MMI 554 - Infectious Diseases & Bioterrorism
Fall 2009

Date	Description	Presenter
September 3	Course Introduction, Educational Objectives, Factors of Emergence (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available)	Laura Knoll
September 8	History of Public Health, and its role in addressing emerging disease threats (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Peter Shult
September 10	Bioterrorism: reagents and the reality of the threat (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Peter Shult
September 15	HIV and AIDS (PDF only)	David O'Connor
September 17	Malaria (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	William Weidanz
September 22	TB and air travel issues (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	William Weidanz
September 24	Jumping Species and Zoonoses: examples monkey pox, west nile (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Laura Knoll
September 29	Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Water Supply and how that affects immunocompromised persons (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Laura Knoll
October 1	Food borne illness–Is that burger safe? How about that salad? (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Laura Knoll
October 6	Response to Public Health Emergencies: Food-borne outbreak laboratory response and PulseNet (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Tim Monson
October 8	Food Safety infrastructure, FDA, USDA, and inspections (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Peter Shult
October 13	Exam #1
October 15	Response to Public Health Emergencies: Psycho-social Issues	Marvin Birnbaum
October 20	Pandemic Influenza (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Peter Shult
October 22	Vaccine negligence, social issues and misconceptions (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	William Weidanz
October 27	Beneficial Microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Elizabeth Heath-Heckman
October 29	Highly virulent diseases that affect all ages: Hanta, SARS, Ebola (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Laura Knoll
November 3	Emerging Diseases in Plants (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Caitilyn Allen
November 5	Agricultural Terrorism and discussion on anti-bioterrorism regulations (Microsoft Powerpoint; PDF also available: 1 slide per page or 6 slides per page)	Caitilyn Allen
November 10	Emerging Infectious Diseases in Wildlife	Milton Friend
November 12	Threats to Wildlife	Milton Friend
November 17	Nosocomial Acquired Infections: MSRA and C. dif	Chris Crnich
November 19	Discussion: The epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections: a call to action for the medical community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin. Infect. Dis. 46, 155-164, 2008. (PDF)	William Weidanz
November 24	Vaccine efficacy and failures highlighting mumps, pertussis and other agents	Peter Shult
November 26	Thanksgiving (No class)
December 1	Response to Public Health Emergencies: The Role of Public Health and Laboratories	Steve Marshall Peter Shult
December 3	Response to Public Health Emergencies: Basic Epidemiology	John Pfister
December 8	Exam #2
December 10	Discussion: Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States. PLoS Neglected Tropic Diseases, June 2008. (PDF)	Laura Knoll
December 15	Discussion: Response to Public Health Emergencies: Role of the Media	Media panel
December 21	Final 5 page paper due

Syllabus (Word Doc; PDF also available)

Presenters:

• Marvin Birnbaum, MD, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Physiology, UW-Madison and Director of Emergency Medical Services Program, UW Hospital and Clinics
• Caitilyn Allen, Ph.D. Professor of Plant Pathology and Women’s Studies, UW-Madison
• Chris Crnich, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
• Milton Friend, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor Dept. of Animal health and Biomedical Sciences, UW-Madison, and Founder and Former Director of the USGS Natl Wildlife Health Center
• Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Teaching Assistant Extraordinaire, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program.
• Laura Knoll, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
• Steve Marshall, M.S., Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State laboratory of Hygiene
• Tim Monson, Coordinator, Food- and water-borne disease program, Wisconsin State laboratory of Hygiene
• David O'Connor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Lab. Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
• John Pfister, M.S., Epidemiologist, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Robert Striker, MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
• Peter A. Shult, Ph.D., Director, Communicable Disease Division and Emergency Laboratory Response, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
• William Weidanz, Ph.D. Professor Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UW School of Medicine and Public Health