Curriculum and Course Instructors

Course instructors are guest lecturers from partner institutions.

The Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Course curriculum brings together internationally recognized experts from leading universities, hospitals, and research institutions across the United States and around the world. Through self-paced online lectures, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of tropical medicine, from infectious diseases and medical entomology to traveler's and immigrant health, non-communicable diseases, public health, and laboratory medicine. Each lecture is led by an instructor with deep clinical, research, or field experience in the subject, many of whom volunteer their time in support of global health education. Explore each area of study below to view its topics, lectures, and instructors, and select an instructor's name to learn more at their home institution.

Course Structure

Infectious Diseases(111.25 hours)

1. Viruses (29.5 hours)
  1. Polio (60 min) – Dr Dharmapalan, Apollo Hospitals, India
  2. Viral gastroenteritis (30 min) – Dr. Karen Bowlware, OU, US
  3. Respiratory viral infections including emerging coronaviruses (60 min) – Dr. Rita Wilson-Dib, OU, US – October
  4. Viral diseases with cutaneous manifestations (2 hours and 45 min)
    1. Measles – (45 min) – Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Stanford, US
    2. Other – (60 min) Dr. Sylvia Freire, Brasilia, Brasil
      1. Rubella
      2. Enterovirus
      3. Herpesvirus
      4. Parvovirus
    3. Poxviruses – 60 min –Dr. Aroop Mohanty, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India (Sept 25)
  5. Viral hepatitis (2 hours and 30 min)
    1. Hepatitis A (30 min) – Dr. José Henao-Cordero, OU, US
    2. Hepatitis B (30 min) – Dr. Crystal David, Oklahoma State University, US
    3. Hepatitis C (30 min) – Dr. Crystal David, Oklahoma State University, US
    4. Hepatitis E (30 min) – Dr. Christina Rostad, Emory, US
    5. Hepatitis D (30 min) - Dr. Crystal David, Oklahoma State University, US
  6. Viral febrile syndrome arbovirus (2 hours and 45 min)
    1. Epidemiology, public health measures, and outbreak recognition (60 min) – Dr. Victor Bertollo Gomes Porto, Programa Nacional de Imunizações, Brasilia, Brasil
    2. Diagnosis and management (60 min) – Dr. Kleber Luz, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil (late October)
      1. Dengue
      2. Chikungunya and Zika
      3. Oropouche and Mayaro
      4. Other arboviral diseases
    3. Congenital Zika (45 min) –Dr. Karin Nielsen, UCLA, US
  7. Viral hemorrhagic fevers (8 hours)
    1. Yellow Fever (60 min) – Dr. Alicia Hidrón Botero, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
    2. South American Hemorrhagic Fevers (60 min) – Dr. Adolfo Valdivia, Hospital de Clínicas la Paz, Bolivia
    3. Filoviridae (60 min) – Dr Jil Haase, NIH, US
    4. Hantavirus (60 min) – Dr Gregory Mertz, University of New Mexico, US
    5. Lassa Fever (60 min) – Dr. Maria Gabby Frank, John Hopkins, US
    6. Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (60 min) – Dr. Saima Ali, Indus Hospital, Pakistan
    7. Rift Valley (30 min) – Dr. Jürgen A. Richt and Dr. Natasha Gaudreault, Kansas State University, US
    8. Kyasanur Forest disease (60 min) – Dr. Sunit Singh, Dr B R Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
  8. Viral infections of the nervous system (6 hours)
    1. Viral infections of the CNS an overview (60 min) – Nelson Agudelo, OU, US
    2. Equine encephalitis (30 min) – Dr Drevets, OU, US
    3. Rabies (60 min) – Dr Alan Jackson, University of Calgary, Canada
    4. Japanese encephalitis (30 min) – Dr Drevets, OU, US
    5. Nipah (60 min) – Dr Zakiul Hassan, Pandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK -October
    6. West Nile, St Louis and other arboviral encephalitis (30 min) – Dr Drevets, OU, US
    7. Herpes B virus (30-45 min) – Dr Jeffrey Cohen, NIH, US
    8. HTLV-I (60 min) – Dr. André Coelho, University of Brasilia, Brasil
  9. HIV (6 hours)
