Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods.This four-week sub-internship level outpatient course will provide an immersive outpatient family medicine experience, with emphasis on evaluation and development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Residency. Please contact Katherine Miller at Katherine_Miller@hms.harvard.edu at the time of enrollment to discuss site options.Students will be placed in community\u2026\n
Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods.This four-week sub-internship level outpatient course will provide an immersive outpatient family medicine experience, with emphasis on evaluation and development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Residency. Please contact Katherine Miller at Katherine_Miller@hms.harvard.edu at the time of enrollment to discuss site options.Students will be placed in community\u2026\n
Summary: This course examines genetic principles and experimental approaches to address fundamental questions about human variation, health, and disease. Students have clinical opportunities to see how genetic information is used in a wide variety of clinical settings (see clinical experiences). Lab experiences are geared to informing students how massively parallel sequencing and DNA arrays are used in the clinic to diagnose rare disorders, to determine carrier status for recessive\u2026\n
Summary: The basic science of immunology has resulted in an impressive array of new therapies over the past decade that have dramatically changed clinical outcomes in a wide range of diseases. Using four fundamental concepts as a framework (B cell development and antibody function, antigen processing and presentation, activation and regulation of adaptive immunity, and cell-cell communication), this course will examine the immunologic foundations underpinning the rapid expansion of\u2026\n
To achieve effective bench-to-bedside translation of research findings, it is essential to understand the fundamentals of the basic science that leads to discoveries and how they may be applied to enhance clinical care. This course will comprise of interactive didactic sessions including lectures and case-based learning to provide an introduction to model systems used commonly in the conduct of translational research with emphasis on the benefits and limitations of different systems.\u2026\n
In HMX Fundamentals Physiology, you\u2019ll learn essential principles underlying how the human body functions, and see how this knowledge comes into play in real-world scenarios and in clinical settings from the intensive care unit to the cardiac catheterization lab.This is a fully online course. Students registering for this course will be automatically enrolled by HMX and will receive a confirmation email from onlinelearning@hms.harvard.edu three days prior to the HMX course start date. All\u2026\n
This course provides clinical researchers with the skills to thoughtfully incorporate genetic studies into their research programs and clinical practice. The course focuses primarily on the use of genetic association methods to identify variants associated with disease risk in unrelated individuals and family-based studies. Students will learn foundational concepts in population genetics, eg: linkage disequilibrium and population stratification; frameworks for the design of rigorous genetic\u2026\n
This course extends the topics introduced in Design and Analytics II (part A) and further integrates key epidemiological concepts in clinical applications with the aim of performing high-quality clinical research. This course will cover 1) Evaluation of screening tests and risk prediction methods, and 2) Common biases in clinical research, presented through an epidemiologic as well as causal inference framework.The course emphasizes critical thinking and practical applications. Students will\u2026\n
All students are required to complete a thesis at the end of the mentored research experience. The research is conducted at an HMS-affiliated hospital, where the student's HMS faculty mentor maintains principal responsibility for the conduct of all aspects of the research. With rare exception, all mentors are at the Assistant Professor or higher rank. Prospective mentors are reviewed and approved by the program to ensure an appropriate research and training\u2026\n
This is a continuation of the IMM 703A course. Students will study research from the invited speakers of the Immunology departmental seminar the week before it occurs. Students will have multiple opportunities to improve their oral presentation and paper analysis skills which will form the bulk of the assessment for the course.
\nStudents will work closely with a Harvard Medical School faculty advisor in pursuing research in either Basic or Clinical Immunology. The advisor supervises the research project at the lab with which s/he is affiliated, and students are expected to analyze data, write and defend a thesis.
\nThe course will introduce strategies to understand and implement mixed quantitative and qualitative methods in global health research. Content will cover theoretical as well as practical aspects of implementing mixed methods research in health care delivery. Material for the course will be based on standard text(s) in Mixed Methods research as well as case studies. The class will be run as a graduate seminar, including lectures and classroom discussions, as well as small group work. The\u2026\n
This is an advanced writing lab exploring the intersections of narrative, structural violence, and global health justice. Students develop publication-ready pieces across narrative, podcast, and advocacy formats through weekly sessions combining interactive lectures with hands-on labs. Using case studies students engage collaborative writing exercises, live role-play scenarios, and crisis simulations. This course integrates frameworks from practitioners and scholars of global health including\u2026\n