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PABIO 550, Autumn 2007
Diseases of Public Health Importance and Their Control

Instructor: Marilyn Parsons and Sheila Lukehart
Email: mparsons@u.washington.edu; lukehart@u.washington.edu

Telephone: 256-7315 (Parsons) or 341-5362 (Lukehart)

Meeting times and location

Tues/Thurs 8:30-9:50 HSE E216

Carmen Zelaya

phone: 256-7153 email: carmen.zelaya@sbri.org Please contact Carmen with questions about readings. *email will garner a faster response*

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to major diseases of national and global importance, and strategies for their control. We use both biological and public health perspectives to understand issues in disease control. Discussion of origins, establishment, progression, and pathogenesis of disease. Importance of host, social, and immunological factors. Introduction to strategies for disease prevention. Ethical issues and politics of disease control. Requires a background in cellular and molecular biology, microbiology and immunology. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Announcements

December 5 2007, 6:05 PM

Final Paper!

Reminder that your final paper is due by 5 pm on December 12. Please email to Carmen. We look forward to reading about these provocative topics!

December 5 2007, 11:32 AM

Event

Check out Events of Interest for details on the Pathobiology Student Symposium. Come see how smart Pathobio students are! Free coffee!

December 4 2007, 7:08 PM

Ethics in Research

This paper has a recent commentary followed by a landmark paper by Beecher on ethics. Note the date of publication of the latter!

December 2 2007, 5:58 PM

Politics of Food

This article talks about the confusion of consumers in choosing healthy foods and some new rating systems. Enjoy!

November 25 2007, 5:58 PM

Interesting essay-H5N1

This article has relevance to some issues we have discussed in class - please read.

Sharing H5N1 Viruses to Stop a Global Influenza Pandemic by Laurie Garrett and David P. Fidler

November 20 2007, 7:16 AM

Small group discussions

Be sure to do some research on your topic for food politics for Nov. 29! See schedule.

September 21 2007, 11:58 AM

Hola!

Welcome to Pathobiology 550! Watch here for announcements regarding the course. Our TA, Carmen, will be posting lecture notes and reading. For now, just look at the readings for the first lecture (the others will be updated). Lecture notes are password-protected. If you forget the password, please email Carmen.

The website will be updated frequently, so it is your responsibility to check back weekly in case changes have been made.

If you have trouble accessing an article through the link provided in the reading list, it is probably because the link is trying to bypass the UW password. If that happens, go to http://healthlinks.washington.edu and click in the upper right corner where it says "Off-campus access". This should take you to your UW Net ID page where you can enter your ID and password. Once you hit enter, you will be returned automatically to the healthlinks page where you can now use the drop down "Search" menu just below the off-campus access and search for the articles either by an author name, etc in PubMed or by its reference info (journal title, volume, and page number) in the EJournals site also in the drop down menu. If you have any questions about accessing journal articles, please email Carmen.

PABIO 550

PABIO 550 Home Syllabus Student Panels Schedule (Notes & Assignments) PH in the News Events of Interest MIDTERM Final Paper	PABIO 550, Autumn 2007 Diseases of Public Health Importance and Their Control Instructor: Marilyn Parsons and Sheila Lukehart Email: mparsons@u.washington.edu; lukehart@u.washington.edu Telephone: 256-7315 (Parsons) or 341-5362 (Lukehart) Meeting times and location Tues/Thurs 8:30-9:50 HSE E216 TA Carmen Zelaya phone: 256-7153 email: carmen.zelaya@sbri.org Please contact Carmen with questions about readings. email will garner a faster response Course Description This course provides an introduction to major diseases of national and global importance, and strategies for their control. We use both biological and public health perspectives to understand issues in disease control. Discussion of origins, establishment, progression, and pathogenesis of disease. Importance of host, social, and immunological factors. Introduction to strategies for disease prevention. Ethical issues and politics of disease control. Requires a background in cellular and molecular biology, microbiology and immunology. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Announcements December 5 2007, 6:05 PM Final Paper! Reminder that your final paper is due by 5 pm on December 12. Please email to Carmen. We look forward to reading about these provocative topics! December 5 2007, 11:32 AM Event Check out Events of Interest for details on the Pathobiology Student Symposium. Come see how smart Pathobio students are! Free coffee! December 4 2007, 7:08 PM Ethics in Research This paper has a recent commentary followed by a landmark paper by Beecher on ethics. Note the date of publication of the latter! December 2 2007, 5:58 PM Politics of Food This article talks about the confusion of consumers in choosing healthy foods and some new rating systems. Enjoy! November 25 2007, 5:58 PM Interesting essay-H5N1 This article has relevance to some issues we have discussed in class - please read. Sharing H5N1 Viruses to Stop a Global Influenza Pandemic by Laurie Garrett and David P. Fidler November 20 2007, 7:16 AM Small group discussions Be sure to do some research on your topic for food politics for Nov. 29! See schedule. September 21 2007, 11:58 AM Hola! Welcome to Pathobiology 550! Watch here for announcements regarding the course. Our TA, Carmen, will be posting lecture notes and reading. For now, just look at the readings for the first lecture (the others will be updated). Lecture notes are password-protected. If you forget the password, please email Carmen. The website will be updated frequently, so it is your responsibility to check back weekly in case changes have been made. If you have trouble accessing an article through the link provided in the reading list, it is probably because the link is trying to bypass the UW password. If that happens, go to http://healthlinks.washington.edu and click in the upper right corner where it says "Off-campus access". This should take you to your UW Net ID page where you can enter your ID and password. Once you hit enter, you will be returned automatically to the healthlinks page where you can now use the drop down "Search" menu just below the off-campus access and search for the articles either by an author name, etc in PubMed or by its reference info (journal title, volume, and page number) in the EJournals site also in the drop down menu. If you have any questions about accessing journal articles, please email Carmen.