    1. Epidemiology – 30 min – Dr. Michelle Lewis, OU, US
    2. Diagnosis and Clinical Features – 30 min – Dr. Michelle Lewis – OU, US
    3. Management – 60 min – Dr. Michelle Lewis, OU, US
      1. Coinfections with emphasis tuberculosis and cryptococcosis – 60 min Dr. Diana Varela, Hospital Escuela Universitario, Honduras
    4. HIV Prevention – 30 min – Dr Juliana Lapa, University of Brasilia, Brasil
    5. Cancer in HIV (45 min) – Dr Ramya Ramaswami, NIH, US
    6. Management in children and perinatal transmission – 45 min – Dr Misty Oldham, OU, US
    7. HIV in East Africa, Service delivery model and the comprehensive bundled package (60 min) – Dr. Lisa Abugoi, University of Colorado, US – end of October
2. Bacteria (32.75 hours)
  1. Gastrointestinal infections (4 hours)
    1. H. pylori infection (60 min) – Dr Jessica Bass, NIH, US
    2. Nontyphoidal salmonellosis (30 min) – Dr. David Pegues, University of Pennsylvania, US
    3. Shigella and other enterobacterales (30 min) – Dr. Wilbur Chen, University of Maryland, US
    4. Typhoid fever (60 min) – Dr Dharmapalan, Apollo Hospitals, India
    5. Cholera (60 min) –Dr. Pranab Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins, US
  2. Bacterial respiratory and eye infections (6 hours and 30 min)
    1. Diphtheria (30 min) - Dr Herberth Maldonado, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala
      1. Diphtheria in Africa (30 min) – Dr. Anne von Gottberg, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Johannesburg, South Africa
    2. Pertussis (30 min) – Dr Herberth Maldonado, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala
    3. Pneumonia including legionellosis (60 min) – Dr. Brian Scott, OU, US
    4. S. pyogenes (60 min) – Dr. Madeleine Cunningham, OU, US
    5. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (60 min)- Emmy Okello MD, PhD Senior Consultant and Head Dept of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Vice-president Pan African Society of Cardiology, Uganda.
    6. S. pneumoniae (60 min) – Dr Michael Bronze, OU, US
    7. Trachoma (60 min) - Carter Center, US
  3. Sexually transmitted infections
    1. Syphilis (45-60 min) – Dr. Karen Wendel, U of Colorado and Colorado Director of HIV/STD Prevention and Control Division at the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, US – October 12
    2. Other STI (60-90 min) – Dr. Michelle Salvaggio, OU, US
      1. Gonorrhea
      2. Chlamydial infections including LGV
      3. Chancroid
      4. HPV infections
  4. Bacterial infections of the nervous system (3 hours)
    1. Bacterial meningitis (60 min) – Dr Douglas Drevets, OU, US
    2. Tetanus (60 min) – Dr Louise Thwaites, Oxford, UK
    3. Botulism (60 min) – Dr. Joe McLaughlin – Alaska Health Department, US
  5. Bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissue infection (4 hours and 30 min)
    1. Skin and soft tissue infections (60 min) – Dr. George Kurdgelashvili, OU, US
    2. Anthrax (60 min) - Dr. Mary Wright, NIH, US
    3. Noma (30 min) – Dr Mutjaba Bala, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Nigeria
    4. Nocardiosis (60 min) – Dr Raisa Alvarez, VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
    5. Endemic treponematoses (60 min) – Dr. Lorenzo Giacani, University of Washington, US
  6. Bacterial febrile syndromes (8 hours)
    1. Rickettsial infections (60 min) – Dr. Lucas Blanton, UTMB, US
    2. Scrub typhus (30 min) – Dr. David H Walker, UTMB, US
    3. Q fever (60 min) -Dr Bradley Dye, OU, US
    4. Leptospirosis (60 min) – Dr. Paul Le Turnier, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, French Guiana
    5. Tick-borne and louse-borne relapsing fever (30 min) – Dr. Philip E Stewart, NIH, US
    6. Bartonellosis (60 min) – Dr Lizbeth Cahuayme-Zuniga, University of Michigan, US
    7. Tularemia (60 min) – Dr Deidra Bowman, VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, US
    8. Brucellosis (30 min) – Dr. Georgios Pappas, Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina, Greece
