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Interdivisional registration guidelines: Registration for any course should be initiated through your graduate program and your home school Registrar’s Office. All interdivisional registrations are subject to the guidelines of the school hosting the course(s).
Bloomberg School of Public Health (+/-)
School of Medicine students are limited to 16 units (credits) for credit or audit, and must obtain instructor permission to take the course for credit or audit. Permission must be turned in with registration form.
260.815 - The Business Of Academic Biomedical Research (+/-)
Description:
Addresses topics related to business aspects of academic biomedical research, and focuses specifically on organizational, managerial, political, strategic and economical characteristics of academic biomedical research. Prepares students for a career in academic biomedical research by discussing essential features for success, other than the actual science.
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340.671 – Topics in Management of Clinical Trials (+/-)
Description:
Provides an overview of methods related to the day-to-day conduct of multicenter randomized clinical trials with an emphasis on the Coordinating Center perspective. Using case studies of multicenter clinical trials for illustration, emphasizes topics related to Good Clinical Practice, organizational models, applicable Institutional Review Board and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, methods for randomization and treatment allocation, adverse event reporting, safety and performance monitoring. Encourages discussion of methods, including alternatives to usual practice.
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340.725 – Methods for Clinical and Translational Research (+/-)
Description:
Reviews the methods of translational research. Emphasizes developing skills in the interpretation and application of reports of findings of translational research. Topics include hypotheses and study design, types of data, bioinformatics and statistical analyses, and evidence synthesis methods.
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340.648 – Clinical Trials Management (+/-)
Description:
Provides an overview of methods related to the day-to-day conduct of multicenter randomized clinical trials with an emphasis on the Coordinating Center perspective. Using case studies of multicenter clinical trials for illustration, emphasizes topics related to practical applications such as organizational models, use of standardization, and performance monitoring. Discussion of methods is encouraged, including alternatives to usual practice.
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340.655 – Introduction to Clinical Research (+/-)
Description:
Provides an intensive two-week introduction to clinical research methods, emphasizing epidemiological, biostatistical, and computing methods. Hand-outs and homework exercises provided at each session.
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340.633 – Data Management in Clinical Trials (+/-)
Description:
Acquaints students with important principles of the acquisition, management, and distribution of data in the clinical research environment. Topics focus on real-world needs of investigators and emphasizes those issues that researchers need to understand to work effectively with other members of study teams, including coordinators, data entry staff, programmers, and data managers. Does not focus on any particular type or size of study but covers topics that apply to many studies, and discusses approaches ranging from small single-investigator trials using only a spreadsheet through international networks using sophisticated web-based data management systems. Discussions often stress the benefits and costs of alternatives rather than recommending particular courses of actions. Does not focus on computer programming, although it combines practical and hands-on exercises with advanced treatment of important concepts.
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140.642 – Design of Clinical Experiments (+/-)
Description:
Introduces the process for developing biomedical experiments from a statistical perspective. Stresses methods of controlling for bias and variability through outcome selection, design, sample size calculation, and analysis. Emphasizes clinical trials and other types of medical experiments likely to be encountered by biometric researchers. Discusses elements of analysis as related to the design principles.
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Krieger School of Arts and Sciences - Advanced Academic Programs (+/-)
There is a two course lifetime limit for School of Medicine students seeking to take courses with AAP.
410.688 - Project Management in Biotechnology (+/-)
Description:
We will discuss the nature of project management, the structure of projects, working with teams of technical experts, and all the other activities that make project management different from any other discipline. The course will rely heavily on group discussions. Topics will include deciding what to do, developing a project plan, risk management, team leadership, monitoring and controlling during the project, scope change control, and traditional and modern approaches to project closeout. Concepts presented will be consistent with the Project Management Institute's "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge", the U.S. standard for project management.
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410.701 - Introduction to Food Safety (+/-)
Description:
This course is designed to understand the legal and regulatory complexities of the regulation of food products in the United States.
