Certifications

Health Impacts of Chemicals in Consumer Products

The course teaches how to assess human exposure to chemicals in products and their health impacts, using the USEtox model, chemical alternatives assessment, and comparisons of US and European regulation, with children treated as a sensitive population. It also covers fine particulate matter and the exposome, and is central to environmental toxicology and chemical risk assessment

Environmental Management & Ethics

This is Environmental Management & Ethics from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), taught by Steffen Foss Hansen and Lauge Clausen. It prepares scientists and engineers to support decision-makers facing complex environmental, health and societal challenges marked by uncertainty, ambiguity and ethical implications. It introduces environmental ethics, including three different kinds, and treats environmental dilemmas as wicked problems. It then teaches decision-support tools such as cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment and technology assessment, and how the ethical values built into each shape regulatory recommendations. It closes with the main ways environmental regulation is implemented and the key principles behind environmental management internationally.

Fundamentals of Immunology: Dueling with Pathogens and Cancer

It covers the ongoing battle between the immune system and threats to health. The first two lectures cover viral and cellular pathogens and the tactics they use to deflect immune attacks. It then turns to immune-based therapies, starting with engineered antibodies. It also covers vaccine development (viral-engineered, killed and RNA-component vaccines), adjuvant function, and vaccination strategies such as herd immunity. The final lectures cover immune deficiencies, how cancer evades the immune system, and advances in antibody and CAR T cell therap

Fundamentals of Immunology

The Fundamentals of Immunology specialization from Rice University has four courses, each building on the last. Course 1 covers innate immunity and B cell function, and Course 2 covers T cell function and the coordination of the immune response. Course 3 covers immune cell attack mechanisms, inflammation, tolerance, autoimmune disease and hypersensitivity. Course 4 covers how pathogens and cancer evade the immune system, and the therapies developed in response, including vaccines, engineered antibodies and CAR T cells. Together they give a full picture of the immune system, from basic mechanisms to clinical application.

Fundamentals of Immunology: Inflammation, Tolerance, Autoimmunity

This is Course 3 of the four-course Fundamentals of Immunology specialization from Rice University. It covers how immune cells attack pathogens, with emphasis on inducing apoptosis and antibody-directed cell-mediated cytotoxicity. The inflammatory response and the mechanisms of tolerance are taught in sequence, to show how the immune system decides whether to attack. It also surveys autoimmune disease (characteristics, cause and treatment), hypersensitivity reactions such as allergy and anaphylaxis, and antibody technology and transplant rejection prevention.

Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging

This course introduces the basic principles of neuroimaging methods for human subjects research, along with the neuroscience concepts needed to understand them. It covers the history of neuroimaging, imaging physics and image formation, and applications such as functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, perfusion imaging and PET. Each method is reviewed in terms of its source of signal, goals and limitations. The weekly structure moves from structural neuroanatomy to functional neuroanatomy and cognitive domains, then to neuroimaging principles, and finally to experimental design and special methods such as functional connectivity MRI.

Alzheimer's Treating with turmeric

This course looks at turmeric and its active compound curcumin in the context of Alzheimer's disease, including why the spice has drawn research interest as a possible neuroprotective agent.

Medical Neuroscience

Completed Duke University's Medical Neuroscience (Coursera), a 12-week medical-school-level course covering clinical neuroanatomy, neural signaling, sensory and motor systems, and the neural basis of behavior, with emphasis on lesion localization and clinical correlation.

Basic Molecular Biology and Sequence Analysis Workshop

Training on the fundamentals of molecular biology techniques and DNA/protein sequence analysis

Foundations of Neuroscience

Training on the fundamentals of neuroscience, covering neuroanatomy, neuronal signaling, and the biological basis of brain function

Synaptic Pharmacology and Function

Training on the pharmacology of synaptic transmission and neuronal communication mechanisms

Response Surface Methodology

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a set of statistical and mathematical techniques for developing, improving and optimizing processes. It is especially useful when many input factors may influence a response. It works by modelling the relationship between several variables to find the settings that give a desired maximum or minimum response. The course applies this approach in a computational chemistry and biology setting.

Advanced Computer-Aided Drug Design and Bioinformatics

Advanced training in CADD methods and bioinformatics for drug discovery.

AI in Healthcare & Drug Discovery

Training on the application of artificial intelligence to healthcare delivery and drug discovery pipelines.

Introduction to the Biology of Cancer

Foundational course on the molecular and cellular biology of cancer.

Understanding Cancer Metastasis

Biology of tumour metastasis and its implications for cancer treatment.

Drug Development

Overview of the drug development process from discovery through regulation.

How Vaccines Work

Mechanisms of vaccine-induced immunity and how vaccines are designed and evaluated.

Fundamentals of Immunology: Complement, MHC I and II, T Cells, and Cytokines

Core immunology covering complement, MHC, T-cell biology, and cytokine signalling.

Fundamentals of Immunology: Innate Immunity and B-Cell Function

Foundations of innate immunity and B-cell function.

Introduction to Breast Cancer

Clinical and biological introduction to breast cancer, from risk to treatment.

Bioinformatics Training

Practical bioinformatics training for biomedical data analysis.

Drug Design and Biomedicine

Training in drug design principles and biomedical applications.

Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics

Training in PD/PK principles relevant to drug action and exposure.

Bioinformatics Course 201

Intermediate bioinformatics coursework from Genomac Institute.

Antimicrobial Resistance I

Two-part training on the biology, drivers, and control of antimicrobial resistance.