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ESA Disease Ecology members have generously donated a variety of educational resources. Here, you can find a comprehensive list of shared disease ecology syllabi<\/em>, lecture activities<\/em>, seminars<\/em>, and laboratory exercises<\/em>. Our list is ever growing; if you would like to donate new materials, please reach out to the current section Chair or Vice-Chair.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nSYLLABI<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Course<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nContact<\/strong><\/td>\nSyllabus<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biology of Infectious Disease<\/td>\nLarge intermediate level lecture course for biology majors and non-majors. (Intro or
\nAP Biology prerequisite)<\/td>\n		Antonovics, Janis
\nja8n@virginia.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Antonovics Biology of Infectious Disease Course outline and syllabus Spring 2014<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intro to Field Biology: Disease Ecology<\/td>\nSmall 200-level undergraduate lab course, mixing reading and discussion with field exercises. (Intro or AP Biology prerequisite)<\/td>\nHood, Michael
\nmhood@amherst.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Hood_Intro to Field Biology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture course for biology and anthropology majors<\/td>\nEisenberg, Dan
\ndtae@uw.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Eisenberg Spring 2018_EvolutionaryMedicineSyllabus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease Ecology<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors and graduate students<\/td>\nKilpatrick, Marm
\nakilpatr@ucsc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Kilpatrick Disease Ecology Syllabus 2018<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease Ecology<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture, discussion, and computer lab course for biology majors<\/td>\nCivitello, David
\ndavid.james.civitello@emory.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Biol 347 Disease Ecology Syllabus \u2013 SP19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture course for non-majors (link to online lectures)<\/a><\/td>\nStearns, Stephen
\nstephen.stearns@yale.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Stearns Evolutionary Medicine Course Syllabus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease Biology<\/td>\nUpper-level undergraduate biology majors and graduate students<\/td>\nMartin, Lynn (Marty)
\nlbmartin@usf.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Martin Disease Biology 2017 syllabus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors<\/td>\nMideo, Nicole
\nnicole.mideo@me.com<\/a><\/td>\n		Mideo_EEB325_2019_Syllabus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease Ecology<\/td>\nLab course for first-year biology majors<\/td>\nSearle, Catherine
\nsearlec@purdue.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Searle_Year1BioLab_DiseaseEcology_Syllabus_2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peoples & Plagues<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture course<\/td>\nRyan, Sadie
\nsjryan@ufl.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Ryan_Peoples&Plagues<\/a>\n

Ryan_GEOG 3930<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Disease Ecology & Evolution<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture course for biology majors<\/td>\nMitchell, Charles
\nmitchell@bio.unc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Mitchell_Syllabus Biol 568 Fall 2018 (Nov11)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease Ecology & Evolution<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors<\/td>\nWoodhams, Doug
\ndwoodhams@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n		Woodhams_Disease Ecology and Evolution syllabus2018_3<\/a>\n

Woodhams_Schedule and Assignments_revised_11_5_2018<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Parasite Ecology<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and lab course for biology majors<\/td>\nWood, Chelsea
\nchelwood@uw.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Wood_Parasite Ecology \u2013 Syllabus \u2013 AUTUMN 2018 \u2013 FINAL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors<\/td>\nMartin, Lynn (Marty)
\nlbmartin@usf.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Martin Evolutionary Medicine, syllabus Fall 2017<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors<\/td>\nAntolin, Michael
\nantolin@rams.colostate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Antolin_Evolutionary Medicine \u2013 Colorado State Univeirsty BZ 420 Syllabus 2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evolutionary Medicine<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors<\/td>\nCressler, Clay
\nccressler2@unl.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Syllabus Evolutionary Medicine 2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Methods in Vector-Borne Disease Ecology<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and lab course for biology majors<\/td>\nHamer, Gabe
\nghamer@tamu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Hamer_ENTO_VIBS 426 626 syllabus 1.29.19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/td>\nUpper-level case-study based course for biology\/anthropology majors<\/td>\nHolland Jones, James
\njhj1@stanford.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		EEID_Syllabus_Winter2018-rev2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease Ecology<\/td>\nUpper-level lecture and discussion course for biology majors<\/td>\nSearle, Catherine
\nsearlec@purdue.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Searle_Disease Ecology 2018 syllabus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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LECTURE ACTIVITIES<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Activity<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nContact<\/strong><\/td>\nLink or File<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diseases I\u2019ve had and
\nheard of<\/td>\n		Simple exercise for first lecture in an introductory course for biology majors or non-majors<\/td>\nAntonovics, Janis
\nja8n@virginia.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Ask students to list on two halves of one page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lecture on mapping disease<\/td>\nJohn Snow, Broad Street Pump, disease incidence, appropriate mapping scale.<\/td>\nDan Salkeld<\/td>\nmapping disease<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pre-lecture music and poetry<\/td>\nAs a lecture warm up, often good to present something fun. Here are a few examples of poems and music (lyrics only).There is lots more out there.and music can be downloaded<\/td>\nPre-lecture music and poetry<\/td>\nPre-lecture Music Poems for Disease Biology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SEMINARS AND DISCUSSION SECTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Activity<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nContact<\/strong><\/td>\nLink or file<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diseases are like the stars<\/td>\nSimple data exercise illustrating that knowledge on parasite diversity is affected strongly by search effort.<\/td>\nMichael Hood\n

