Quantitative Human Physiology

Dr. Joseph Feher is Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has research interests in the quantitative understanding of the mechanisms of calcium uptake and release by the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, in the mechanisms of calcium transport across the intestine, and in muscle contraction and relaxation. Dr. Feher developed a course in Introductory Quantitative Physiology for VCU’s College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and has taught that course for over fifteen years. He also has taught muscle and cell physiology to medical and graduate students and has been Course Director for the Graduate Physiology survey course in physiology given at VCU’s School of Medicine.

1. Physical and Chemical Foundations of Physiology 2. Membranes, Transport, and Metabolism 3. Physiology of Excitable Cells 4. The Nervous System 5. The Cardiovascular System 6. Respiratory Physiology 7. Renal Physiology 8. Gastrointestinal Physiology 9. Endocrine Physiology 10. The Integument and Integrated Physiology