Emory
and Georgia Tech Offer Minimedical School Courses in Biomedical Engineering
This fall's
Emory MiniMedical School 103 course will feature scientists from the
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint program
of Emory University School of Medicine and the Georgia Institute of
Technology College of Engineering. Biomedical scientists will explain
the latest medical advances made possible through the union of medical
research and engineering technology. Learn about new products available
through tissue engineering, creating brain activity with computer chips,
new ways to diagnose and treat heart disease and cancer, and brain imaging
of thoughts and feelings. This course is designed for the general public
but also will be of interest and value to health care professionals,
business persons, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the latest
advances in science. No science background is necessary.
The MiniMedical School course
will begin October 1, and continues for four consecutive Tuesday evenings
from 7-9 p.m., with cookies and coffee served at 6:30. Tuition is $80
($68 for past MiniMedical School graduates and Emory and Georgia Tech
faculty and staff) and includes a "textbook," an Emory MiniMedical T-shirt,
and a (mini)medical degree diploma. Classes are held on the Emory University
campus in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building,
1440 Clifton Road, with free parking in the Michael Street parking deck
and shuttles to transport you to the auditorium.
You may register online at
http://www.emory.edu/eve/short_courses/index.html.
Or, register by calling the Emory Center for Lifelong Learning, 404-727-6000.
Course topics are as follows,
followed by short discussions:
October 1: Overview of biomedical
engineering Tissue engineering overview, including new bioengineered
devices
October 8: Biomedical engineering
and cancer, including nanotechnology and genomics Cardiology advances,
including artificial heart valves and pediatrics
October 15: Advanced imaging
systems, including functional MRI and PET Behavioral imaging (visualizing
thoughts and feelings)
October 22: Biomedical engineering
and the brain, including creating brain activity with computer chips
and advances in recording brain activity
Graduation ceremony with
presentation of diplomas and t-shirts, Thomas Lawley, MD, Dean, Emory
Medical School
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