Cancer Center Courses
NEW COURSE! Starting Fall 2008
GSND 5235Q Principles of Clinical & Translational Research in Oncology
2 Credits
Normal Letter Grade Mode
September 8th to Dec 8th, Mondays 6:00pm to 8:15pm
Location: Cancer Center, G Level Conference Room, G1196
Course Directors: Robert Wieder, M.D./Ph.D. and Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D.
Course Contact: Dr. Mahon, mahongm@umdnj.edu
Summary: An introduction to aspects of clinical research in Oncology from the rationale to translate basic principles of cancer biology to patient treatment paradigms to ethical considerations and regulatory issues of clinical research and human subjects protection, design of clinical research, drug development, phase I, II, III clinical trials, statistical aspects of design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials, issues of scholarship, publication and publication bias and ethical considerations of the physician as well as the investigator.
For Course Outline click here
Recommended options for references:
Clinical Trials in Oncology, Second Edition by Stephanie Green, Jacqueline Benedetti, and John Crowley, 2003, Chapman & Hall/CRC
Fundamentals of Clinical Trials by Lawrence M. Friedman, Curt D. Furberg, and David L. DeMets (Paperback - Dec 1999), Springer Science-Business Media
NEW COURSE STARTED SPRING 2008:
Introduction to Clinical Oncology
GSND 5230Q Introduction to Clinical Oncology
1 Credit
Normal Letter Grade Mode
January 16th to March 5th
Wednesdays 3:30 to 5pm
Cancer Center G level Conference Room
Students interested in registering for the course must get permission
from the Course Director:
Dr. Gwendolyn Mahon
e-mail: mahongm@umdnj.edu
Phone: 973-972-4721
Lecturers:
Dr. Charles Cathcart
Director, Radiation Oncology
Chair, Oncology Committee
and
Dr. Gwendolyn Mahon
Director, Research Program Development and Planning
NJMS-UH Cancer Center
Program Director approval is also required after receiving Dr. Mahon's
approval.
Submit completed add/drop form with instructor and Program Director
e-mail approval (or actual signature) to the Graduate School
Registrar's office for processing.
Summary and Outline: Click here
Link to Course Website to download video files of podcasts of lectures from Spring 2008, click here.
To link directly to the podcasts at the NJMS iTunes University Website, you must first have iTunes software loaded on your computer (available free at the Apple Website) and then click here
Please note, these are password protected. Only students in the class can view the taped lectures. If you are a faculty member, you can request access to the lectures by e-mailing Dr. Mahon at mahongm@umdnj.edu
Established Graduate (Ph.D. , M.D./Ph.D, and M.S.) Cancer Research Training Program Courses:
Topics in Cancer Stem Cell, MSBS N512
Pranela Rameshawar, Ph.D.
MSBS, 2 credits
Medical Science Building, B-619
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Tuesdays and Thursdays
June 12-June 28, 2007)
The course is offered during summers and will include didactic lectures and discussions of recent literature on cancer stem cells from solid tumors and hematological malignancies. The students are expected to have a background in stem cell biology.
Molecular Oncology -- BIOC N5100
Course Coordinator: Michael A. Lea, Ph.D.
Location: B-556, Medical Science Building
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. (except as noted)
Date: January 23, 2006 - May 15, 2006
The quiz will contribute 10% and each exam will contribute 45% to the total grade.
The text is available online through the Smith Library:
Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, 6th edition, Kufe, D.W. et al. (editors), B.C. Decker: Hamilton, Ontario, 2003.
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology and Dysfunction
Pranela Rameshwar, Ph.D.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how dysfunctions in the hematopoietic stem cells lead to clinical abnormalities (diseases). In addition, students will learn how attempts are being made to solve the clinical problems and how these solutions were derived from an understanding of basic biology: biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology.
Hematology has been at the forefront of advances in non-bone marrow stem cells. The subject of hematology involves studies of bone marrow-resident stem cells and the influences of the microenvironment and the immune system on homeostasis of the bone marrow. An understanding of the aberrant stem cell mechanisms, which underlie hematological diseases will provide paradigms for further study of other stem cells and their application in clinical medicine.
Molecular Virology
This course includes lectures and student presentations based on recent research publications. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles of virus-host cell interactions and the molecular basis of viral pathogenesis. All important human viruses will be discussed, including papilloma, herpes, smallpox, polio, measles, West Nile, HIV, influenza, SARS and hepatitis viruses. Lectures cover viral structures; viral strategies of invasion, transcription, replication, and dissemination; viral offense and host defense; prevention and control of viral diseases; and approaches for studying viruses.
Clinical Trials Overview: Methodology and Practice (GSND-N5310-001)
David L. Hom, M.S.
Director of Research, Division of Academic Medicine, Geriatrics and Community Programs, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Location:
Friday, 5:30 – 8:30 pm, January 4 to April 12.
Dental School B-723 (within suite B-842).
Molecular and Cellular Immunology
Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, PhD
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
bocarsly@umdnj.edu
TEL (973) 972-5233
FAX (973) 972-3503
Location, Dates and Times:
Monday and Wednesday, 4:30-6:00 PM
Room MSB C-600
Texts:
Kuby Immunology, 6th Edition (WH Freeman)
The Business of Science: From Molecules to Medicines
This course is intended to provide the class with a practical, hands-on look at drug development. The activities we will be assigning will be real deliverables for which professionals working in the pharma industry are responsible throughout the research and development cycle. There are two reasons this course will be valuable for you: (1) if you are considering a career in a pharma company, this will be your opportunity to understand what it might entail, and (2) we have found that theory combined with practical application enables the most effective learning.
Classes are held on Wednesday evenings (6 - 9pm) on the UMDNJ Newark campus; Medical Sciences Building Room C-555.
Course Directors:
Nicholas M Ponzio, Ph.D.
973-972-5238
ponzio@umdnj.edu
Steve R. Ritland, Ph.D.
973-325-5245
steve_r.ritland@roche.com
Course in Professional Development
Steven Levison, PhD - Neurology and Neuroscience,
Cancer Center-H-1226 (Course Director)
e-mail:Steve.levison@UMDNJ.edu
973-972-5162
This is a two credit course. Grades will be determined by the instructors based on the student's performance on four assignments: Assignment # 1: Review of a mock paper, prepared by the instructor. Assignment # 2: Writing exercise: 1500 word description of a rotation or other research experience. Assignment # 3: 10 minute oral presentation of assignment #2, including slide preparation. Assignment # 4: Preparation of a curriculum vitae and a PHS Biosketch
All sessions are 3:00-4:30 pm in the Neurology and Neuroscience Conference Room (MSB-H-506)
Summary:
There is a set of skills that scientists must possess that are not typically taught as part of a graduate program curriculum, yet these skills are fundamental for the success of future graduates. These skills include the ability to write, present and critique scientific material; to efficiently manage time, manage information and personnel; to secure employment, to master the process of writing and submitting grants, and to know how to conduct oneself at meetings and seminars. In the absence of any formal seminars on these topics, most graduate students learn these skills by trial and error, which is inefficient at best. Therefore, this course will provide guidance to graduate students in these important subject areas.
