Education
Special Topics
in Conservation Medicine is a cooperative multidisciplinary course
presented by The Conservation Medicine Center of Chicago. Since
its inception in 2002, the course has been very well received. The
course is videoconferenced to/from Loyola University Medical Center,
Brookfield Zoo, The University of Illinois College of Veterinary
Medicine, and Loyola's Lakeside Campus.
Please address
questions about the course to Joan Czajka at jczajka@lumc.edu
| Speaker |
Topic |
Date |
| Dr. Tony
Goldberg (UI) |
Course
Overview and opening lecture: Anthropogenic environmental change
and the emergence of infectious disease in humans and animals |
Aug. 29 |
Dr. Julia
Whittington (UI)
|
Caring
for the individual exotic and wildlife species: considerations
and implications |
Sept. 5 |
Dr. Patty
McGill (BZ)
|
Hawaiian
birds: The role of introduced disease in the decimation of the
avifauna |
Sept.12 |
Dr. Lee
Cera (LUMC)
|
Zoonoses
– Why now and what has changed |
Sept. 19 |
Dr. Randy
Wells (BZ)
|
Factors
influencing the health of bottlenose dolphins in Florida |
Oct.10 |
Dr. Tom
Gillespie (UI)
|
The Role
of Land-Use Change & Human-Wildlife Linkages in Disease
Emergence & Ecosystem Health |
Oct. 17 |
Dr. Susan
Baker (LUMC)
|
SARS: New
directions in coronavirus research |
Oct. 24 |
Dr. Uriel
Kitron (UI)
|
Environmental
issues in the control of vector-borne diseases |
Oct. 31 |
| Dr. Val
Beasley (UI) |
Damaged
ecosystems and the problems of frogs |
Nov. 7 |
| Dr. Kim
Williamson (LU) |
Malaria |
Nov. 14 |
| Dr. Tony
Goldberg (UI) |
[Student
Presentations 1] |
Nov. 28 |
| Dr. Tony
Goldberg (UI) |
[Student
Presentations 2] |
Dec. 5 |
Affiliation
Key: UI = University of Illinois, LUMC = Loyola University Medical
Center, BZ = Brookfield Zoo, LU = Loyola Lakeside Campus
University
of Illinois course website: http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/courses/vp640/
Loyola University course website: http://www.luhs.org/depts/cmcc/edu/index.htm
LECTURES
OPEN TO VISITORS - (non-credit)
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