Pathophysiology Based Pharmacology and Disease Prediction

Aim

The participants will learn to understand the physiology and pathophysiology of the different organ system such as the immune system, the gastro-intestinal system and the ethiology of diabetes, the system of the skin and lungs, heart and circulation, liver and metabolism and the principles of neuropharmacology. Models will be shown that mimic the human disease. Target finding and validation will be demonstrated and discussed.

Location & Organization

Organizer

SSEP- Swiss Association of Experimental Pharmacology

Faculty / Teachers

Clemens Dahinden, Bern; Beda Stadler, Bern; Christoph Müller, Bern; Britta Engelhardt, Bern; Andrea Huwiler, Bern; Hans-Uwe Simon, Bern; Peter Villiger, Bern; Bernhard Lauterburg, Bern; Eitel F. Seibold, Bern; Jan-Georg Schmidt-Mende, Bern; Uwe Zangenmeister-Wittke, Bern; Biliana Minic, Basel; Christian Widmann, Lausanne; Laurant Nicod, Bern; Matthias Gugger, Bern; Thomas Geiser, Bern; Nikhil Yawalkar, Bern; Dagmar Simon, Bern; Thomas Hunziker, Bern; Kaspar Vogt, Basel; Andreas Papassotiropoulos, Basel; Erich Seifritz, Basel; Dominik Bach, Basel; Anita Lüthi, Basel; A. Marowsky, Basel; Hugues Abriel, Lausanne; Richard Warth, Regensburg; Olivier Bonny, Texas (USA); Michel Burnier, Lausanne; Olivier Staub, Lausanne; Johannes Loffing, Fribourg; Laurant Schild, Lausanne; Bernhard Waeber, Lausanne; Leonardo Scapozza, Geneva

Location / venue

Bern, Basel and Lausanne

Timing & Workload

Duration Nine days
ECTS points 3 ECTS
 

Teaching methods used

Teaching incl. case studies; thereof 3 days at the University of Berne, 3 days at the University of Lausanne and 3 days at the Biocenter of the University of Basel.

Examination yes

Criteria

Is the course taught in English? yes
Is documentation available? (book, syllabus)? yes
Is the course open for external researchers? yes

Remarks

Compulsory module in ECPM master program Drug Development Sciences

More Information

http://www.swisspharmtox.ch/SSEP/documents/FlyerMDDS.pdf