PEMM 123 Graduate Toxicology
This course provides an introduction to toxicology as a discipline, with a focus on the molecular basis for toxicity of chemicals in biological systems. Major topics include: principles of cell and molecular toxicology, xenobiotic metabolism, molecular targets of cellular toxicity, genetic toxicology, chemical carcinogenesis, immunotoxicology, neurotoxicology, clinical toxicology, and quantitative risk assessment. Faculty lectures and discussion. This course is open to graduate, medical and advanced undergraduate students (with permission from the Course Director).