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New JoVE Core Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics animated video series
JoVE Core Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics is a comprehensive collection that delves into the essential concepts underlying pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, illuminating the principles behind drug movement, absorption, and response mechanisms.
The initial release comprises 51 animated videos, which take viewers through topics like drug absorption, pharmacokinetic modeling, and biostatistics. These lessons provide a thorough understanding of how drugs interact within the human body, from the cellular level to systemic effects. They also explore the influence of biostatistical analysis on pharmacokinetics, covering critical topics such as data variability, hypothesis testing, and statistical inference.
Spotlight on East Asia: A Cross-Campus Speaker Series Recap
When discussing medical history, it is common for narratives to focus predominantly on Europe and America — yet doing so misses large, rich parts of medical history. Spotlight on East Asia was a two-day speaker series focusing on medical history in East Asia (specifically China, Japan, and Korea), and was hosted by Becker Medical Library [Read more]
Becker Library releases FY24 annual report
During the 2023-2024 academic year Becker Library continued to make significant contributions in support of the medical school’s faculty, staff and students. Highlights of activities in our areas of expertise include: Biomedical Information Data and Research Computing Health and Science Communication History of Medicine Institutional Knowledge Medical Center Archives Scholarly Communications and Research Impact Searching [Read more]