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Tumor Biology Training Program

Course Offerings

A single page of all course descriptions is available here.

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Fall Semester

TBIO-508: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Transformed Cell (4 credits)
TBIO-513, 514: Clinical Conference on Breast Cancer (1 credit)
TBIO-525: Cancer Genetics (3 credits)
TBIO-530: Bioinformatics, Biomarkers & Functional Genomics (2 credits)
TBIO-543: Clinical Survey of Human Cancer (2 credits)
TBIO-545: Cancer Epidemiology (3 credits)
TBIO-546: Resources for Cancer Research (0 credits)
TBIO-581, 582: Topics in Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Risk (1 credit)
TBIO-591, 592: Signal Transduction Journal Club (1 credit)
TBIO-701,703: Current Topics in Cancer Research (0 credits)
TBIO-705: Cancer Research Techniques (3 credits) 
TBIO-711,713: Student Seminar (1 credit)

Spring Semester

TBIO-520 Cancer Prevention, Control, and Epidemiology (2 credits)
TBIO -535 Cancer Pharmacology (2-4 credits)
TBIO-554 Principles and Practice of Molecular Therapy (2 credits)
TBIO-558 Genetics, Health, & Society in the 21st Century (3 credits)
TBIO-560 Animal Models (2 credits)
TBIO-572 Pathogenic Basis of Cancer (2 credits)
TBIO-581, 582 Topics in Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Risk (1 credit)
TBIO-588 Preparing a Scientific Paper (2 credits)
TBIO-591, 592 Signal Transduction Journal Club (1 credit)
TBIO/PBIO-595 Tumor Endocrinology (2 credits)
TBIO-901, 902 Tutorial (variable credit)

Additional courses are available as electives from the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biostatistics & Biomathematics, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, and Radiation Medicine. The required courses from these departments include:

BCHB-501: Biochemical and Cellular Sciences I (3 credits)
BCHB-528: Modern Methods in Molecular Biology (3 credits)
BIST-501: Introductory Biostatistics (3 credits)
BIST-502: Applied Biostatistics (3 credits)
CBIO-539: Biochemical and Cellular Sciences II (3 credits)
PHAR-534: Ethical Issues in Scientific Research (2 credits)

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