Health: The major challenges

This is a general education course that will cover many current topics related to human health. This course will address a wide variety of topics in the form of 1.5-hour mini-seminars, using both a pragmatic and critical approach. The numerous speakers in this course will contribute their expertise on topics such as immunity, molecular biology, cancer, nutrition, diagnosis, vaccination, bioethics, ecology, neuroscience, emerging diseases, and current and future therapeutic treatments. Each lecture will not only aim to provide cutting-edge knowledge and engage in critical analysis of their subjects, but also to guide students in researching and filtering scientific information in order to combat misinformation. On the major challenges of human health in the 21st century, we will address the real issues, the false controversies, and the solutions we can bring to them. 

Students should be able to:

 -Mastering documentary research on current and sometimes controversial topics related to human health.

- Develop an openness to general knowledge related to the world of human health.

- Develop and justify your critical analysis of the basic concepts of doubt, evidence, and scientific confrontation.

- To be able to write a simple scientific analysis independently and objectively.