Personalized Medicine – Health & Technology in the 21st Century

Assistant Professor Adam Melvin Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

A survey course of the current state of the art of personalized diagnostics and medicine with a focus on cancer biology, treatment, and progression. Students will be surveyed on numerous aspects of technology, biology, and human health related to biosensing, microtechnology, disease heterogeneity, and ethics. Students will also participate in small group discussions of seminal and/or cutting-edge journal articles and be expected to master/present current topics related to personalized medicine and technology.