Biology 402: Infectious Disease and Global Public Health
Spring Semester 2016
Tues, Thurs 2-3:15 pm Wilson Hall 128
(the syllabus will be updated as the semester proceeds so check back occasionally)
Make sure to look for dates when we will discuss book readings and research papers! Reading assignments are from diverse online sources, from Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidderand from assigned primary research papers--links for these willbe found below or on the lecture notes page.
READINGS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE LECTURE TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED
Date and Lecture:
Jan 12 An introduction to Global Public Health (MP)
Jan 14A Brief History of Haiti (MP)
Jan 19 Introduction to Tuberculosis/First Book Discussion (MP) Mountains Beyond Mountains, Part I pp. 1-44 (10 facts about TB)
Jan 21 The TB bug (MP) (read all the sections on this mayo site on TB)
Jan 26 TB treatment, Part 1/First Paper Discussion (MP)
Jan 28 Conjugative DNA transfer and antibiotic resistance (BD)
Feb 2TB treatment, Part 2 (MP) Molecular biology: Antibiotic re-frames decoding (download and read PDF)
Feb 4 HIV and AIDS (BD)/Second Book Discussion Mountains Beyond Mountains pp. 45-95
Feb 9 Exam (Material through Feb 4)
Feb 11 HIV and AIDS continued (BD)
Mountains Beyond Mountains pp. 96-134
Feb 16 An introduction to retroviruses (BD)
Feb 18How does HIV kill T cells? scientific paper discussion (BD)
Feb 23 Developing antiretroviral drugs Part 1 (BD)
Feb 25Developing antiretroviral drugs II (BD)
March 1The economics of treating HIV world-wide and Access to Essential Drugs as part of the fulfillment of the Right to Health (MP)
March 3Exam (Material through Feb 25)
March 8 Human Rights continued (MP)
Essential Drugs List
March 10Infectious Disease Case Studies
March 11-20 Spring Break
March 221st set of student posters
March 24Kathy Walmer, Adjunct Assistant Professor Duke Global Health Institute, Executive Director, Family Health Ministries [ “The Challenges in Delivering Culturally Appropriate Healthcare in Low Resource Countries”
CervicalCancerScreening
Short term Medical Missions: Enhancing or Eroding Health
"To Hell With Good Intentions"
March 29How HIV evades the immune response (BD)
March 31How HIV evades the immune response (continued/BD)
April 5Student posters continued
April 7 Student posters continued
April 12Student posters continued
April 14Christian Parobek leads Case Study/Learning Lab on Malaria
April 19Student posters continued
April 21 TBA
April 26 TBA
Final Thursday May 5 Noon=Exam 3
(Covers ALL material after Exam 2)