Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The "Introduction to Translational Research" is a 30-hour course spread over 15 x 2 hours.
Two professors share the teaching: Dr Stéphane Berghmans and Dr François Jouret. External speakers may be invited to contribute their expertise to certain parts of the course.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objectives of this 30-hour course entitled "Introduction to Translational Research" are:
- to present translational research tools, situated at the border between basic sciences and clinical sciences; and the world of research;
- to introduce the broader horizon to which translational research and research in general belong;
- to explain the main experimental models of human diseases;
- to rationalise the choice of an animal model depending on the question asked and/or disease studied;
- to demonstrate the interest of translational research in understanding, diagnosing and treating human diseases;
- to remind students of the experimental and ethical limitations of translational research;
- to explain the difficulties of transposing some observations made in vitro and/or in vivo to man, and to identify the reasons why;
- place translational research in its legal and regulating frameworks;
- examine the science policy and the financing of translational research;
- the influence of lobbying, networking and management on translational research.
- to envisage the future of translational research, especially the position of bioinformatics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Recommended optional programme components :
BIOL 2025-1
EPID 0430-1
NUTR 0718-1
QUAL 0438-1
SBIM 0451-1
SBIM 0451-2
SBIM 0477-1
SBIM 0481-2
SBIM 0492-1
TOXI 0441-1
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will be taught as lectures, supported by PowerPoint-type slides.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
In the contexte of COVID-19 associated recommendations, some courses may be given online (e.g. via LifeSize).
Recommended or required readings
Medical Physiology, 2e Updated Edition, by Walter F. Boron, Emile L. Boulpaep - Elsevier Ed.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Paperback
by Rebecca Skloot - Crown Books Ed.
The American Journal of Translational Research, http://ajtr.org/
Improving your Research Management, by Alan M. Johnson - Elsevier Ed.
At the Helm, by Kathy Barker - CSHL Press
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written exam in the 1st session
Written exam in the 2nd session
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- define the term "translational research" and describe the stages;
- understand the different applications of translational research;
- present a typical example of translational research in the fields of physiopathology, diagnosis and the treatment of human diseases;
- critically examine the limitations of translational research;
- understand the ethical stakes of translational research, both for animal models and the application to man of discoveries made in the laboratory;
- envisage the future challenges of translational research.
Work placement(s)
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Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Classes will be taught in English or in French.
Students will be allowed to answer exam questions in English or in French (or both).
Contacts
Dr François Jouret :
Francois.jouret@uliege.be
04/323.7203
Dr Stéphane Berghmans,
stephane.berghmans@eua.eu
Dr Laurent Weekers :
L.Weekers@chuliege.be