About this course
This course provides a unique opportunity to understand the rationale behind the design of multiple diagnostic tools used to predict, prevent, diagnose, and optimally treat disease. The emphasis is on the development and selection of appropriate analysis methods and technologies to generate reliable results and their implications in patient diagnoses. Focus areas include biometrics, clinical chemistry, hematology, diagnostic microbiology, histopathology, molecular diagnostics, and diagnostic medical imaging. As part of the course, you perform hands-on analyses commonly conducted in clinical laboratories and used by medical professionals.
Syllabus
Pre-requisites
One year of chemistry and one year of either biology or bioengineering, all at university level.
Faculty
Maria Gabriela Cobo Jaramillo
FacultyM.D., (Medical Surgeon, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador, 2008). Medical Specialty in Nephrology (Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Spain, 2014). Ph.D., (Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain 2017). Head of the Nephrology Department (2024-2025), Nephrology Treating Physician (2020-2025), Head of Research (2017-2020), Hospital Eugenio Espejo, Ecuador Head of the Department and Nephrology Treating Physician Hospital Vozandes, 2019–2025; Ecuador Visiting Researcher Karolinska Institutet. Baxter Novum and Renal Medicine Divisions. 2014–2017; Sweden. With DIS Since 2025.