Obvious topic would be host-parasite relationship, & their ecology. Global climate change and its impact on disease is a possible topic as well - you appear to cover the vector aspect; the emerging view is that microrganims distributions may/are changing as well. Alien species as vectors of new parasites, though not necessarily involving humans may also be topical Regards Esat Atikkan
Cheryl Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I teach the General Ecology course at our campus. This is a required course for all biology majors. Often more than 2/3 of the students enter the biology program with intention to go on in health-related fields (pharmacy, pre-med, physical therapy, etc). It has been my experience that the lectures the students respond most strongly to are those which show strong linkage between ecology and aspects of human health. For example, students said the lectures that were most memorable to them last year were a lecture on disease ecology (using simple SIR models to estimate the percent of a population that would need to be vaccinated to prevent an epidemic) and one on climate change (in which I emphasized the potential impact of warming on spread of mosquitoes as vectors for malaria and therefore the potential of climate change to increase disease risk). As I gear up to teach ecology again, I would love to hear from folks about lecture topics they have given or have thought about which show strong linkage between ecology and aspects of human health. Thanks! Please send responses either to the list or directly to me. If I get several replies, I will put them all together and post a summary to this list. Also, if you have colleagues that might have ideas, it'd be great if you could forward this note to them. Cheers, Cheryl Schultz ******************************************************************** Cheryl B. 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