Course Overview
When seen from the lens of physiology, the human body is a biological machine evolved to carry out the processes of life. Death and disease are natural consequences of the failure of such processes. The course will examine life, death, and in between disease states from a physiological lens, outlining the core processes of respiration, circulation, metabolism, and disposal, studied.
Learning Outcomes
- General understanding of critical human physiology, failure of which leads to immediate death
- Respiration
- Circulation
- General understanding of partial failures compatible with life, described as disease
- Idea behind commonly used tools to diagnose or quantify health and disease
- Genomics and other data-intensive aspects that will be the core of future digital health
- Use of simple medical devices
- ECG
- Lung function testing
- Wearables for general health
- The idea of digital twins encompassing genomic data overlaid with lifetime biomedical data
