{"id":13,"date":"2011-10-26T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyomingextension.org\/agambassadors\/?p=13"},"modified":"2011-10-26T11:34:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:34:28","slug":"a-new-and-exciting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/a-new-and-exciting-class\/","title":{"rendered":"A new and exciting class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Noah Hull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the first edition of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (COANR) blog I wanted to talk about a new and exciting class at the University of Wyoming, more specifically in veterinary science\/pathobiology department.\u00a0 The class in which I speak about is Epidemiology-Diseases in Population (PATB 4001\/5001 and MICR 4001\/5001)<\/a>\u00a0which is now being offered in the fall semester at the University of Wyoming.<\/p>\n

With the popular media giving attention to the recent movie Contagion<\/em><\/a>, there is an increase interest in the public health system in the United States.\u00a0 While the popular media has picked up on this, the world of academia took note of such many years ago.\u00a0 There are various graduate degrees offered in epidemiology, from Masters in Public Health (MPH) to PhD\u2019s in epidemiology, both have seen an increase in the number of students and in the case of MPH programs a number of newly accredited programs have sprouted up in recent years.<\/p>\n

With the new addition of the epidemiology class at the University of Wyoming, the university has made a step in the right direction to promote education as well as cultivate interest in the field of public health.\u00a0\u00a0 For this offering the university made a new faculty hire of Dr. Brant Schumaker from University of California Davis.\u00a0 Dr. Schumaker obtained his bachelors of science (BS), his masters in preventative veterinary medicine (MPVM), a doctorate of veterinary medicine (DVM) as well as his philosophy doctorate (PhD) in epidemiology from the University of California \u2013 Davis.\u00a0 His previous and current research focus deals with Brucellosis<\/em> in the greater Yellowstone area.<\/p>\n

As an undergraduate student who is seeking a career in public health, it was much to my satisfaction to come across the advertisement of this course on a corkboard in the COANR building.\u00a0 For an undergraduate student, this course gives a good foundation as to the main concepts in epidemiology.\u00a0 It is also a good class to take if you are not sure of your next step in a graduate school program and have an inkling into the public health world.\u00a0 Thus far the course has only strengthened my resolve to continue my studies in this program area.\u00a0\u00a0 Within the course we have not only had the general lectures that all students are familiar with, but we have some activities which are very useful in applying concepts that have been lectured on.\u00a0 One such activity was an outbreak investigation.\u00a0 During this investigation, several public health figures representing the Wyoming Department of Health<\/a>, Center for Disease Control \u2013 Epidemic Intelligence Service<\/a> as well as the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps<\/a>, came and gave us a real-life scenario and allowed us to work through the investigation from the preliminary step of defining a case, to the very end of holding a mock press conference to the public with specific regards to the outbreak itself.<\/p>\n

I feel that this course is a wonderful deviation from the general courses that we are all familiar with at the college level.\u00a0 With the expected increase in world population and the increase of animal-human interaction, trying to get more students interested and educated in this area of study will only be beneficial to the society as a whole.\u00a0\u00a0 If one is interested in the course you may view the departmental listing of such at: http:\/\/www.uwyo.edu\/vetsci\/courses\/patb-4001.html<\/a>.\u00a0 Of note the prerequisites for the course are the introduction to statistics (STAT 2050) as well as a microbiology course (MICR 2210, 2220 or 2240)<\/p>\n

Noah Hull
\nSenator, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
\nElection Committee Chair – ASUW
\nSergeant-at-Arms – ASUW
\nCollege of Agriculture Student Ambassador<\/p>\n

I am originally from Los Angeles, CA and moved out to Wyoming to pursue a degree at the University of Wyoming.\u00a0 The deciding factors of moving out here were the wonderful research opportunities that are made available to undergraduates that were not made possible at my previous university.\u00a0 Once graduated I intend on seeking a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics somewhere out on the east coast and continuing my research<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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