Students will study bioinformatic concepts in the areas of metagenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, biological networks and biostatistics. Through integrated lectures, practical hands-on exercises and project work, students will also be trained in analytical and programming skills to meet the emerging increase in data-driven knowledge generation in biology in the 21st century.

The course explores climate change and environmental ethics in relation to human health. Topics include climate, weather, and environmental biotechnology's relationship to issues like antibiotic resistance, vector-borne diseases, and unhealthy landscapes, all influenced by climate change and social disparities. Public policy issues in the face of climate-related health challenges are also covered.

This workshop focuses on understanding and managing the ethical and social issues arising from the integration of new technologies in various aspects of daily life.

This course allows D-HEST PhD students to fulfill the requirements of the mandatory training in ethics. The students will acquire the necessary theoretical and analytic resources to develop critical thinking skills in the field of applied ethics and will practice how to use such resources to address concrete ethical issues in health sciences.

This course provides a thorough exploration of drug development and involved ethical issues as well as critical analysis of ethical challenges and practical skills to resolve them. It includes elements of drug discovery, preclinical and clinical research ethics, alternative regulatory pathways and ethics of drug pricing and develops a solid grasp of ethical complexity as well as practical skills.

A solid background in medical ethics will allow students to meaningfully take part in complex deliberations about specific clinical cases in the regular practice of the medical profession and to make sense of ethical challenges associated to biomedical research.

The course provides an introduction into the concepts and tools of ethics with a special emphasis on ethical dilemmas in biomedicine and drug development.

This semester course enables students to recognize, anticipate and address ethical issues in the domain of health sciences and their technological application. The students will acquire the necessary theoretical and analytic resources to develop critical thinking skills in the field of applied ethics and will practice how to use such resources to address concrete ethical issues in health sciences

Students will be introduced to and advance their programming skills in UNIX, python and R. Following the biological genotype-to-phenotype concept, students will learn to analyse DNA sequences, protein structures and imaging-captured phenotypes through weekly lectures and homework assignments.

Technologies substantially affect the way we live and how our societies function. Technological change, i.e. the innovation and diffusion of new technologies, is a fundamental driver of economic growth but can also have detrimental side effects. This module introduces methods to assess technology-related policy alternatives and to analyse how policies affect technological changes and society.