UM SPH Academic Courses

EPID770 Environmental Determinants of Infectious Diseases

Summer term(s)

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L

Description: This course will explore the diverse associations and processes underlying broad range of environmental influences that affect the transmission of infectious disease agents. The fundamental mechanisms of transport and colonization will be addressed in their ecological and evolutionarycontexts. Various anthroponotic and zoonotic diseases in the U.S. and abroad will be compared by considering how different environmental factors shape their distributions, maintenance, intensity and epidemic potential. The role of ecological changes such as dams, irrigation, agricultural intensification, urbanization, deforestation and reforestation will be considered for a variety of water- , vector- , and airborne diseases. Possible effects of global climate change and species introductions on these infectious diseases, as well as new analytical tools for their study, also will be explored. No Prerequisites.

This is a Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology course.

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