Written exams (20 multiple-choice questions, no negative marking, 10 of which must be answered within 60 minutes) General criteria are discussed during the introductory course.
Objective Objectives/Desired Results:
Nutrition and dietary patterns (e.g. Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting) affect the immune system in various ways, leading it to either activation or suppression. The role of nutrition in the induction of chronic diseases such as allergies, malignancies, infections and autoimmune diseases has been studied extensively over the last 20 years. The concept of an anti-inflammatory diet has not been fully defined. Immunonutrition is a major part of understanding immunoregulation and immune disorders related to nutrients, nutritional supplements, vitamins, trace elements and types of diet. A fundamental understanding of the effect of nutrition on immune function will lead to the understanding of chronic diseases (inflammatory and non-inflammatory). Recently, a huge effort has been made to replace Western-style diets that lead to chronic inflammatory diseases, obesity, and malignancies with immunomodulatory anti-inflammatory diets such as the Mediterranean diet.
General Abilities
The general objective of the course is to introduce students to the basic knowledge of the synergy of the immune system with nutrition in health and disease.Students will become familiar with
1. the role of dietary patterns in changing the microbiome and the immune system
2. The role of nutritional supplements in immunoregulation or immune activation
3. The effect of the Western lifestyle, the Mediterranean diet, etc. on immune diseases such as autoimmune and immune-induced diseases
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
• Acquire specialized knowledge and skills•
Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary technologies.
• Generate new research hypotheses
Understand basic principles of immunonutrition and immunology
Course URL :
www.autoimmunerheumatology.com
Course Description:
1. Introduction to translational immunology
2. Introduction to clinical immunology
3. Immune system disorders – activation – suppression
4. Description of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases
5. Autoreactive immune responses: how they affect women and men
6. Epidemiology of autoimmune diseases
7. Immune-mediated and autoimmune diseases in children, adolescents and adults
8. Genetic, Epigenetic and Environmental Mechanisms of Autoimmunity Induction
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