Courses Offered Every Quarter in Comparative Medicine

COMPMED 198: Undergraduate Directed Reading in Comparative Medicine

Units: 1-3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

Instructors: Albertelli, M. (PI); Bentzel, D. (PI)Buckmaster, P. (PI)Casey, K. (PI)Darian-Smith, C. (PI)Felt, S. (PI)Garner, J. (PI)Green, S. (PI)Hestrin, S. (PI)Huss, M. (PI)Nagamine, C. (PI)Pacharinsak, C. (PI)Vilches-Moure, J. (PI)

May be taken as a prelude to research and may also involve participation in a lab or research group seminar and/or library research.

COMPMED 199: Undergraduate Research

Units: 1-3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit

Instructors: Albertelli, M. (PI); Bentzel, D. (PI); Buckmaster, P. (PI)Casey, K. (PI)Darian-Smith, C. (PI)Felt, S. (PI)Garner, J. (PI)Green, S. (PI)Hestrin, S. (PI)Huss, M. (PI)Nagamine, C. (PI)Pacharinsak, C. (PI)Vilches-Moure, J. (PI)

Investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

COMPMED 260: Masters Laboratory Animal Science Practicum/Laboratory Research

Research laboratory and clinical service (pathology, diagnostic laboratory, surgery, husbandry, anesthesiology, aquatics, facility business and management, etc.), quarterly rotations for students enrolled in the Master of Laboratory Animal Science program. The objective of this course is to provide students with hands on experience in research laboratories using animal models and to provide experience working in the daily operations of a large, veterinary service center. Fulfills the practicum and research requirements of MLAS students.

COMPMED 299: Directed Reading in Comparative Medicine

COMPMED 370: Medical Scholars Research

COMPMED Units: 4-18 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Medical School MD Grades

Instructors: Albertelli, M. (PI)Buckmaster, P. (PI)Darian-Smith, C. (PI)Felt, S. (PI)Garner, J. (PI)Green, S. (PI)Hestrin, S. (PI)Nagamine, C. (PI)Pacharinsak, C. (PI)

Provides an opportunity for student and faculty interaction, as well as academic credit and financial support, to medical students who undertake original research. Enrollment is limited to students with approved projects.

COMPMED 399: Graduate Research

Units: 1-18 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)

Instructors: Instructors: Albertelli, M. (PI)Buckmaster, P. (PI)Casey, K. (PI)Darian-Smith, C. (PI)Felt, S. (PI)Garner, J. (PI)Green, S. (PI)Hestrin, S. (PI)Huss, M. (PI)Nagamine, C. (PI)Pacharinsak, C. (PI)Vilches-Moure, J. (PI)

Investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Opportunities are available in Comparative Medicine and pathology, immuno-histochemistry, electron microscopy, molecular genetics, quantitative morphometry, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the hippocampus, pathogenesis of intestinal infections, immunopathology, biology of laboratory rodents, anesthesiology of laboratory animals, gene therapy of animal models of neurodegenerative diseases, and development and characterization of transgenic animal models. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Updated January 28, 2022