VP 416/CHLTH 476 Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Course Outline - Spring, 2004, Tu, Th 10:00-12:00, VMBSB 2506

Date

Speaker/Leader

Topics and Readings

Tu, February 3

Uriel Kitron

Introduction and overview   
Student presentations - disease choice
Disease assignments - spring 2000,   Spring 2002
Infectious Agents readings
Epidemiology review readings

Th, Feb 5

U. Kitron

 

Ecological background
Ecology readings

Assignment of homework 1 - SIR model

Tu, Feb 10
Students
Ecology of Infectious Agents - Exercise
Th, February 12
U. Kitron
Routes of Transmission - Readings
Outbreak investigation - Homework II
Tu, February 17
Students

Routes of Transmission - Exercise

Th, February 19

U. Kitron

Surveillance/Control- Readings

Tu, February 24
Students
Exercise: Surveillance & Control
Th, February 26

 

Tony Goldberg

  Evolutionary Epidemiology        
Evolutionary Epidemiology readings
Presentation slides

Tu, March 2
U. Kitron
Economic & Socio-political Issues
Readings - part 1

Th, March 4

U. Kitron

Economic & Socio-political Issues Readings - part 2

Tu, March 9

Students

U. Kitron
Exercise: Economic, & Socio-political
Issues

Vector-borne diseases - Readings

Assignment of Homework III
 

Th, March 11

Linn Haramis, IDPH

Surveillance for arboviruses   
Readings

Tu, March 16

  Connie Austin,  IDPH Infectious Disease outbreaks in Illinois
10 steps in an outbreak investigation

Th, March 18

Uriel Kitron

GIS/Spatial Analysis - Readings

Tu, March 23

SPRING BREAK

Th, March 25

SPRING BREAK

 

Tu, March 30

Nohra Mateus

Wildlife Diseases - Readings   
Th, April 1
U. Kitron
Malaria - Readings

Tu, April 6

R. Cortinas

    Lyme disease & a study of tick-borne diseases in the Midwest - Readings,     Lyme risk study
Th, April 8
U. Kitron
Schistosomiasis & helminths - Readings  

Tu, April 13

No Class

Individual discussions of papers and presentations

Th, April 15

Students


Andre Dhondt, Cornell

Emerging diseases - Readings, Assignment & Disease choice

Density dependent decline of host abundance resulting from a new infectious disease

Th, April 15 - Fr, April 16
Guest Speakers
New and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Conference

Tu, April 20

    Jennifer Wise
U, Kitron

HIV- AIDS (STD) - Readings
Background and HIV/AIDS in Africa

Th, April 22

Whitney Baker

Daniele Nucera

Anthrax     -     Readings

Toxoplasmosis     -     Readings

Tu, April 27

Evelin Grijalva

Michelle Rowland

Tuberculosis    -    Readings

Influenza     -    Readings

Th, April 29

Travis Gayles

Tessa Marshall

Hepatitis    -    Readings

Johne's Disease    -    Readings

Tu, May 4

Carmen Tedesco

Megan Mustaffof

Cholera    -    Readings

Chickenpox   -   Readings