Hi Cheryl, I have used work out of Rita Colwell's lab on the links between climate and cholera with good success in introductory ecology. Also see "Of mice and mast" by Ostfield et al. 1996, Bioscience, which discusses the connections among mice, deer, acorns, gypsy moths, ticks, and Lyme disease. Finally, I often teach the concepts of evolution and natural selection using antibiotic resistance as a key example.
Good luck! Laurie At 08:14 PM 8/15/2007, Cheryl Schultz 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. Schultz >Assistant Professor >School of Biological Sciences >Washington State University Vancouver >14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. >Vancouver, WA 98686 >Office: 360-546-9525 Lab: 360-546-9082 >Fax: 360-546-9064 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/schultz.html > >******************************************************************** > > > > _____ > >From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ECOLOG-L automatic digest >system >Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:00 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 13 Aug 2007 to 14 Aug 2007 (#2007-221) > > > >Skip repetitive navigational links > > > > > <http://www.lsoft.com> L-Soft - Home of the LISTSERV mailing list manager >LISTSERV(R) 14.5 <https://LISTSERV.UMD.EDU/archives/images/ls2-version.gif> > > >ECOLOG-L Digest - 13 Aug 2007 to 14 Aug 2007 (#2007-221) > > >Table of contents: > > >* Carbon Calculator <> >* Postdoc available: comparative <> ecophysiology of Hawaiian >lobeliads >* ECOLOGY Conservation Principles <> and Transformations Re: hunting >& conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: >primate watching >* primate watching <> >* field-worthy SUV <> >* Euclidean distances and SAS <> >* Climate Change Positions: Climate <> Adaptation Specialists- >Freshwater and Terrestrial >* Perm Aquatic Ecologist Position <> Yosemite NTPK >* Carbon Calculator (and very <> interesting ocean carbon trials!) >(5) >* Assistantship available <> >* Low GPA; grad school? <> (4) >* Environmental Education <> Internship >* proposed short course in <> adaptive management >* hunting <> & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and >Transformations Re: primate watching >* microlending/RE: hunting <> & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation >Principles and Transformations (3) >* hunting <> & conservation >* Biogeochemistry in Polar <> Environments at AGU > >1. Carbon Calculator > >* Re: Carbon Calculator (08/13) >From: "Thomson, David Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >2. Postdoc available: comparative ecophysiology of Hawaiian lobeliads > >* Postdoc available: comparative ecophysiology of Hawaiian lobeliads >(08/13) >From: Rebecca Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >3. ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: hunting & >conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: >primate watching > >* ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: hunting & >conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and Transformations Re: >primate watching (08/14) >From: Wayne Tyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >4. primate watching > >* Re: primate watching (08/14) >From: Dan Tufford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >5. field-worthy SUV > >* Re: field-worthy SUV (08/14) >From: Jim Biardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >6. Euclidean distances and SAS > >* Euclidean distances and SAS (08/14) >From: Lene Jung Kjaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >7. Climate Change Positions: Climate Adaptation Specialists- Freshwater >and Terrestrial > >* Climate Change Positions: Climate Adaptation Specialists- Freshwater >and Terrestrial (08/14) >From: Michael Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >8. Perm Aquatic Ecologist Position Yosemite NTPK > >* Perm Aquatic Ecologist Position Yosemite NTPK (08/14) >From: Sarah Stock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >9. Carbon Calculator (and very interesting ocean carbon trials!) > >* Re: Carbon Calculator (and very interesting ocean carbon trials!) >(08/14) >From: John Mickelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Carbon Calculator (and very interesting ocean carbon trials!) >(08/14) >From: Wil Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Carbon Calculator (and very interesting ocean carbon trials!) >(08/14) >From: Dave Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Carbon Calculator (and very interesting ocean carbon trials!) >(08/14) >From: John Mickelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Carbon Calculator (and very interesting ocean carbon trials!) >(08/14) >From: "Thomson, David Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >10. Assistantship available > >* Assistantship available (08/14) >From: "Saunders, Michael R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >11. Low GPA; grad school? > >* Low GPA; grad school? (08/14) >From: S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Low GPA; grad school? (08/14) >From: Malcolm McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Low GPA; grad school? (08/14) >From: Emily Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: Low GPA; grad school? (08/14) >From: Malcolm McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >12. Environmental Education Internship > >* Environmental Education Internship (08/14) >From: Jennifer Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >13. proposed short course in adaptive management > >* proposed short course in adaptive management (08/14) >From: David Inouye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >14. hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and >Transformations Re: primate watching > >* Re: hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation Principles and >Transformations Re: primate watching (08/14) >From: "James J. Roper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >15. microlending/RE: hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation >Principles and Transformations > >* microlending/RE: hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation >Principles and Transformations (08/14) >From: WENDEE HOLTCAMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: microlending/RE: hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation >Principles and Transformations (08/14) >From: "Warren W. Aney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Re: microlending/RE: hunting & conservation/was ECOLOGY Conservation >Principles and Transformations (08/14) >From: WENDEE HOLTCAMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >16. hunting & conservation > >* Re: hunting & conservation (08/14) >From: "Warren W. Aney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >17. Biogeochemistry in Polar Environments at AGU > >* Biogeochemistry in Polar Environments at AGU (08/14) >From: "BAESEMAN, JENNY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _____ > > <http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html> ><http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html> Powered by LISTSERV(R) ><http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html> Browse the ECOLOG-L online ><http://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=ECOLOG-L> archives. > > Dr. Laurie Anderson (Laurel J. Anderson) Associate Professor Dept. of Botany/Microbiology Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH 43015 740-368-3501 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
