Pacific Health
Sciences University
Discovering. Teaching. Healing.
Modern
Biomedical
Advances
7-day live Course
This course is designed to provide participants an opportunity to learn about promising modern biomedical advances through expert-led interactive lectures, guided tours of world-class research facilities in major California cities, and hands-on biomedical research exercises with modern biomedical science tools in a laboratory setting.
Course Highlights:
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Learn about the latest world-class biomedical advances from active biomedical scientists actively leading change through their research.
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Tour world-class biomedical research facilities in major scientific centers of California.
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Gain hands-on experience using the latest biomedical research tools in a research laboratory setting.
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Receive a Certificate of Study in Modern Biomedical Advances, signed by Doctoral Course Faculty verifying attendance and topics learned.
Course Overview:
Time:
9AM-5PM Per Day
(16-hours)
Location:
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Activity:
Participants experience at least 8 expert-led seminar lectures on modern advances in stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, and therapeutic drug discovery & development.
Time:
9AM-5PM Per Day
(16-hours)
Location:
Biomedical Laboratories at UCLA, UCI, USC, and City of Hope.
Activity:
Participants experience guided tours of at least 4 professional laboratories where world-class biomedical research is actively conducted by a diverse array of scientific experts.
Time:
9AM-5PM Each Day
(24-hours)
Location:
PHSU Biomedical Research Laboratory in Los Angeles, California.
Activity:
Over the course of 3 days, participants are immersed in an active biomedical research laboratory, where they gain hands-on experience using modern molecular biology & genetic engineering tools to study potential therapies for human diseases.
Course Faculty:
Dr. Taruna Ikrar, MD, MPharm, PhD
Vice-President & Dean of Biomedical Sciences, Pacific Health Sciences University
Dr. Ikrar is an active physician and biomedical scientist with more than 25 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
Dr. Walter Francesconi, PhD
Research Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Francesconi is an active
biomedical scientist with more than 40 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
Dr. Stephen Cramer, MS, MD
Associate Director , UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Science
Dr. Cramer is an active physician and biomedical scientist with more than 35 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
Dr. Stephen Claude Bondi, PhD
Professor of Medicine, UCI School of Medicine
Dr. Bondi is an active biomedical scientist with more than 45 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
All Course Faculty Members are active biomedical scientists whose discoveries have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Dr. David Lyon, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor, UCI School of Medicine
Dr. Lyon is an active biomedical scientist with more than 25 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
Dr. Rafael Levi, PhD
Lecturer, University of Southern California
Dr. Levi is an active biomedical scientist with more than 25 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
Dr. David Nguyen, PhD
Computational & Cancer Biologist,
UC Berkeley
Dr. Nguyen is an active bioscience investigator with more than 15 years of biomedical research training & experience. His scientific discoveries have been published in world-class scientific journals & continue to be cited on an international-scale.
Additional Course Faculty and Speakers are added on a weekly basis until the Course Start Date, and are posted on the Course Website: www.PacificHealthU.org/mba.