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MSC7000Y - Regenerative Medicine (Webcast)


 

Course Directors


Dr. Gary Levy, MD, Professor of Medicine
Tel (416) 340-5166

Dr. Heather Ross, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Tel (416) 340-3482

Coordinator


Ashley Lau 
(416) 340-4800 x.6315

Description


MSC7000Y is a unique flagship course of wide interest to students with a health professional background (i.e. MDs, RNs, clinicians and scientists) across Canada. This course will provide trainees with an understanding of the science behind the field, the bio-processes, new and emerging technologies, the ethical and regulatory aspects of implementation and the academic/industry partnerships on which clinical success is likely to be based. Content is as follows:

Background: Organ Failure

  • Heart, Lung, Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Failure including physiology, human impact, and cost and the implications for regenerative medicine
  • Current Approaches to Management of Organ Failure including transplant and non-transplant approaches

Regenerative Medicine and Innovative Technologies (main focus)

  • Stem Cells
  • Gene Therapy
  • Tolerance
  • Biomarkers & Assays
  • Regenerative Neuroscience
  • Tissue Manufacturing


Clinical Applications of Regenerative Medicine

  • Translation of New Therapies from Bench to Bedside
  • Fundamentals of Clinical Trials Design
  • Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life
  • Patient Issues and Concerns
  • Cost-Effectiveness & Global Health Economics
  • Adoption of New Therapies

Ethics and Society

  • Research Ethics
  • Transplant Ethics
  • Regenerative Medicine Ethics
  • Public Opinion and the Media
  • Biomedical Research Commercialization
  • Financing and the Role of the Biotechnology Industry
  • The Business of Regenerative Medicine
  • Visiting Speaker RM Series
  • Four lectures from visiting notable speakers within the field of Regenerative Medicine, taking place on Wednesday mornings (see course schedule).


This course forms a major part of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Training Program in Regenerative Medicine.

Enrolment Restrictions

Maximum enrolment of 20 students at the University of Toronto, 20 students affiliated through the Stem Cell Network (across Canada).

This course is available for graduate students from other universities. Non-U of T graduate students must enroll in this course through their home University using existing off-campus study agreements (CUGTA or OVGS) or a request for transfer credit. Please contact the Program Coordinator for more details at anna.kushnir@uhn.on.ca .