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410.702 - Biomedical Software Regulation (+/-)
Description:
Software continually grows more complex and is relied upon by healthcare professionals in the treatment of patients. This course describes how the U.S. government regulates software used in delivering healthcare including the regulations utilized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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410.643 - Managing and Leading Biotechnology Professionals (+/-)
Description:
Biotechnology managers and leaders must engage in new and innovative problem-solving strategies; lead a diverse and global workforce; develop partnerships with other businesses, customers, and competitors; manage horizontally and across teams; and utilize technology as a competitive advantage. The course includes in-depth discussions of leadership skills, communication, conflict resolution, and goal integration. Students research a biotechnology organization and analyze what is working and not working within the management systems and suggest alternatives.
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410.644 - Marketing Aspects of Biotechnology (+/-)
Description:
This course introduces students to the strategic and tactical approaches used in the marketing of biotechnological products and services.
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410.646 - Creating a Biotechnology Enterprise (+/-)
Description:
This course provides a foundation to start or help grow a young biotechnology company from inception through early growth. Topics include market assessment of innovative technology, patents and licensing, corporate law, preparing a business plan, raising money from angels and venture capitalists, government grants, strategic alliances, sales and marketing, real estate, human resources, and regulatory affairs.
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410.649 - Introduction to Regulatory Affairs (+/-)
Description:
Regulatory affairs (RA) comprise the rules and regulations governing product development and post- approval marketing. In the U.S., the FDA establishes and oversees the applicable regulations under several statutes, many regulations, and partnership with legislators, patients, and customers. Biotechnology products may be classified as drugs, biologics, or medical devices. Each type is regulated by a different center within the FDA. Topics include: RA history, regulatory agencies, how to access regulatory information, drug submissions, biologics submissions, medical device submissions, GLP, GCP, GMP, and FDA inspections.
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410.650 - Legal Aspects of Biotechnology (+/-)
Description:
Topics include inventorship and ownership issues in academia and industry; what can and should be patented in the United States and in other countries; how patents are granted; how to avoid losing patent rights; how to enforce and defend patents; and how to transfer rights to technology.
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410.675 - International Regulatory Affairs (+/-)
Description:
The key strategies required in preclinical product development to marketing approval of the products in Europe, Japan, and the United States will be compared and discussed. The course will cover the salient features of common technical and regulatory documents required for submission and approval to the leading regulatory bodies in the world, general guidance documents, International Harmonization, and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
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410.676 - Food and Drug Law (+/-)
Description:
The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) governs the regulatory approval process for bringing a drug, biologic, medical device, food, or cosmetic to market. The course includes an overview of the drug, biologic and medical device approval processes and the regulation of food and dietary supplements.
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410.678 - Marketing in a Regulated Environment (+/-)
Description:
The course provides an overview of the regulations, discussion of the FDA’s advertising oversight, and FDA enforcement activities. The course content introduces students to advertising approved products. It provides insights on comparing competitor products and the need for head-to-head comparative data, dietary supplements, Rx products, OTC products, unapproved investigational products, and unapproved research products.
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410.680 - Managerial Finance for Biotechnology (+/-)
Description:
This course integrates the tools of financial analysis with real-world problems in the technology industries. Topics include modeling, costs and benefits, and ratio and break-even analysis. The difference between management financial and tax financial statements will also be covered.
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410.682 - Validation in Biotechnology (+/-)
Description:
Understanding validation and applying a comprehensive validation philosophy are essential in today's biotechnology industry. This course will introduce the fundamentals of validation, validation master planning, resource management, types of validation and the associated documentation, departmental roles and interaction, and the differences between commissioning and validation.
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410.683 - Introduction to cGMP Compliance (+/-)
Description:
Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations are the minimum standards for the design, production, and distribution of drugs, biologics and medical devices in the U.S. and internationally. In the U.S., they are codified at the federal level, in the FD&C Act and the CFR, and actively enforced by FDA. These regulations, however, only begin to describe the practices used in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Additional sources of insight and guidance include FDA's guidance documents and training manuals, industry trade publications, international compendia, and standards-setting organizations.
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410.684 - Technology Transfer and Commercialization (+/-)
Description:
This course is an introduction to the multidisciplinary aspects involved in the process of bringing technical developments, particularly research emanating from universities and other nonprofit organizations, into commercial use.
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410.715 - Medical Device Regulation (+/-)
Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction into medical devices and how they are regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Topics that will be covered include: (1) an overview of the laws and regulations that govern medical devices; (2) FDA's organizational structure and responsibilities for medical device regulation; and (3) administrative and legal requirements for medical devices throughout the full product life-cycle.