mhood@amherst.edu<\/p><\/td>\n

DISEASES_ARE_LIKE_THE_STARS-1-2017 teachingeeid<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Epidemiology project<\/td>\nUsing class photos to investigate contact rates and disease spread, with an SIR model option<\/td>\nJanis Antonovics\n

ja8n@virginia.edu<\/p><\/td>\n

Epidemiology_Assignment Disease Biology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disease poster project<\/td>\nIndividual projects where students produce a poster or wiki page (instead of a term paper) on a particular disease<\/td>\nJanis Antonovics\n

ja8n@virginia.edu<\/p><\/td>\n

Disease_Poster_Assignment to post<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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COMPUTATIONAL LABS<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Activity<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nContact<\/strong><\/td>\nLink or File<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Queen game<\/td>\nStudents use playing cards to collaboratively act out host-parasite coevolution and test predictions of the Red Queen Hypothesis. Resources can be found at my websit<\/a>e.<\/td>\nMandy Gibson\n

amanda.gibson@emory.edu<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n

GibsonDrownLively_2015_RedQueenGame<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DSAIDE R package<\/td>\nR package of different compartmental models to explore various infectious disease topics. Code is wrapped around a GUI so no coding required.<\/td>\nAndreas Handel\n

ahandel@uga.edu<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n

package<\/a>\n

github<\/a><\/p>\n

PLOS Paper<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Disease transmission in networks<\/td>\nComputer lab requiring students to:\n
    \n
  • Build a network based on shared courses, clubs, and dorms of students in this lab section.<\/li>\n
  • Simulate transmission of a directly-transmitted parasite on a static network.<\/li>\n
  • Determine how network position influences the importance of a host to parasite spread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Civitello, David\n

david.james.civitello@emory.edu<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n

Lab 3 \u2013 Transmission in networks<\/a>\n

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Disease control<\/td>\nComputer lab requiring students to use simple epidemiological models to determine the vaccination or culling level needed to eliminate a density-dependently transmitted parasite<\/td>\nCivitello, David\n

david.james.civitello@emory.edu<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n

Lab 7 \u2013 Disease control<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herd immunity<\/td>\nSimulation activity that simulates measles outbreaks in communities with different levels of vaccination<\/td>\nShocket, Marta\n

mshocket@stanford.edu<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n

Random Process Simulation Activity<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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EMPIRICAL LABS<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Activity<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\nContact<\/strong><\/td>\nLink or File<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quantifying Infection Rates in Natural Populations<\/td>\n(Draft Module) Uses the Drosophila-Howardula System to collect wild mycophagous flies and quantify infection rates by parasitic nematodes. Uses a introductory lab in undergraduate course. Takes two 3-hour labs.<\/td>\nMichael Hood (Amherst College)
\nmhood@amherst.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Quantifying Infection Rates in Natural Populations (Drosophila-Howardula System)_Hood_Amherst College<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Testing assumptions of transmission functions<\/td>\nUses HexBugs to generate data on the transmission of \u201cRoboPox\u201d and gets students to use simple statistics to investigate whether assumptions of density-dependent transmission hold<\/td>\nCivitello, David\n

david.james.civitello@emory.edu<\/a><\/p><\/td>\n

Lab 5 \u2013 Transmission dynamics of Robo Pox<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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