus on pharmacologically active “natural “products including the most popular clinically relevant herbal products (focusing on those found in the local environment). Pharmacists face in many challenges in delivering patient centered care to patients who use these products; therefore a greater understanding of a products mechanism of action, side effects, potential interactions and contraindications is needed. Concepts in the area of naturopathic medicine, alternative and complementary medicine and homeopathy will be discussed. Filed trips to search for and identify pharmaceuticals in their indigenous environment (proximate to the metropolitan area) will account for one half of the time allotment for this course. (3 credits, Spring)
Tues 12PM-1:50PM
Wed 1PM -1:50PM

PH 471 Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine:
This course will cover an introduction to the history of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, including a basic review of mechanisms of gene expression and gene regulation along with basic genetic concepts. Other topics that will be presented include genomic technologies including DNA sequencing, microarrays, and the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR). These technologies will be discussed in the specific context of drug discovery and development, and in human genotyping of genes involved in drug metabolism and transport. Students will be given the opportunity to review current case studies or examples of pharmacogenomics and drug responses. (3 credits, Spring)
Tues 12PM-1:50PM
Wed 1PM -1:50PM

Lorraine A. Cicero,
Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs