COURSE: Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases
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Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases : Winter School - 5 day intensive unit |
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Our Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases unit is designed to allow students to understand the principles of infectious disease emergence and transmission using current cases and examples.
The unit reviews the traditional tools of outbreak and epidemic investigation, combined with ideas on environmental change as a major driving force behind disease emergence.
Topics covered include:
- Australian and global perspectives on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
- links between environmental change and infectious diseases
- infections from food and water sources
- vector-borne illnesses, with a major emphasis on Australian examples
- principles of infectious disease transmission
- infection patterns in at-risk populations
- infectious disease surveillance
- the assessment and management of epidemics and outbreaks
- bioterrorism
- successes and failures in infectious disease control
Unit outline
The five-day unit will consist of a combination of lectures, practical case studies and discussions of recent regional and global outbreaks.
In preparation for the teaching week, pre-reading will be sent out in mid June.
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in infectious diseases, microbiology and/or environmental health issues is welcome.
This includes microbiologists, health department staff, doctors, nurses, students of public health, researchers, managers, ecologists and environmental scientists, and anyone working in areas relating to infectious disease prevention and control.
This unit is available for postgraduate students as a 6 point unit. It is also available for professional development. Fees apply, please visit our website for details.
Speaker(s) |
Assoc Professor Angus Cook and Adj Profesor Phil Weinstein
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Location |
Clifton Street Building, Nedlands Campus
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Contact |
Fiona Maley
<[email protected]>
: 6488 1299
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Start |
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:50
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End |
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:50
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RSVP |
RSVP is required.
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Submitted by |
Fiona Maley <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:04
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