Teaching

Dr. Chowell is co-teaching Introduction to Global Health with Prof. Ana Magdalena Hurtado for the spring semester 2008. Details and other useful information about the course are given below.

Course Number	Course Name	Schedule	Location	Class dates	Enrolled
ASB 100-1001 LEC 33891	Introduction to Global Health (Lecture)	MoWe 1:40PM - 2:55PM	Physical Science H 152 (Tempe)	Jan 14, 2008 - May 8, 2008	80
SSH 100-1001 LEC 33890	Introduction to Global Health (Lecture)	MoWe 1:40PM - 2:55PM	Physical Science H 152 (Tempe)	Jan 14, 2008 - May 8, 2008	95

This is an interdisciplinary class with students from different majors and backgrounds. The proportion of students from different majors and backgrounds is shown here.

Nelson K E, Williams C M 2007 Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Theory and Practice. 2nd Edition. Sudbury: Jone and Bartlett.

A. Magdalena Hurtado, Ph.D., School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC), 2nd floor, Room 229H, amhurtad@asu.edu; cell phone – 505 507 0957
Office hours: by appointment.

Gerardo Chowell-Puente, Ph.D., School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Matthews Center, 203R gchowell@asu.edu, office telephone number – 480 965 4730
Office hours: by appointment.

Anna Novotny, Graduate Student, Matthews Center, Desk 12, 2nd floor, anovotn1@asu.edu
Lynn Lucas, Graduate Student, Life Sciences A, Room A55; lmlucas@asu.edu
Office hours – by appointment

Global health is the study of human health differences and similarities in past and present environments, and the ways in which they are patterned by complex human and animal networks and activities across the planet. For the majority of humans, the infectious agents of diseases like tuberculosis, AIDS, malaria, intestinal, skin and respiratory infections not only influence how they grow, feel, act and behave but also influence how they die, how their children die and at what age. And for fewer humans, at least in recent history, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, asthma and other chronic health conditions can have a huge influence over their lives and decisions. In this course we will rely on a framework that brings together anthropology, epidemiology and evolutionary theory to explore: 1) How wars between pathogens and humans over nutrients and well-being are ancient and unlikely to end in the near future; 2) How those wars have shaped in part the physiological, immunological and possibly, cognitive responses of humans today, and 3) How those wars have influenced, and have been influenced by the emergence and maintenance of cultural and social phenomena.

….to learn about human global health patterns by making the information accessible to students with diverse backgrounds, by facilitating interactions with faculty and by sharing with students information about global health programs at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. The instructors will use a ‘transdisciplinary approach’. This means that we will identify complex problems and data and look for new ways to conceptualize and interpret them through multiple disciplinary lenses (anthropology, public health sciences, mathematics, biology, other).

…to create a global work force in all walks of life that will contribute to quality of life improvements throughout the world.

Curiosity and interest in health. Also, a willingness to explore new ideas, anthropological and biological knowledge and mathematical applications regardless of prior experience in those areas. And finally, a willingness to work very hard in order to earn an "A" in the course. Hard work, honesty, diligence, conscientiousness and collegiality will be rewarded in this course.