Global Health

What makes people sick? How is the cause and spread of disease studied and assessed? What are key factors that determine health and well-being for all populations? What are the biggest challenges in global health today and how are these challenges being met? These questions lie at the heart of the study of global health and infectious disease. This course will enable students to develop an understanding of the nature of infectious disease and explore how this class of disease continues to be a central determinant for the health of all populations. Tackling the issue of global health and infectious disease from a variety of perspectives, our work will focus on developing an understanding of the basic concepts of infectious diseases, dynamics of disease transmission, as well as the impact that emerging and reemerging infectious diseases have on society. Students in this course will be engaged in a variety of laboratory and research projects. Therefore, adequate preparation for class is required and will involve regular homework.