HMX Pro Courses

The HMX Pro series is designed to get busy professionals up to speed on highly relevant, cutting-edge topics in fields like genetics and immunology with targeted courses featuring Harvard Medical School’s innovative approach to online learning. Our next course period begins January 14, 2025 – apply and register before the deadline January 6, 2025.

Available courses:

• Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology

Understand the links between genetics and cancer, and learn how genomics knowledge is advancing precision cancer treatments.

• Genetic Testing and Sequencing Technologies

Explore current genetic tests and their clinical applications, get an inside look at sequencing technologies and emerging tests, and learn how advances in the field can lead to improved health care.

• Gene Therapy

Explore recent advances in gene therapy and learn about the implications for patient care.

• Genetics – Essentials

Learn key concepts in genetics, with an emphasis on genetic variation and inheritance of disease.

• Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Learn how nucleic acid therapeutics can be used to treat, prevent, and cure diseases.

Available courses:

• Immuno-oncology

Understand how the immune system is being harnessed for cutting-edge cancer treatments like checkpoint blockade therapy and CAR T cell therapy.

• Novel Therapies for Chronic Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Allergy

Learn how the immune system is activated and regulated, and see how that informs the development of cutting-edge treatments for chronic inflammation and related diseases.

• Vaccines and Viral Immunology

Learn how knowledge of the immune system is enabling us to create vaccines that protect against infections by disease-causing viruses.

If you need more background in immunology before taking on an advanced course, we also offer HMX Fundamentals Immunology.

Available courses:

• Drug Delivery: Approaches and Technologies for Delivering Therapeutics

Learn how different drug delivery systems, approaches, and technologies can transform therapeutics and patient outcomes.

• Drug Discovery: Approaches to Discovering and Designing Different Therapeutic Modalities

Explore the discovery, design, and preclinical testing processes for various therapeutic modalities.

• Drug Discovery and Development: Overview of the End-to-End Therapeutic Development Pipeline

Learn how to navigate the overall drug development process, from concept to clinical trials.

• Clinical Drug Development: Clinical Trial Methodologies and Innovations

From research to results, learn about different approaches to clinical drug development.

• Pharmacology – Essentials

Understand the principles governing how drugs impact the body, and see how these concepts apply to the treatment and prevention of disease.