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410.732 - Funding a New Venture (+/-)
Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the new venture creation, concept pitching and company funding processes from a venture capital perspective. Students will also engage in projects and real-world experiences to learn how to develop a business plan for presentation to potential investors.
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480.624 - Press Secretary: Theory and Practice (+/-)
Description:
This class uses current events and interactive discussions to focus on the skills required to be an effective press secretary and communications adviser.
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480.634 - Journalism and Publishing in the Digital Age (+/-)
Description:
Publishing and journalism were once separate domains, but the internet and new media have radically changed that. We'll explore the impact of new media (e.g. citizen journalism, social networking sites, online video, and mobile technologies) on both the publishing industry and the practice of journalism, and what the new media environment implies for communications professionals.
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480.635 - Communication.org: Not-for-profits in the Digital Age (+/-)
Description:
Students examine the primary reasons non-profit organizations exist, and the unique communication challenges they face in reaching their audiences and motivating their desired behaviors. They will examine leading trends in 21st century communication, and assess how non-profit communicators can capitalize on these trends for the benefit of their organizations.
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480.637 - Using Social and Digital Media (+/-)
Description:
In this class students learn about 12 useful social media tools, including blogging, Twitter, social networking, podcasting, online video, and Digg. More importantly, students apply what they learn by developing a social media plan for a company or organization that they choose.
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480.657 - Introduction to Public Relations (+/-)
Description:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists public relations as one of the fastest growing professions in the United States. This introductory course, designed for career changers and those new to public relations, details the ideas, skills, and principles that underlie the public relations craft. The class will also introduce students to specialized practice areas within the public relations field such as business and industry, government, nonprofit and associations, and health care.
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480.660 - Media Relations (+/-)
Description:
Media outreach is a critical piece of any strategic communication effort. Class lectures, guest speakers, readings, and assignments give students an understanding of the priorities and expectations of various types of contemporary media, and how to successfully engage them through research-based strategies and tactics designed to reach key audiences.
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480.662 - Opinion Writing (+/-)
Description:
Students in this class learn to understand the anatomy of good editorial writing; how to write for opinion sections of newspapers, magazines, and other news outlets; how to pitch op-ed and opinion pieces; and how to sell ideas to editorial boards.
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480.665 - Speech Writing (+/-)
Description:
Speech writing is one of the most important but least instructed skills for Washington professionals. The course integrates speech writing with public relations skills in areas such as campaign messaging, investor relations, and crisis management.
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480.671 - Government Relations and Lobbying (+/-)
Description:
This course introduces students to the practical applications of federal lobbying and governmental relations. Through discussion, reading, guest lectures, and actual site visits, students gain valuable applied knowledge in the communication tactics of this influential business.
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480.671 - Government Relations and Lobbying (+/-)
Description:
This course introduces students to the practical applications of federal lobbying and governmental relations. Through discussion, reading, guest lectures, and actual site visits, students gain valuable applied knowledge in the communication tactics of this influential business.
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480.675 - Public Policy Management and Advocacy (+/-)
Description:
This course introduces students to the deliberate process organizations undertake to speak out on issues and exert influence over the policies that have the potential to impact them and the way they do business. The class will cover how organizations conduct advocacy efforts and how communication is used as a tool to advance policy change.
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425.605 - Introduction to Energy Law and Policy (+/-)
Description:
This course will cover the major types of regulation and market oversight that apply to energy systems.
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470.608 - Public Policy and the Policy Process (+/-)
Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the public policy making process, to the basics of policy analysis, and to the substance of some of today's major policy debates.
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470.728 - Influence and Impact of Nonprofits (+/-)
Description:
Throughout the course, there will be a comparative perspective that looks at the scope and status of nongovernmental organizations in other countries and the influences on those organizations by their own governments, foreign aid and international philanthropy.
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470.736 - Principles of Nonprofit Management (+/-)
Description:
This course provides an introduction to managing and improving nonprofit organizations within this changing environment.
