In this course, you will be guided towards a better understanding of genes and their functions as well as how the environment and your lifestyle choices can affect your genes and in turn impact your health.
Throughout the course, you will be exposed to precise information that will help dispel common misunderstanding of genes and its role in our health. Join us!
Course Outcomes
- Describe genes and their function
- Explain how the environment and our lifestyle choices impact gene function
- Analyse how specific diseases are influenced by abnormal gene function
- Assess how genetic knowledge generated from research is being translated into innovations and strategies to manage diseases and improve health
- Discuss barrier in promoting greater health ownership
- Build a strategy to communicate effectively to a specific target audience on how our greater knowledge of genes is improving our understanding of disease and the management of the disease