PATH515

This course will deal with the study of biochemical, structural and functional changes in cells, tissues and organs, that underlie all disease processes and include cell injury and death, circulatory disturbances, inflammation and repair and disturbances of growth and neoplasia. Modern pathology is practiced as both a clinical and an investigative science. Clinical pathology assists in disease diagnoses based on observed changes in tissue structure or biochemistry, while the focus of investigative pathology is the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms related to tissue injury and disease processes. PATH 415/515 is a four-unit course aimed at expanding and extending the student's knowledge of normal cell, tissue and organ function and structure, into the realm of disease processes. The course aims to provide the necessary foundation to incorporate investigative pathology into research programs relevant to human disease. Mechanisms of tissue injury and disease processes will be presented in the course lectures. Laboratory sessions will be used to illustrate material presented in the lectures. Graduate-level requirements include a Human Disease term paper and final presentation.