Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
Learn about infectious disease dynamics, from basic pathogen biology to global health impacts. Explore epidemiology, vaccination, and disease control.
Learn about infectious disease dynamics, from basic pathogen biology to global health impacts. Explore epidemiology, vaccination, and disease control.
This comprehensive course examines the dynamics of infectious diseases and epidemics, covering everything from basic pathogen biology to global health challenges. Students learn about various infectious agents, host immunity, disease transmission, and population-level impacts. The curriculum explores critical topics including vaccination strategies, disease control mechanisms, emerging infections, and global surveillance systems. Through ten detailed modules, learners gain insight into historical epidemics, modern challenges like drug resistance, and innovative approaches to disease monitoring and control, including digital epidemiology.
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What you'll learn
Understand pathogen types and transmission mechanisms
Analyze host immune responses and disease susceptibility
Evaluate vaccination strategies and public health interventions
Explore emerging infectious diseases and drug resistance
Learn about global disease surveillance systems
Understand epidemic patterns and control measures
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This course includes:
8.2 Hours PreRecorded video
8 assignments
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There are 10 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores the dynamics of infectious diseases through ten detailed modules. Starting with fundamental concepts of pathogens and host responses, it progresses through epidemiology, vaccination strategies, and global health challenges. The curriculum covers critical topics including disease transmission, control mechanisms, emerging infections, and surveillance systems, combining theoretical knowledge with real-world applications and case studies.
Course Introduction
Module 1 · 30 Minutes to complete
Pathogens
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Hosts
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Basics of Ecology
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
Epidemiology
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
Vaccination
Module 6 · 1 Hours to complete
Control Mechanisms
Module 7 · 1 Hours to complete
Emergence
Module 8 · 1 Hours to complete
Global Health
Module 9 · 1 Hours to complete
Ask Us Anything Videos
Module 10 · 4 Hours to complete
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Instructors
Distinguished Epidemiologist and Theoretical Ecologist
Dr. Ottar N. Bjornstad serves as Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology and holds the J. Lloyd & Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair of Epidemiology at The Pennsylvania State University. His research operates at the intersection of ecology, mathematical biology, and statistics, focusing on understanding population dynamics and disease outbreaks. His work encompasses five key areas: ecological statistics, population dynamics, species interactions, spatial dynamics, and infectious disease ecology. As a theoretical ecologist, he has made significant contributions to understanding the spread of diseases, including COVID-19, measles, whooping cough, and influenza. His research combines sophisticated mathematical modeling with empirical data analysis to study how diseases spread through populations. He has published extensively in prestigious journals like Science and Nature, with highly cited works on spatial synchrony in population dynamics and infectious disease modeling. Through his course "Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases" on Coursera, he shares his expertise in epidemiological modeling with a global audience. Dr. Bjornstad received his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Oslo and has become a leading figure in the field of ecological epidemiology, particularly in developing methods for analyzing spatiotemporal data in disease outbreaks
Distinguished Wildlife Disease Ecologist and Epidemiologist
Dr. Peter Hudson
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