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470.798 - Financial Management and Analysis in Nonprofits (+/-)
Description:
Topics include legal and audit requirements for financial reporting, disclosure laws, and state and federal registration requirements. The course will also address interpreting financial statements and assessing and managing for financial health.
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470.638 - Negotiating as a Leadership Skill (+/-)
Description:
Conflict is part of organizational life. This course provides the theoretical background and conceptual framework needed for successful negotiation and mediation.
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470.720 - Science and Government (+/-)
Description:
Science forms the heart of many of our most contentious national issues, from climate change to stem cell research, from teaching evolution to exploring space. Americans view science with both suspicion and awe. This course examines this national paradox, by exploring the interrelations among government, the scientific community, and concerned citizens.
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470.730 - Intellectual Property Law (+/-)
Description:
This course, taught by a sitting federal judge, will survey intellectual property law, including patent, copyright, and trademark law.
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410.648 – Clinical Trial Design and Conduct (+/-)
Description:
Through a case study approach, this course will cover the basic design issues of clinical trials, specifically targeting the Protocol, Case Report Forms, Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent. The design of a specific trial will be studied to illustrate the major issues in the design of a study, such as endpoint definition, control group selection, and eligibility criteria. The course will also cover the analysis plan for a study, including approaches that are central to clinical trials such as stratified analysis, adjustment factors, and intention-to-treat analysis. The planned analytical techniques will include the analysis of correlated data (i.e., clustered data, longitudinal data), survival analysis using the proportional hazards (Cox) regression model, and linear models. A semester-long project will include the creation of a Protocol, Case Report Forms, and Informed Consent. Prerequisites: 410.645 Biostatistics or equivalent (Required); 410.651 Clinical Development of Drugs and Biologics (Recommended).
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410.651 – Clinical Development of Drugs and Biologics (+/-)
Description:
This course introduces students to the planning and work required to develop potential new drugs and biologics efficiently. Students gain a thorough appreciation of FDA and ICH regulations and guidelines. Because the course emphasizes the importance of planning before the execution of any of the necessary steps, lectures use a "backwards" approach, discussing the final analysis and report before developing protocols. Topics also include an overview of preclinical investigations; NDA/BLA format and content; clinical development plans; product and assay development; the IND; and trial design, implementation, and management. Prerequisites: 410.601 Biochemistry; 410.602 Molecular Biology or admission to the MS in Bioscience in Regulatory Affairs Program.
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Carey Business School (+/-)
Unlimited amount of credits may be taken, but no more than 6 credits will be accepted towards a business degree. Not all courses may be available based on course enrollment restrictions or prerequisites.
- Choose courses that have “number” section numbers, as opposed to “letter” section numbers (these are for closed cohorts only). For instance, you are eligible for BU.xxx.xxx (81), but you are not eligible for BU.xxx.xxx (U1).
- Make sure to check the dates: a class may be listed as a Spring class, but could be offered January-March (Spring 1) or March-May (Spring 2).
- Confirm that you have completed any prerequisites which are listed as part of the course posting.
BU.120.601 - Business Communication (+/-)
Description:
This course refines student’s skills in written and oral communication to internal and external audiences. Through analyses and practice of communication strategies adopted by successful business professionals, students learn to write clearly and concisely, make compelling oral presentations, construct effective arguments.
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BU.121.610 - Negotiation (+/-)
Description:
Participants will engage in live and electronic negotiations to build their skills in employing or overcoming specific negotiation strategies and tactics. The course content includes learning opportunities designed to sharpen participants’ ability to analyze negotiations from both an ethical and cultural perspective and develop approaches that facilitate cross-cultural understanding and ethical negotiation.
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BU.121.710 - Managing Conflict: A Problem-Solving Approach (+/-)
Description:
The course will use case studies, experiential learning, group discussion and lectures to introduce the problem-solving frameworks and diagnostic tools for assessing conflict, choosing from a spectrum of conflict management interventions. Participants will be videotaped while engaging in a negotiation and conflict management exercise.
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BU.132.601 - Business Law (+/-)
Description:
This course provides an overview of the legal and regulatory environment affecting business in the United States and abroad. Topics include forms of business organization, contracts, torts and products liability, international business transactions, antitrust law, environmental law, securities regulation, ethics, and discrimination and employment issues.
