PHARM 209 · also PHYSEDU 209
Drugs, Exercise, and Health
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom
Description from DukeHub
Presents basic principles of pharmacology. Explores how drug action and exercise alter biological, chemical, and genetic factors to produce molecular changes in cells and tissues. Topics include effects of drug action and exercise on cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, immune, and brain function. Concepts reinforced with a creative project to develop a novel drug.
Skills
- makingAI review: "a creative project to develop a novel drug"
AI-resilient: 0 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works