Human Health & Disease – Renal & Endocrinology-Reproduction

Catalog Description: Students will be able to describe and discuss … 
- How the Endocrine and Renal systems often work together to maintain homeostasis but also allow adaptation to changing conditions 
- How the endocrine system regulate feeding, fuel balance, response to stress, bone health, growth, sexual development and reproduction 
- The causes, consequences, and approaches to evaluation and treatment (pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic) of endocrine disorders 
- How the kidneys regulate fluid, electrolyte, acid base, nitrogen and mineral balance 
- The causes, consequences, and approaches to treatment (pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic) of renal and urinary tract disease 
- The pathology resulting from diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract and endocrine and reproductive systems and the additional insight provided by laboratory medicine 
- The causes and consequences, individual and societal, of sexually transmitted diseases and how translational research has influenced diagnosis and treatment 
- Consequences of major endocrine and renal disorders for public health 
- Barriers to optimal understanding/treatment of the disorders indicated above