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BU.210.620 - Accounting and Financial Reporting (+/-)
Description:
Topics include the accounting cycle; basic business transactions involving assets, liabilities, equity, account revenue, and expense; as well as preparation and understanding of financial statements, including balance sheets, statements of income, and cash flows.
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BU.231.620 - Corporate Finance (+/-)
Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic, yet fundamental, issues of modern finance. The goal of the course is to provide students with the basic tools needed to successfully complete more advanced financial courses. This course deals primarily with a firm’s investment and financing decisions and its interactions with the capital markets. Students are taught the fundamental principles of financial valuation and analysis, which provide a solid foundation for all other finance courses.
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BU.520.601 – Decision Models (+/-)
Description:
This course will introduce you to some of the decision modeling techniques available for analyzing business problems. Topics covered include decision analysis, nonlinear optimization, linear optimization, integer optimization, and simulation. You will become familiar with identifying problems, formulating models, solving them in a spreadsheet and then interpreting the results. Prerequisite(s): BU.510.601 or BU.790.616
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BU.410.620 – Marketing Management (+/-)
Description:
This course covers principles of market-driven managerial decision making that determine competitiveness in dynamic consumer and organizational markets. Particular areas of emphasis include industry analyses, dynamics of competition, market segmentation, target marketing, channels of distribution, and product and pricing decisions. In-depth analytical skills are developed through case analyses, class discussions, role playing, and applied projects. (Also known as Marketing Management)
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BU.142.620 – Leadership in Organizations (+/-)
Description:
Although this course is called Leadership in Organizations, its goal is about more than understanding organizational actors’ behavior. Its goal is to help students learn how to leverage organizational behavior to enhance their ability to lead, now and in the future. Specifically, this course seeks to provide students with both the analytical frameworks and the practical experience necessary to better lead individuals and groups in organizations. The analytical frameworks will help students to understand leadership; the practical experience will help students put that understanding into action. The goal is to help students lead, even if they do not currently find themselves in a formal, leadership role. The practices that are discussed will promote effectiveness at any level.
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BU.550.605 – Legal Foundations of Health Care (+/-)
Description:
This course provides students with an overview of the legal environment as it affects medicine and business. Cutting-edge cases are utilized as students explore medical malpractice, negligence, liability (physician, product, and corporate), intellectual property, criminal aspects of healthcare, patient consent and rights, and healthcare reform.
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BU.550.610 – Health Care Financing (+/-)
Description:
This course covers the analysis of the major financial decisions of corporations in the health care industry and application of techniques of corporate finance in the health care industry. Financial and operating decisions in the health care industry are discusses as is the valuation of profitability and cost performance of service and product lines, the impact of cost containment and competition on hospitals and integrated delivery systems and other providers, modeling of cost drivers in health care including cost and production functions, cost accounting systems and concept of price and value. This course will also deal with managed care and risk management in relation to the relative roles of private sector and public sector insurance and providers, and the effect of delivery system design on cost, quality and efficiency and equity. Topics related to the payment for the elderly, the poor, medically indigent and the underinsured are covered. Finally, innovations such as insurance exchanges and changing models of employer self-insurance are explored.
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BU.550.620 – Health Care Delivery (+/-)
Description:
This course covers the organization of care delivery and the perspectives of its stakeholders (patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, employers, communities, and government) and the unique attributes of the health care market, products and services. It provides an overview of the evolution, structure and current challenges in the current US health care system as compared to nationalized health care delivery systems. Business models for acute, primary and chronic care services and the horizontal and vertical integration of care are analyzed, as are the legal and organizational models of hospitals and integrated delivery systems, physician partnerships, and post-acute care facilities.
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BU.510.650 – Data Analytics (+/-)
Description:
This course prepares students to gather, describe, and analyze data, using advanced statistical tools to support operations, risk management, and response to disruptions. Analysis is done targeting economic and financial decisions in complex systems that involve multiple partners. Topics include: probability, statistics, hypothesis testing, experimentation, and forecasting.
