Courses

Human Health and Disease

Darwin's South America

Smallpox

Prions: From Kuru to Mad Cow Disease

Topics in International Health

The Infectious Basis of Disease

Humans and Viruses

The Vaccine Revolution

HIV Prevention in East Africa - Prefield Seminar

Postfield Seminar

The Threat of Emerging Infection

Summer Honors College

Emerging Concepts in Emerging Disease

The Impact of AIDS

Introduction to Biological Chemistry

Ode to the Code

In the 2005-2006 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - Post-Field Study Seminar
Autumn - Humans and Viruses
Autumn - Human Health and Disease

In the 2004-2005 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - Post-Field Study Seminar
Autumn - Human Health and Disease
Winter - Vaccine Revolution
Winter - Topics in International Health

In the 2003-2004 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
Autumn - Post-field seminar
Winter - Humans and Viruses
Winter - The Smallest Predator
Winter - International Health in Conflict
Spring - Prions: From Kuru to Mad Cow Disease
Spring - Smallpox

In the 2002-2003 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
Autumn - Post-field seminar
Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)
Spring - The Vaccine Revolution
Spring - HIV Prevention in East Africa - Prefield Seminar

In the 2001-2002 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
Winter - Humans and Viruses
Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)

In the 1998-99 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
Winter - Humans and Viruses
Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)
Spring - The Vaccine Revolution
Spring - Host Parasite Interaction and Host Defenses

Additional courses that I contemplated:

Diseases of the Devil with Mason Tobak
Virtual Viruses with Derek Stevenson

In the 1997-98 academic year,

Summer - The Summer Honors College
Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
Winter - Humans and Viruses
Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)
Spring - The Vaccine Revolution
Spring - The Threat of Emerging Infection - new course
Interaction and Host Defenses - new course

Course links

• Schedule of Student Presentations.

• Assignment Deadlines for The Vaccine Revolution.

• Student Paper Topics.

• Reading scientific articles.

• Resources.

Citation Index

Notable features of the course:

• Flexible contract grading system
• Emphasis on current issues in infectious disease
• Extensive use of class discussion

Course links

• Course home page
  

• Contract activities
  

• Seminars

Summer, 2003 (to be taught with Don Barr)

Course links

• Calendar

• Assignments

• Notes

• Thesis topics

The course also using an interactive multimedia program called MICROBE.
Microbe will eventually include a glossary of microbiological terms.

Infectious Disease Related Web Pages

Notable features of the course:

• Required model building project
• Critical review of the scientific literature on molecular biology
• Notable guest lectures by experts in the field