Educational Opportunities
We offer a variety of educational opportunities hosted at The University of Texas Medical Branch.
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RABID – Research and Training in Arthropod-Borne Infectious Diseases
Class Times
Monday, Wednesday, Friday / 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Location
Levin Hall 3.320
Course Materials
Recommended reading will be provided on Blackboard. Course facilitators
will specify if any of the recommended reading in mandatory for their class.
Course Director
Maureen Laroche, PhD, FRES
Assistant Professor
Medical Research Building 4.142B
Students can schedule an appointment in advance. Please email the course director to schedule.
Program Contact
Aneth Zertuche
Medical Research Building 4.102
Course Description
This elective course will cover the ecology, pathogenesis, and transmission of various vector-borne agents, it consists of two to three one-hour lectures per week and two 1.5-hour scientific paper discussions. Lecture topics include arthropod immunology, host response to vector-borne pathogens, Lyme disease and other tick-borne bacterial diseases, vector-borne parasitic diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease, as well as epidemiological methods and outbreak response strategies in the context of vector-borne diseases.
