Medical Management of Fertility

1 Unit · Graduate

This course exposes students to key topics in assisted reproductive technologies (ART), embryology, and andrology. The course, which is team-taught by faculty with translational and clinical expertise, covers gamete and embryo biology, assisted reproductive techniques and associated technologies, ethics, and an introduction to fertility clinic operation. Students will also have the opportunity to experience some commonly used clinical laboratory techniques in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, such as sperm processing and analysis for ART, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), time-lapse morphokinetics, embryo biopsy and genetic screening, and gamete cryopreservation and thawing. A basic understanding of cell and molecular biology is a prerequisite for this course in addition to prior completion of REPR_SCI 405-0 and REPR_SCI 407-0 . Students who have not completed REPR_SCI 405-0 and REPR_SCI 407-0 should contact the Center for Reproductive Science, CRS@northwestern.edu, for permission to enroll.