One Health AFNS/ PHS 416/516 Vetmed 690 Winter 2014
Instructors:
Judd Aiken [email protected]
Norm Neumann [email protected] Simon Otto [email protected]
Alessandro Massolo [email protected]
Time: Tuesday & Thursday 8:00-9:20 am Location:
Prerequisites *3 microbiology and *3 physiology or consent of the instructor
Textbook / Additional Reading: No textbook required. Supplementary course material, in the form of research papers pertinent to the lecture material, will be assigned in class.
Overview: ‘One-Health’ is an emerging paradigm in public and veterinary health which recognizes that human, animal and environmental health are interlinked. The course will address food and water safety, the increase in prevalence of antibiotic resistant organisms, emerging infectious zoonotic diseases, emerging non-zoonotic diseases impacting one health, environmental protection and environmental sustainability, emphasizing the interaction of these diverse yet interconnected disciplines in protecting the health of populations.
Lecture Schedule Introduction to principles
Week 1:
Jan 7 Judd Aiken – History of “One Health”
Jan 9 David Hall – Introduction to the Concepts of One Health Week 2:
Jan 14 Norm Neumann – One Health Methods: Biological Complexity
Jan 16 Judd Aiken – Disease Detection Technologies: Applications and Limitations
Inter- and trans-disciplinary crossing Week 3:
Jan 21 Judit Smits – EcoToxicology
Jan 23 Alessandro Massolo – Wildlife Health Ecology Week 4:
Jan 28 Bonnie Buntain – Social Components Jan 30 Judd Aiken – Zoonotic Disease
One Health AFNS/ PHS 416/516 Vetmed 690 Winter 2014
Week 5:
Feb 4 Sylvia Checkley – One Health Surveillance
Feb 6 Kate Snedeker – Surveillance systems in human and environmental systems.
Week 6:
Feb 11 John Berezowski – Approaches to Emerging Diseases Feb 13 Delores Peters – Concepts of zoonotic disease emergence Week 7
February 15-23 Reading Week
Week 8 :
Feb 25 Norm Neumann – Water Safety Feb 27 Midterm Exam
Week 9:
Mar 4 Judd Aiken – Introduction to Prion Diseases Mar 6 Judd Aiken – BSE & CWD
One Health into action Week 10:
Mar 11 Judd Aiken – Non-zoonotic diseases and One Health
Mar 13 Julia Keenliside – Non-zoonotic Diseases - social and economic impacts Week 11:
Mar 18 Chunu Mainali – Antimicrobial Resistance I Mar 20 Simon Otto – Antimicrobial Resistance II Week 12:
Mar 25 Craig Stephen – to be determined
Mar 27 Susan Cork – TB in elephants (tentative title) Week 13:
Apr 1 Norm Neumann – Changing environments and Infectious Disease Apr 3 Frank Van der Meer/Susan Kutz – the Tanzania Project (tentative title) Week 14:
Apr 8 Julia Keenliside – Food Safety
*Lecture schedule may be revised as necessary (e.g. speaker availability, novel disease outbreak, etc)
One Health AFNS/ PHS 416/516 Vetmed 690 Winter 2014
Grading:
Undergraduate Students. Grading will be based upon the student’s performance on a homework assignment (10%), a mid-term examination (40%) and final examination (50%).
Graduate Students. Grading will be based upon the student’s performance on on a homework assignment (10%), a mid-term examination (30%), final examination (45%), and a written report (15%).
Exams: Each exam will focus on the material covered in the lectures and readings for the appropriate section of the course. The final exam will be cumulative with emphasis given to material covered following the midterm exam.
No electronic devices, including calculators, will be permitted during exams. Students are expected to have basic proficiency in mathematics as per the University of Alberta BSc degree requirements. On exam days, each student will only bring a pencil/pen/eraser into the room.
Answer sheets and blank paper will be provided as needed.
There will be no deferrals for the Midterm examination. Instead, the weight will be transferred to the final examination. Deferred final exams will be oral exams.
Questions regarding exam grading will only be considered within one week of the date that exams are returned. If a request is made to regrade an exam, the entire exam will be regraded including the point of debate. All inquiries must consist of a statement of why the regrade is requested and a complete argument including citations. All regrade requests must be typed and signed by the student and attached to the original copy of the exam. Correct answers will be marked on each exam.
Academic Integrity: All relevant University policies regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. This includes no cheating, no plagiarism and reporting any knowledge thereof. All students should consult the Code of Student behavior
(http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/gfcpolicymanual/ content.cfm?ID_page=37633)