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)