Environmental Change and Infectious Disease

Course Details

  • Acronym ENV H 447
  • Instructor(s) Karen Levy
  • Quarter Spring 2026
  • Credits 3
  • Meeting Times TTh 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM
  • Location HSEB 245
  • Fullfills Climate Minor (S)

Course Description

Uses multidisciplinary approach to address the impacts of environmental change (including climate change) on infectious disease. Concepts include categories of environmental change; infectious disease emergence/re-emergence; environmental aspects of infectious disease exposure, acquisition, and progression; pathogen growth/survival in the environment; historical and societal perspectives; surveillance; and strategies for control.