Fall Semester: Tuesday & Thursday
Choose from three different courses.
Fall 2022: Tuesday & Thursday
Interested in a behind the scenes health care career where you can make a difference in the outcome of a patient’s diagnosis? Under the direction of UNMC graduate student researchers, you will be guided through an exploration of The Central Dogma. You will discover how researchers use cellular machinery to study and manipulate cellular processes while developing a cure for disease.
This course provides foundational content for the Genetics and Biology and Prevention of Cancer Courses.
Activities
Students will hone their research skills using lab equipment and conduct experiments utilizing the latest techniques. Each student will explore undergraduate research opportunities and will spend two weeks with a UNMC researcher in a lab of their choice.
Assessments
Student knowledge may be assessed through written exams on their knowledge of The Central Dogma, practical exams assessing laboratory skills, formal lab reports, homework assignments, and a poster board presentation on their research experience.
Prerequisites
This class has a strong lab component. Students taking this course should have general knowledge of eukaryotic cells, their structure, function and the cell cycle.
Lead Faculty
Scot Ouelette, PhD
Clean drinking water, sewage and waste disposal, restaurant inspections, trend data on the high rates of STDs in Omaha, racism’s impact on infant mortality rates … these issues, among many, describe the daily work of public health professionals in Nebraska and across the country.
This class will explore public health from all angles and through core areas of epidemiology, environmental health, health promotion, biostatistics, health policy and more. The content will benefit all students considering a career in health science.
After completing the course, you will better understand community health issues, the need for social justice, and routes for improving health through education, prevention, environmental factors, policy and justice.
Activities
We will offer information, use experiential learning techniques, reflect and listen together.
Prerequisite
Students taking this course should have general knowledge of health concerns in society and an interest in prevention of health problems.
Lead Faculty
UNO School of Health & Kinesiology faculty
This introductory course focuses on the study of human infectious diseases and the clinical laboratory’s role in diagnosis and treatment. Emphasis is placed on the correlation of clinical laboratory data with the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections.
Activities
Instructional methods include lecture, class discussions, learner-centered projects, real-life case studies, and a hands-on laboratory component.
Assessments
Student knowledge may be assessed through laboratory skills demonstrations and exams, written content exams, an individual research paper, a group presentation and weekly content-based assignments. Weekly formative assessments will be assigned in addition to multiple summative assignments.
Prerequisite
This class has a strong lab component. Students should expect to develop laboratory skills while working with live organisms.
Lead Faculty
Kevin McGuire
Marnie Imhoff