About the Course

• Acknowledgement of Support
• Background
• Directors
• Developers and Authors
• Contributors
• Editor
• Advisory Committee
• Disclaimer and Disclosures

Acknowledgement of Support

An educational grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the creation of this web-based course. RWJF focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country and works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change.

Background

Knowledge in the field of genetics and genomics is growing at a rapid pace and is influencing virtually all areas of life science research as well as the practice of medicine and the delivery of health care. Because of the importance of genetics and genomics to modern biological and biomedical science, many top-tier universities and colleges offer interdisciplinary, problem-based courses that provide their students with the most current knowledge in this field. However, not all students have access to these educational opportunities.

Center for Educational Outreach (CEO) at Baylor College of Medicine is using the power of the Internet to provide all students, in fact all interested individuals, with learning opportunities that usually are available only at some institutions. With generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, BCM has created a web-based course entitled Genes, Health and Society, designed to provide high-quality, interdisciplinary, inquiry-based instruction in the rapidly expanding field of genetics and genomics. The course is structured around real-world themes designed to develop students’ abilities to think critically and to expose students to important and new ideas in the sciences.

Course Directors

Ronald L. McNeel, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
 
Deanne Erdmann, MS
Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
 
Nancy Moreno, PhD
Professor, Allied Health Sciences and Family and Community Medicine
Senior Associate Director, Center for Educational Outreach
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Course Developers and Authors

David Caprette, PhD
Lecturer in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Rice University
Houston, Texas

Deanne Erdmann, MS
Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine

Tadzia GrandPre, PhD
Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine

Ronald L. McNeel, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine

Nancy Moreno, PhD
Professor, Allied Health Sciences and Family and Community Medicine
Senior Associate Director, Center for Educational Outreach
Baylor College of Medicine

Course Contributors

Raye Lynn Alford, PhD
Steve Scherer, PhD
Pilar Magoulas, MS, CGC
Kristine Bucasas, Gs
Lara Bull, MPH

Editor

Jim P. Denk, MA
Administrative Associate and Senior Editor, Center for Educational Outreach
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Course Advisory Committee

William Thomson, PhD
David Holcomb EdD
Michael Fordis, MD
Raye Lynn Alford, PhD
Louisa Stark, PhD
David Johnson, PhD
Marlene MacLeish, EdD
Cindy Martinez-Wedig

Disclaimer and Disclosures

The professional education material presented in this course is for use by students and educators. While the Center for Educational Outreach at Baylor College of Medicine makes every effort to provide learning activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and educationally relevant, no warranty, expressed or implied is offered. Information and opinions offered by the contributors represent their viewpoints. Visitors should use their judgment, knowledge, experience, and diagnostic decision-making before applying any information, whether provided here or by others, to any professional or personal use.

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