May 14, 2025  
Catalog/Bulletin 2024-2025 
    
Catalog/Bulletin 2024-2025

ONCO 221 - TRANSLATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH: APPROACHES, CONCEPTS, AND DESIGNS

[3 Credits]
This course gives an introduction to the full translational research process in cancer. For several specific types of cancer (including breast cancer and HPV related cancers) the diseases will be introduced including disease etiology, treatment, and outcomes. These cancers will be used as a course-wide example discussing the research process for developing new treatments, including metabolomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, systems biology, animal models, clinical research design, and statistics. Topics encompassing the whole research process from lab bench to clinical trials.