Healthcare Courses

The Executive Program for Senior Life Sciences Leaders will equip you with the tools to lead effectively and address the gap between traditional leadership roles and the modern demands of the life sciences industry.

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

Taught by Harvard Medical School faculty, Health Care Economics, a Harvard Online course, provides insights into the economic forces are shaping US health care.

Learn how drugs and other therapeutics are used in the treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders.

Experts from Harvard Medical School explain how to recognize risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of cataracts as well as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and AMD (age-related macular degeneration).

Learn foundational concepts in biochemistry and gain a new appreciation for how this field applies to human health and disease.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

Understand advances in drug discovery and development and how new therapeutics are developed.

Explore the opportunities and difficulties facing widespread adoption of digital technologies and AI in health care.

Dive into the structure of the U.S. health care delivery system and uncover the diverse types of care facilities, their primary functions, respective patient goals, and clinical providers through a framework of inpatient, outpatient, and home-based care.

This Harvard Medical School one-year, application-based certificate program helps leaders effect positive change by learning to turn patient data into actionable, transformable knowledge.

The program’s curriculum prepares leaders to make informed decisions and envision strategic AI implementation in the unique cultural, economic and regulatory context of health care.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

Combine the best business strategies with the fundamentals of the health care sector.

Anyone dealing with urinary and/or fecal incontinence will learn in this course about causes and symptoms as well as diagnosis options and best treatments. Discover, too, a host of effective preventive measures that can enhance your quality of life.

Don’t leave teaming up to chance. Create better teamwork through science.

Learning about the process of clinical drug development has important implications for anyone working in health care and related sectors.

Learn foundational concepts in physiology and see how the material is used in taking care of patients.

Learn about developments in the creation of vaccines. 

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

Learn how cancer treatment is evolving due to advances in genetics.

The Global Health Care Leaders Program (GHLP) is a multi-modular global program that aims to bring together the most important topics defining the future of health care industry for the leaders who will lead the charge.

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

Explore digital innovations set to reshape the health care landscape in the U.S. and worldwide. Gain an in-depth understanding of how they will revolutionize health care delivery, enhance patient care, and drive improved clinical outcomes.

Learn about innovative immunological therapies approved by the FDA from 2021 through 2023 for the treatment of a number of chronic diseases.

In partnership with the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, this course will help you deliver high-quality health care to all through organizational change.

Learn foundational concepts in immunology and gain a basis for understanding a broad range of medical conditions.

Learn about the advances in artificial intelligence that are transforming the use of natural language processing.

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

Learn about advances in interpretation of medical images using deep learning systems that can aid in clinical screening and diagnosis.