Date
Speaker/ Topic
Discussion leader
Jan. 18 U. Kitron Introduction
Jan. 25 Discussion
Risk & Epidemiology/Items from
the popular Media
Feb. 1 U.Kitron
Coffee
and Pregnancy
Feb. 8
students
Frontline Video - The Last Battle of the Gulf War
Feb. 15 Students Drug advertising
Feb. 22 Diana Yates - Life Sciences Editor, UIUC News Bureau
Mar. 1
How scientific
information makes it to the popular press
Greg
Kline Science
Reporter, The News-Gazette
Read: Exercise
tones up mind, too; C-U News Gazette, 2/29/2004
Chris
Beuoy Director
of Communications, CVM
Visit our News
Archives list to get a sense of the types of stories from
our college that have been covered recently recently
Mar. 8
Dr. Amy Aidman Health
Issues for Children in Commercial Media
Mar. 15
NO CLASS
Mar. 22 Spring break
Mar. 29 Student
Katharine
Ho - antibiotic-resistant
Staph. aureus infections
Presentations Scientific
article - NEJM; Magazine
article - SELF
Articles
from Lexis-Nexis: 1,
2, 3,
Lynda Gould - Growth
Hormone and Milk
Scientific article
- Science , Annual reviews 1993
,
Popular
press 1, popular
press 2, popular
press 3
Apr. 3 Student
presentations Jill Serikaku - Mercury
and fish
Scientific articles: 1. Lancet 2007;
2. JAMA 2006
Popular press: 1.
NC times, 2
IBN, 3.
Time
Heather Metzelaars - Approval
for Cefquinome use in Cows
Scientific articles: AAC
1991, JARVM
2003, Anim
Biotech 2004
Popular
Press: FIP,
CBS, Contra
Costa Times, Seattle
Times
Apr. 12 Student
presentations Christina Holbrook - Healthy
Cruising-Cruise ships & Norovirus
Scientific
article: Widdowson 2004
FDA & CDC information:
FDA 2003, CDC resources
Popular Presss: msnbc,
Time
magazine
Kevin Concordia - p53 and skin cancer prevention
Scientific articles: Cui 2007,
Oren & Bartek 2007
Popular
press: Atlanta
Journal-Const., Toronto
Daily News
Apr. 17
Student presentations Annie Lo -
HPV Vaccine
2:00-3:30 pm
Scientific article: JCI
2006
Popular Press: Nation,
Prison
Planet, FRC
Laura Tomassone - Chikungunya
virus
Scientific
articles: NEJM 2007, PLOS
Med 2006
Popular Press: Afrol
News, MaldivesToday,
Airseychelles
Giusi Amore - Dengue fever
Scientific
articles: JID 2007, Dengue
- Gubler, 2002
Popular Press: MedIndia,
Science
Daily, Seattle
Times
Videos:
Hong Kong 1, Hong
Kong 2, Hong Kong
3
April 19 Student
presentations Stacy Kostiuk - The
Atkins diet
3:00-4:30 pm
Scientific article: Gardner,
JAMA 2007
Popular
Press:
Herald, ABC
Hanan
Jassim - Epidemiology of Blast injuries
1. Traumatic
Brain Injury in Combat Troops:
War
Zones and Brain Damage
2.
Traumatic
Brain Injury Emerging as the Distinguishing Injury of
the Iraq War by D.L. McCracken
3. Iraq:
A Marine's Experience of Brain Injury
by
Robina Riccitiello
April 26 Student
presentations Jeannie Harrison - Health
Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
3:00-3:30 pm
Scientific article: Lancet
1999
Popular Press: Science
Daily , NYT
Additional
readings: AHAJ 1999,
Boston Globe, Medscape