Clinical Biochemistry

Graduate

Clinical Biochemistry is concerned with the analysis and testing of bodily fluids and tissues. This field is fundamental to patient care and contributes significantly to the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prognosis of disease processes. This course is designed to introduce students to the field by covering areas including quality control in clinical testing, automation, clinical enzymology and biomarker discovery. In addition, the course will focus on the design, testing and commercialization of specific clinical tests for: liver function, abnormalities in lipid metabolism, diabetes and related metabolic disorders, fertility, reroduction, cancer and therapeutic drug monitoring. Upon completion of the course the students will get a broad exposure of the current state of the technology for the analysis of clinical 254 Winter 2027 Academic Calendar samples as well as learning the basic principles in design and testing of clinical assays for a wide range of analytes. (Enrolment restricted to MMB students.)