The Gout. James Gillray, 1799. From the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Instructor(s)
Dr. Dwight R. Robinson
(Course Director)
MIT Course Number
HST.021
As Taught In
January IAP 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
Course Description
This course covers the growth, development and structure of normal bone and joints, the biomechanics of bone connective tissues, and their response to stress, calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Additional topics include regulation by parathyroid hormone and vitamin D, the pathogenesis of metabolic bone diseases and diseases of connective tissues, joints and muscle with consideration of possible mechanisms and underlying metabolic derangements.
Lecturers
Dr. Paul Joseph Anderson
Dr. Robert Horatio Brown, Jr.
Dr. Marie Demay
Dr. Stephen Martin Krane
Dr. Young-Jo Kim
Dr. Henry Jay Mankin
Dr. Bjorn Reino Olsen
Dr. John Thomas Potts
Dr. Alan Lewis Schiller
Dr. Brian Dale Snyder