550 Public Health Biology (grad) 2006 JOHNS HOPKINS
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JOHNS HOPKINS
550.630 (Spring 2006)
Instructors: Sharon S. Krag, Gary Ketner, Gregory Glass, Barry Zirkin, and James Yager
Level
Graduate |
This micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes found in a biopsied lymph node indicative of a Kaposi's sarcomatous lesion from a patient with AIDS. Courtesy of the CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr.
Course Description
Offers an integrative molecular and biological perspective on public health problems. Explores population biology and ecological principles underlying public health and reviews molecular biology in relation to public health biology. Modules focus on specific diseases of viral, bacterial, and environmental origin. Uses specific examples of each type to develop the general principles that govern interactions among susceptible organisms and etiologic agents. Devotes special attention to factors that act in reproduction and development. Places emphasis on common elements encountered in these modules. These may include origin and dissemination of drug resistance, organization and transmission of virulence determinants, modulation of immune responses, disruption of signal transduction pathways, and perturbation of gene expression. Also considers the role of the genetic constitution of the host.
Course Description
Course Description
Module 1: Disease Ecology
> Lecture 1: Ecological Principles of Disease Systems: Population Interactions and Dynamics (1,394 KB)
> Lecture 2: Disease Ecology (318 KB)
Module 2: Pathogens and Host Immunity
> Lecture 3: Pathogens: Nature and Transmission (1,046 KB)
> Lecture 4: Host Response to Infection: The Immune Response and Vaccination (1,005 KB)
Module 3: Treatment and Genomics of Infectious Diseases
> Lecture 5: Treatment of Infectious Disease: Drugs and Drug Resistance (1,256 KB)
> Lecture 6: Genomics and Infectious Disease (393 KB)
Module 4: Current Molecular Techniques and Cancer Genetics
> Lecture 7: Biotechnology and Genomics in Public Health (10,670 KB)
> Lecture 8: Cancer as a Genetic Disease (272 KB)
Module 5: Breast and Prostate Cancer
> Lecture 9: Breast Cancer (597 KB)
Guest Lecturer: Nancy Davidson
Module 6: Current Topics in Public Health Biology
> Lecture 12: Controversial Topics in Reproduction: Assisted Reproduction and the "Slippery Slope" (2,115 KB)
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