Translational Neuroscience GS14 1071

Term and Year: Summer 2025

Course Number and Title: GS14 1071: Translational Neuroscience

Credit Hours: 1

Meeting Location: In person

Building/Room#: MSB 3.301

WebEx/Zoom Link: In-person only

Program Required Course: Yes

Approval Code: No

Audit Permitted: No

Classes Begin: 05/19/25

Classes End: 08/11/25

Final Exam Week: -

Class Meeting Schedule:
Day: Mondays
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Course Director:
Name & Title: Jun Li, PhD
Title: Professor
Department: Neurology
Institution: UTH
Email: [email protected]
Contact Number: 713-500-5143

Course Co-Director:
Name & Title: Joo Eun Jung, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Neurology
Institution: UTH
Email: [email protected]
Contact Number: 713-500-7501
Office Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Textbook/Supplemental Reading Materials (if any):
· N/A

Course Objectives:
At the completion of this course, students will be able to understand general concepts associated with several diseases affecting the central and peripheral nervous system from basic and clinical perspectives. This will allow them to assess these diseases from different angles. Students will also be able to formulate projects with mechanistic and translational value.

Specific Learning Objectives:
1. Understand basic and clinical concepts of diseases affecting the nervous system.
2. Formulate questions involving clinical and molecular importance.
3. Write, and submit for evaluation, an NIH-style specific aims page in any area discussed during the lectures.

Student Responsibilities and Expectations:
Students are expected to read publications assigned by the speakers (if any) in advance. These publications will be related to the topic and the research the presenters will cover. The students will need to write a one-page research proposal related to their own current research or from any topic discussed during this course. The goal of this assignment is to make the students aware of the potential translational component of their current research projects. Attendees will also be requested to provide a one-paragraph comment after each session (no later than the Wednesday following the session).

Grading System: Pass/Fail

Student Assessment and Grading Criteria:

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