LEAP! Launch into Education About Pharmacology: Transforming Students into Scientists

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Sample Syllabus from the LEAP Summer Course

Weekly Theme	Daily Topics	Sample Class Activities
Fundamentals in Pharmacology	Introduction to drug targets	Drug name game; Pharmaco-Jeopardy
	Drugs in (Absorption)	PEP module: Acids, Bases & Cocaine Addictsa
	Drugs around (Distribution)	Lab: Aspirin crosses the membrane
	Drugs out (Metabolism and Elimination)	PEP module: Athletes and Anabolic Steroidsa
	Dose response and toxicity	Lab: Caffeine and your heart rate
Drugs and Disease	Cancer	Lab: Can tobacco affect gene expression?
	Addiction	Lab tour: Animal models of addiction
	HIV/AIDS	Debate: Medical marijuana
	Obesity	Lab visit: Fat rats
	Parkinson’s Disease	Movie and discussion: Awakenings
Bench to Bedside: Issues in Modern Medicine	Pharmacogenomics: Personalized medicine	Lab: Drunk flies; ADH mutations in Drosophila Transmission game
	Multi-drug resistance: Malaria	Discussion in Duke Gardens
	Ethnopharmacology	Movie and discussion: Ms. Evers’ Boys (Tuskegee Project)
	Clinical trials/Ethics in research	Research project pilot experiments