The A to Z of Translational Medicine

This multidisciplinary course is designed to train students in applying translational research approaches to solve fundamental problems in healthcare delivery. The class is focused on addressing real-world problems in a creative, interdisciplinary team setting: includes discussions, guest speaker talks, student presentations, and site visits to various Stanford translational research centers and local biotech companies. Topics covered: drug discovery, IND, NDA, drug metabolism/safety, pharmacogenomics, biomarker diagnostics, QA/QC/Compliance, Patents/IP, pharmacokinetics, clinical development, NIH and regulatory issues, and commercialization).