This course will provide you with the key knowledge and tools to understand the fundamentals and practical implications of precision medicine, its opportunities and challenges. It will address precision-medicine era diagnostics, treatment selection, genetic counseling, public health interventions, and biomedical research. It will also deal with data science and ethical issues.
Precision Medicine
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3 weeks at 10 hours a week
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MQ
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Reviewed on May 21, 2025
The course material and videos were very informative and helped me in developing new insights in the field
JB
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Reviewed on May 6, 2025
A comprehensive but still manageable course for 'non experts'. Interesting and inspiring - from a range of well-versed researchers, medical and academic professionals.
OA
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Reviewed on Aug 29, 2022
Well suited to my the current stage of my careerDemystified precision medicine
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