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BU. 150.710 – Professional Discovery to Market I (+/-)
Description:
The focus of this course is the commercialization of technological discoveries: tangible products like compounds, drugs or devices as well as intangible products or “know-how.” The development and deployment of technological advances is the underpinning of global economic development, and such advances represent significant business opportunities as well. Whether by using, developing or acquiring innovations and inventions, inventors, entrepreneurs and managers must fully understand the invention and commercialization process regardless of their seats at the table. This course covers the concepts and organizational issues involved in generating innovations; recognizing and screening technology opportunities; the legal and regulatory foundations of commercialization including intellectual property and technology transfer; strategies for commercialization. This course will help answer questions such as: When is an idea an invention? Who owns the invention? How can the invention be protected so as to maximize its commercial value? What are the steps to bringing the invention to market? What are the strategic options and which best fits the situation? Professional Discovery to Market I provides the foundational content for the project work in Professional Discovery to Market II. As a result of this course students should be able to assess the feasibility of commercializing a scientific discovery, define the process required to bring it to market and recommend the best strategy to do so. Prerequisite: BU.410.620 or BU.911.610
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BU. 150.715 – Professional Discovery to Market II (+/-)
Description:
This course is the second of two courses in the two part Professional Discovery to Market sequence. The focus of this course is the commercialization of technological discoveries: tangible products like compounds, drugs or devices as well as intangible products or “know-how.” In this course students will apply material learned in Part 1 to team project work on scientific inventions Professional Discovery to Market I provides the foundational content for the project work in Professional Discovery to Market II. As a result of this course students should be able to assess the feasibility of commercializing a scientific discovery, define the process required to bring it to market and recommend the best strategy to do so. Prerequisite: BU.150.710
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School of Education (+/-)
810.679 - Classroom Management (+/-)
Description:
Students consider the practical ways of managing the classroom by examining organizational techniques, procedures and routines, and teaching strategies that help foster appropriate student behavior.
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881.610 - Curriculum Theory, Development, and Implementation (+/-)
Description:
Students examine curriculum theory through philosophical, historical, and sociological perspectives. Topics include aligning instruction with state and school district curriculum and modification of curriculum to meet individual learner needs. Students also explore effective strategies for implementing curriculum changes.
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School of Medicine (+/-)
200.704 – Introduction to Drug Discovery Research (+/-)
Description:
This course deals with various aspects of the drug discovery process including target identification, medicinal chemistry, in vitro and in vivo drug screening methods, pharmacokinetics, drug safety, and intellectual property management. The last three lectures are devoted to case studies in which discovery of particular drugs will be discussed in detail to provide further insights into the process of drug discovery research. Each lecture is given by an expert on that respective subject with many years of drug discovery experience. The course is designed for students planning a career in pharmaceutical research or basic science with implications for drug discovery opportunities. Students will build a broad knowledge base that will allow them to effectively develop their skills in a particular area of drug discovery research for their future endeavors.
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800.715 – Effective Science Communication (+/-)
Description:
Learn to communicate scientific findings more efficiently, and to tailor presentations to specific audiences.
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330.805 – Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine (+/-)
Description:
The course entitled "Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine" (Rounds/Clinical Service/Limit - 5 students) meets for a week in April from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day. (The course will also be offered again either in the Spring or the Summer – TBA). Students will make rounds on a clinical service, discuss drug usage and related clinical issues, research one drug related clinical issue in depth and write a brief paper on the subject. Course enrollment is limited to 5.
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210.705 Medical Entrepreneurship: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice (+/-)
Description:
In the biomedical sciences, researchers, funding agencies and other stakeholders are increasingly concerned about the gap between research and practice. In this course, we will explore the potential for entrepreneurship to bridge this gap. Over the course of the semester, we will explore several themes on the path from scientific discovery to commercialization, with simple medical devices as real-life cases. This practicum will serve as a start-up boot camp on how to bring your idea to life and create a business model that gets the attention of investors.
Throughout this highly interactive course, you join an inventor in the device and diagnostic field and work within an interdisciplinary team on the completion of an executive summary business planning document. We will have contributing discussion from JHU professors, alongside the region’s most prominent venture capitalists, start-up impresarios, and industry experts to focus on understanding your competition; from winning the patent battle to learning how to sell within the regulatory environment. At the close of this class teams will have the chance to pitch their final products to a panel that will include leaders from the medical device field, key economic development leaders from the state, independent funding sources and industry giants.
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