Introduction to infectious diseases of people, animals and agriculture in changing landscapes and climates. Applies the One Health framework to understand linkages between human activity and disease, and how multi-disciplinary approaches can inform disease management.

Prepares students for careers in the biomedical sciences through professional skill development and career exploration. Students build a professional portfolio, develop communication, leadership, teamwork, networking, and interviewing skills, and prepare for graduate or professional school and the biomedical workforce.

This course examines infectious diseases through biological, epidemiological, social, cultural, economic, ethical, and political perspectives. Students analyze how infectious diseases emerge, spread, and affect individuals and populations; evaluate evidence and competing approaches; and examine human and global factors that shape prevention, treatment, and public health responses.

A multi-disciplinary approach to examining the impact of infectious diseases on human populations. Current persistent, epidemic and emerging diseases and how they are identified, studied and combatted will be discussed. Topics will also include the sociological, psychological, historical, legal, environmental, and economic implications of disease.

This course introduces students to infectious diseases of cattle, swine, small ruminants, and poultry. Topics include disease biology, transmission, epidemiology, and major viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases. Emphasis is placed on One Health, economics of disease, drug resistance, and practical prevention and control strategies in veterinary and food-animal systems.

Delivers an in-depth comprehension of specially selected areas of vector ecology and emerging vector-borne diseases. Emphasis will be placed on arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes and pathogens of medical and veterinary importance.

This course will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles regarding the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. Students will explore essential concepts related to vaccines and various treatment modalities, including antibiotics, antifungals, antiparasitic, and antivirals. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge to approach infectious diseases with informed and effective strategies.

This course introduces the principles of immunology and infectious diseases through hands-on laboratory investigations. Students develop practical skills in microbiological, virological, parasitological, and immunological techniques while learning to detect, identify, and characterize infectious agents and evaluate host immune responses.

Current research by Infectious Disease Faculty on the physiology of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, and the management of infectious diseases. Students will learn about current infectious disease research occurring on UGA campus.

An introduction to the rapidly emerging field of evolutionary medicine. The aim is to better understand the evolutionary nature of human health and disease. The course will apply central concepts from evolutionary biology (such as life history theory, coevolution, genomic conflict, constraints, and trade-offs) to problems in medicine and public health, including antibiotic resistance, aging, cancer, autoimmune disease, and pathogen virulence.

Analysis and presentation of primary research articles on infectious diseases, including microbial pathogen biology, pathogen-host interactions, disease transmission, and medical interventions.

Students will develop skills and acquire knowledge of arthropod vectors in the southeast. Students will be exposed to and perform a variety of standard entomological techniques for vector identification and taxonomy, field-based techniques for capturing or attracting vectors, and how these techniques are used by various agencies and personnel for vector control.