Drugs and Disease: Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics
X400 (2 semester units in Molecular and Cell Biology)
This course introduces you to the basic principles of pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. You gain a basic understanding of how the body and drugs interact, including how genetic variation gives rise to different responses to drugs. Topics include drug ADMET, methods for quantitative analysis, and study designs. Discussions have an industrial as well as academic focus. This course benefits students and professionals in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, healthcare and allied medical fields, academia, and other fields requiring a broad understanding of drugs, genetics, and their possible interactions.
Suggested prerequisites: College chemistry, physiology, genetics, and math (algebra and some calculus), as well as an understandings of drugs, are recommended.
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Sat. Oct. 4, San Francisco
MARCO SORANI, Ph.D., has over 15 years of experience in academic research and industry. He has taught graduate students at UCSF, and has taught and mentored professionals at companies such as Accenture and Oracle. He has also been active in raising awareness for medical research through several non-profit organizations.
- 4 meetings
- Oct. 4 to Nov. 1: Sat., 9 am-5 pm (no meeting Oct. 18)
- San Francisco: Room 811, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $595 (EDP 408203)
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