Epidemiology, Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, and Pandemics
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Epidemiology, Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, and Pandemics is a CTY Princeton course with a prerequisite of either CTY's Fast-Paced High School Biology class or at least a B in first-year high school biology.
Course Description
(from CTY handbook)
Students in this course investigate the science and politics of disease. From examining the role that epidemiologists play in unlocking the points of origin of pandemics to dissecting the behavior of policymakers as they address AIDS or the avian flu, students gain insight into the cause and spread of global diseases, the role of scientists in identifying, controlling, and/or preventing diseases, and the political and ethical implications therein. This course focuses throughout on the tools scientists use—from statistical analysis to computer modeling to biomedical research—as they combat diseases in the present and prepare for diseases in the future.
