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MED 1A
Leadership in Multicultural Health
Designed for undergraduates serving as staff for the Stanford Medical Youth Science Summer Residential Program (SRP). Structured opportunitie to learn, observe, participate in, and evaluate leadership development, multicultural health theories and practices, and social advocacy. Utilizes service learning as a pedagogical approach to developing an understanding of the intersections between identit.... More Description for MED 1A
Terms: 2015-2016 Spring | Units: 2 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
MED 1B
Identity, Power and Privilege in Multicultural Health
An independent study service learning course designed to develop students' understanding of the intersection between identity, power, privilege, and disparities (health, education, environment). Students submit a written reflective term paper based on their experience as staff for the Summer Residential Program as well as their understanding of how constructs of identity, power and privilege impac.... More Description for MED 1B
Terms: 2015-2016 Autumn | Units: 1 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: NED, J. (PI)
MED 10SC
Responses to the AIDS Epidemic
This course focuses on the HIV epidemic, contrasting the origin and spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa and the emergence of HIV in the U.S., in particular the history of HIV in San Francisco and the Bay Area. We will meet the people and visit the institutions which played key roles in the Public Health prevention, care, and treatment of HIV in San Francisco and consider the impact of HIV globally .... More Description for MED 10SC
MED 27SI
Alternative Spring Break: Healthcare of Underserved Communities in Central California
Pre-field group directed reading for Alternative Spring Break: Healthcare of Underserved Communities in Central California.
Terms: 2015-2016 Winter | Units: 1 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors: Garcia, G. (PI)
MED 28SI
Alternative Spring Break: Health Accessibililty
Alternative Spring Break class. Pre-field course for students participating in the Health Accessibility Alternative Spring Break trip. Focuses on the Bay Area and the current state of the U.S. healthcare system, how it has developed, and how it can be transformed to ensure greater accessibility for all.
Terms: 2015-2016 Winter | Units: 1 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
MED 50N
Translating Science to Disease Treatment
Investigates how scientific research informs how physicians take care of patients and how clinical research informs how scientific experiments are conducted. Topics include how these two processes have improved health and have resulted in innovation and scientic progress; specific human disease areas in allergy and immunology that affect all ages of patients globally, including food allergy; scien.... More Description for MED 50N
Terms: 2015-2016 Winter | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
MED 50Q
Respiration
Preference to sophomores. Topics include: the biological basis for use of oxygen for aerobic metabolism in animals, human lung physiology and pathophysiology, comparative physiology of respiration in fish, birds and mammals, new insights into mammalian lung development, current challenges in human respiratory health including air pollution and lung cancer. Student presentations on specific topics .... More Description for MED 50Q
Terms: 2015-2016 Autumn | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Kao, P. (PI)
MED 51Q
Palliative Medicine, Hospice and End of Life Care for Diverse Americans
Introduces students to changing demographics of the aging and dying population in the United States. Topics include current issues in palliative medicine, hospice and end-of-life care for an increasingly diverse population. Includes simulated video case studies, real patient case discussions and collaborative field project. Application required.
Terms: 2015-2016 Spring | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Periyakoil, V. (PI)
MED 70Q
Cancer and the Immune System
Preference to sophomores. Myths and facts surrounding the idea that the immune system is capable of recognizing malignant cells. The biological basis and function of effector arms of the immune system; how these mechanisms may be used to investigate the biological basis and potential therapy of cancer. How the immune system functions.
Terms: 2015-2016 Spring | Units: 2 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Negrin, R. (PI)
MED 71N
Hormones in a Performance-Enhanced Society
(Formerly 117Q) Prefersnce to freshmen. Explores how the availability of hormone therapy has affected various aspects of daily lives. Topics include the controversies concerning menopause and its treatment; use of hormones in athletics; cosmetic use of hormones to enhance growth, strength, and libido; use of hormones as anti-aging drugs; and how the hormone system has influenced our notions of gen.... More Description for MED 71N
Terms: 2015-2016 Winter | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Hoffman, A. (PI)
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