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Learning in Retirement 1516 Dunton Tower, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Dr. Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 613-520-2600 ext.1756 carleton.ca/linr Disease and Contemporary Society Lecturer: Dr. Alan Mortimer Winter 2016: Wednesdays, January 13th – February 17th Room 124, Leeds House Building Schedule of topics: Week 1: - - Infectious agents: virus, bacteria, parasites, prions Preventable diseases of childhood: o measles, mumps, rubella o pertussis, typhoid o chicken pox and shingles no longer vaccinated: o polio, smallpox Week 2: - - Bacterial Infections of the 21st Century o Cell proliferation Human bacterial ecology Antibiotics o Classic o New generation o Antibiotic resistance Example Diseases o C. Difficle o ‘Flesh eating disease’ o Blood poisoning Week 3: - - Autoimmune diseases In the 21st Century o The body’s immune response o Components of autoimmune response o Role of infection A sample of autoimmune diseases o Arthritis Did you know? Your registration in the LinR program allows you to borrow materials from Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library. To receive a temporary borrowing card, visit the circulation desk and identify yourself as a participant of LinR. - o Crohn’s diseases o Lupus etc Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disease Week 4: - - - Viral Infections of the 21st Century o How viruses cause infection o How the body fights infection o The human animal link HIV o Treatments for HIV o HIV vaccine MERS and SARS Ebola Week 5: - - Cancer: the disease of the 21st century Cell division and cell proliferation Cancer: o What cancer is o Components of cancer genetic, environmental, infectious o The concept of co-promoter Cancer treatments The concept of a ‘cure’ Week 6: - - - Emerging and re-emerging diseases o TB o Polio Factors influencing emergent diseases o Geographic o Environmental o Economic Impact of diseases of Africa, China and India Recommended readings for continued learning: These books provide interesting related information. As the lecture series deals with current topics there are no books dealing directly with much of the course material. These books are easy to read and provide background. Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver. Arthur Allen, W.W. Norton and Company (2007). The author does have a definite opinion, but the information is central to the place of vaccines in contemporary society. Flu: The Story or the Great Influenza Epidemic and the Search for the Virus that Caused It. Gina Kolata, Touchstone Press (2005). If you want to know why people worry about influenza, this will tell the story; at least up to 2005. Polio, An American Story. David M. Oshinsky, Oxford University Press (2005). Polio is a Canadian story too, but there isn’t a book about it. The Emperor of all Maladies, A Biography of Cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner (2010). Pulitzer Prize winning history of cancer The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot, Broadway Books (2010). An important story for anyone learning about cell biology. The real story behind HELA cells that form the foundation of experimental cell biology.