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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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Sun. Oct. 4, San Francisco

MARCO SORANI, Ph.D., has more than 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 nonprofit organizations.

• 4 meetings
• Oct. 4 to Nov. 1: Sun., 9 am-5 pm (no meeting Oct. 18)
• San Francisco: Room 206, Art and Design Center, 95 Third St.
• $595 (EDP 411660)

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