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The Neurobiology of Disease course for 2008 is supported by an R25 grant from the
National Institute of Health. The course is a required course in the Neuroscience
Graduate Program, but we encourage participation by students in other training programs,
postdoctoral fellows, residents and faculty. Some clinical activities may be limited to
enrolled students.
A fellowship program for graduate students involved in research relevant to the
neurobiology of disease is ongoing with generous support from private and institutional
donors, and is coordinated by the OHSU Brain Institute. The next call for fellowship
applications will be in September 2008.
The course has the following general goals:
- To provide a foundation in the underlying mechanisms of neurological and
psychiatric disease. The course takes a theme-oriented approach to probe fundamental
molecular, cellular and organismal mechanisms, rather than a disease-specific approach.
The intent is to engage students who are interested in basic aspects of brain function.
This approach is intended to help students become "ready observers" of disease-related
topics in their own research. The Overview
sessions may involve a variety of formats from lectures to journal clubs.
- To provide a toolbox of topical methods and issues relevant to the neurobiology of
disease. The Toolbox sessions will also probe the
links between basic mechanisms and behavioral manifestations of disease.
- To provide a sampling of neurological and psychiatric disorders that serve as
training examples for the themes addressed in goal one. These examples will be drawn
from OHSU faculty expertise and will change yearly so that the course will remain
vibrant and relevant to students, as well as other trainees and faculty.
- To provide hands-on exposure to clinical situations through live patient
presentations, multimedia presentations, and visits to clinics, hospital wards, and
other clinical settings. The Clinical Demonstrations
will stress hands-on interactive experience so that graduate students experience
first-hand the impact of neurological and psychiatric disease on brain function,
and on the social fabric of the patient's life, their families and their community.
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