MAT
598----SYLLABUS----Spring,
2007
Mathematical
Models in Medicine
Medicine is the science and art dealing with the maintenance of
health and the prevention,
alleviation, or cure of disease. In this course, we explore how
mathematics can be
applied to
improve the practice and art of medicine. In particular, we focus on
the role mathematics
can play in understanding the etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and
morphology of
disease, as well as
improving treatment. The course will try to cover three types of
diseases-
malignant neoplasia, viral
infections, and dynamical diseases.
Instructors: Yang Kuang, E-mail: kuang@asu.edu
John Nagy, E-mail: john.nagy@sccmail.maricopa.edu
Course Home page: http://math.asu.edu/~kuang/class/mmm.html.
Details
on potential
topics can be
found there.
Section: 62370; CDS 321, 1:40pm--2:55pm, Tu,
Th.
Office: PSA 429, Phone: 965-6915
Office
hours: 12pm-1pm, T, Th, F and by appointment.
PREREQUISITES:
MAT 475, or MAT 494 in Mathematical
Biology in fall, 2006, or the
approval of the instructors.
TEXTBOOK: There is no textbook for this course.
Lecture notes will be posted on the course
home page after each
lecture. The students are required to own or have access to the
following
two references.
References:
1: D.
Wodarz & N. Komarova - Computational Biology Of Cancer: Lecture
Notes And
Mathematical
Modeling,
World Scientific, 2005, Buy at Amazon:
$48
2:
M. A.
Nowak & R. M. May - Virus Dynamics: Mathematical Principles of
Immunology
and Virology, Oxford
Press,
2000, Buy at Amazon:
$58
Grades are based on:
Assignments: 300 points (3 set of assignments, each 100
points)
; plus
One 4-page long report on a cancer modeling article: 100 points,
plus
One project: 100 points (on a project) or
a final take home exam: 100 points
If you plan to use this
course to
satisfy comprehensive exam requirement, you shall take the final.
THE APPROXIMATE GRADING SCALE WILL BE:
A=85%-100% B=70%-85%
C=60%-70%
D=45%-60% E=less than 45%
Except in the case of a documentable emergency, late
assignments will not be accepted.
If I cannot be reached, contact me by E-mail.