Biology 340np - Colloquium: Topics in Public Health-The Next Pandemic

This colloquium explores—with the advantage of some perspective—the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and examines the potential emergence of new infectious agents that threaten the human population. Using approaches drawn from epidemiology, history, modeling, ecology, and public policy, the course examines epidemics and pandemics past in an effort to predict and prepare for future pandemic risks. Prerequisite: Bio 102 or Bio 132 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 24.