Helminthic Disease Monitoring and Control | CEE 371L | Winter
Instructor & Department: Criddle, Craig | Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assessment will be based upon weekly written and/or oral reports, with a final written critical review due at the end of the quarter.
Humans and Viruses | HUMBIO 155H/V/C/D | Autumn & Winter
Instructor & Department: Siegel, Robert | Human Biology, Microbiology & Immunology
Introduction to human virology integrating epidemiology, molecular biology, clinical sciences, social sciences, history, and the arts. Emphasis is on host pathogen interactions and policy issues. Topics: polio and vaccination, smallpox and eradication, yellow fever and history, influenza and genomic diversity, rubella and childhood infections, adenovirus and viral morphology, ebola and emerging infection, lassa fever and immune response. Comprehensive survey of human virology integrating epidemiology, molecular biology, clinical sciences, social sciences, history, and the arts. Emphasis on host pathogen interactions and policy issues.
I, Biologist: Diversity Improves the Science of Biology | BIO 52 | Spring
Instructor & Department: Hadly, Elizabeth | Biology, Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
Co-instructors: Stearns, Tim
Disciplinary priorities, research agendas, and innovations are determined by the diversity of participants and problem-solving is more successful with a broad range of approaches. Using case studies in biological research, we propose to use these insights to help our students learn why a diverse scientific community leads to better discovery and improves the relevance of science to society. Our premise is that a diverse set of perspectives will impact not only how we learn science, but how we do science.
Immunology: Homeostasis and Disease | MI 214 | Winter
Instructor & Department: Schneider, David | Microbiology & Immunology
Co-instructors: Idoyaga, Juliana
We focus on how our bodies function as systems that live peacefully with helpful microbes and their own cells but must defend themselves against pathogens and cancer and sometimes make mistakes which lead to autoimmunity and allergy. We will cove the immune system and its interactions with other physiological systems (e.g., immune-nuero axis). Topics covered include: innate immune receptors; pathogen killing mechanisms; avoidance vs. resistance vs. disease tolerance; trained immunity; metabolism; antigen-presenting cells; cellular immune responses (innate and adaptive) against viruses, bacteria and parasites; cancer, autoimmunity and allergies; immunotherapies and vaccines.
Intermediate Biostatistics: Analysis of Discrete Data | BIOMEDIN 233 | Winter
Instructor & Department: Sainani, Kristin | Biomedical Informatics, Health Research and Policy, Statistics
Methods for analyzing data from case-control and cross-sectional studies: the 2x2 table, chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, odds ratios, Mantel-Haenzel methods, stratification, tests for matched data, logistic regression, conditional logistic regression. Emphasis is on data analysis in SAS. Special topics: cross-fold validation and bootstrap inference.
Intermediate Biostatistics: Regression, Prediction, Survival Analysis | HRP 262 | Spring
Instructor & Department: Sainani, Kristin | Health Research and Policy, Statistics
Methods for analyzing longitudinal data. Topics include Kaplan-Meier methods, Cox regression, hazard ratios, time-dependent variables, longitudinal data structures, profile plots, missing data, modeling change, MANOVA, repeated-measures ANOVA, GEE, and mixed models. Emphasis is on practical applications.
Introduction to Ecology | BIO 81 | Autumn
Instructor & Department: Mordecai, Erin | Biology
Co-instructors: Khalfan, Waheeda; Peay, Kabir
This course will introduce you to the first principles of the science of ecology, the study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
Introduction to Ecology | BIOHOPK 81 | Spring
Instructor & Department: De Leo, Giulio | Biology, Hopkins Marine Station
Co-instructors: Micheli, Fiorenza
The course is designed to provide background on key concepts in ecology, familiarize students with key ecological processes and ecosystems, and the methods used in ecological studies. The course will further build students¿ skills in critical scientific thinking, reading the literature, and scientific communication. A major goal of the course is to train students to ask questions in ecology, and to design, conduct and report studies addressing these questions. Thus, emphasis is also placed, in additional to general ecological concepts, on field observations, experimental design, and the analysis, interpretation and presentation of ecological data (through computer laboratories, written assignments and presentations). Written assignments, presentations and discussions are designed to provide experience in organizing and presenting information and to expose students to multiple perspectives on ecological processes and their applications.
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Epidemiology | HRP 259 | Autumn
Instructor & Department: Sainani, Kristin | Health Research and Policy
Topics: random variables, expectation, variance, probability distributions, the central limit theorem, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals. Correlation, regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric tests. Introduction to least squares and maximum likelihood estimation. Emphasis is on medical applications.
Making Things Happen in the Real World: Leadership and Implementation | IPS 216 | Spring
Instructor & Department: Luby, Stephen | International Policy Studies
Co-instructors: Fukuyama, Francis; Miller, Grant; Stedman, Stephen; Stoner, Kathryn; Wise, Paul
For any problem we want to solve - reducing poverty, improving education, ending civil wars, integrating refugee populations, increasing access to quality health care - someone has to take proposed solutions and make them stick. Course emphasis is on how to make change in the real world by focusing on policy implementation: what skilled leaders do when they engage stakeholders, confront opposition, prioritize goals, find and marshal resources, fail and learn, and succeed or not. In particular, the course will tackle problems that many policy courses ignore, such as why implementation is difficult and what strategies and capacities leaders need to put plans into actions. Focus will be on case analysis and discussion led by professors from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds in economics, pediatrics, epidemiology, public health, and political science.