GSBS Course Number GS07-0011 Last update October 17, 2005

Blue Book Elective for UT-H Medical School (Information)

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Sept. 19 Biological Agents as Weapons of Mass Destruction Powerpoint Presentation
Steven J. Norris, Ph.D., UT-Houston Medical School

Sept. 26 Surveillance for Bioterrorism Events

Tom Betz, M.D., Texas Department of State Health Services

CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE RITA

Oct. 3 Emerging Infectious Diseases – Is the U.S. Becoming a Developing Country?

Powerpoint Presentation

Herbert L. DuPont, M.D., UT-Houston School of Public Health

Oct. 10 Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax Powerpoint Presentation
Theresa M. Koehler, Ph.D., UT-Houston Medical School

Oct. 17 Safety & Security Requirements for Select Agent Research Powerpoint Presentation
Robert J. Emery, Ph.D., UT-Houston School of Public Health

Oct. 24 Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Powerpoint Presentation
Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, M.D., UT-Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville

Nov. 7 Investigation of Suspected Acts of Bioterrorism

J.P. Riordan, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Houston Division

Nov. 14 Immunization with Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain:

Phase I Clinical Trial Powerpoint Presentation
Hanna El Sahly, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Nov. 21 Anthrax Vaccine Studies Powerpoint Presentation
Wendy Keitel, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

Nov. 28 Emergency Response
Richard N. Bradley, M.D., UT-Houston Medical School

Dec. 5 Poverty and Ignorance: the Roots of Terrorism
Joseph B. McCormick, M.D., UT-Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville

Co-sponsored by the Center for Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens

and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

For questions regarding this website, contact Steven.J.Norris@uth.tmc.edu.