• Emerging pathogens – have we learned any lessons?

      Date: May 27th, 2021

      Time: 10:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Rodney Rohde, Texas State University

      Objectives:

      – Provide a BRIEF update on the current SARSCoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic
      – Discuss the factors associated with the globalization of infectious diseases, including historical and current examples of how select pathogens can evade antimicrobial treatments, and how this confers an evolutionary advantage to that pathogen
      – List and describe the effects of globalization in the spread of pathogens, particularly international travel and urbanization
      – Describe how proper public policy, medical intervention strategies, and development of novel therapies can be used to curtail the emergence of pathogens
      – Correlate the local and global issue of these pathogens through the lenses of globalization and public health

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