    9. Plague (30 min) – Dr. Georgios Pappas. Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina, Greece
    10. Melioidosis (60 min) – Dr. Christina Yek, NIH, US
  7. Mycobacterial disease (5 hours)
    1. Tuberculosis (2 hours) – Dra. Luciana Medeiros, Dr. André Coelho, University of Brasilia, Brasil and Dr. Denise Araraki, Ministry of Health, Brasil
      1. Epidemiology – 15 min
      2. Clinical Manifestations – 30 min
      3. Diagnosis – 15 min
      4. Treatment including with HIV coinfection - 30 min
      5. Latent TB – 30 min – Dr. Samantha Whiteside, Oklahoma State Health Department, US
    2. Hansen’s disease (60 min) – Dr Bruno Vitiritti, Universidade Alto Vale do Rio do Peixe, Departamento de Medicina, Caçador, SC, Brasil
    3. Buruli Ulcer (60 min) – Dr. Paul Converse, Johns Hopkins, US – after October 3^rd
    4. Non-tuberculosis mycobacterial infections (60 min) – Dr. Carlos Franco Paredes, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gómez, Mexico and Colorado State University, US
3. Fungi (14 hours)
  1. Superficial and subcutaneous mycosis (5 hours)
    1. Dermatophyte infections (45-60 min) – Dr. Sarah Delliere, Université de Paris, Département de Mycologie-Parasitologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
    2. Mycetoma (30-45 min) –Dr Ahmed Fahal, WHO Collaborating Center on Mycetoma and Skin NTDs, Khartoum, Sudan
    3. Chromoblastomycosis (30-45 min) – Dr. Daniel Wagner, Federal University of Maranhão, Brasil
    4. Sporotrichosis (60 min) – Dr. Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Fiocruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
    5. Protothecosis (20-30 min) – Dr. Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    6. Rhinosporidiosis (20-30 min) – Dr. Duane Hospenthal, San Antonio, Texas
    7. Lobomycosis (30 min) – Dr. Marcus Teixeira, University of Brasilia, Brasil
    8. Entomophthoromycosis (30 min) – Dr Duane Hospenthal, San Antonio, Texas
    9. Phaeohyphomycosis (30 min) - Dr. Daniel Wagner, Federal University of Maranhão, Brasil
  2. Systemic mycosis
    1. Dimorphic fungi (5 hours)
      1. Histoplasmosis (60 min) - Dr. Diego Falci, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
      2. Paracoccidioidomycosis (60 min) – Dr. Priscila Marques de Macedo, Fiocruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
      3. Coccidioidomycosis (60 min) – Dr. Marcus Teixeira, University of Brasilia, Brasil
      4. Talaromycosis (60 min) – Dr. Tanaya Siripoon, Mahidol University, Thailand
      5. Emergomyces (60 min) – Dr. Nelesh Govender, University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg, South Africa
    2. Cryptococcosis (60 min) –Dr. Nathan Bahr, University of Minnesota, US – October
    3. Candida auris (60 min) – Michalis Lionakis, NIH, US
    4. Infections caused by molds (2 hours) -Dr David Denning, University of Manchester, UK
      1. Risk factors for and diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis (30 mins)
      2. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: diagnosis, management and prognosis (30 mins)
      3. Allergic aspergillosis and chronic forms of fungal rhinosinusitis (30 mins)
      4. Antifungal therapy of mold infections, including antifungal resistance (30 mins)
4. Parasites (35 hours)
  1. Protozoa (14 hours)
    1. Sarcodina (2 hours)
      1. E histolytica and other ameba species (60 min) - Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, University of Florida, US
      2. Free living ameba (60 min) Dr. Jeannette Guarner, Emory, US
    2. Mastigophora (5 hours)
      1. Giardiasis (30 min) – Dr. Idalia Valerio, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Costa Rica
      2. Trichomoniasis (30 min) - Dr. Patricia Kissinger, Tulane, US
      3. Chagas disease mini-symposium (2.5 hours) - Dr. Luciana Medeiros; Dr. Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, and Dr Eduardo Nasser (enasservilela@gmail.com), University of Brasilia. Dr. Anis Rassi Jr, Anis Rassi Hospital, Goiânia, Dr. Lígia Pierrotti, University of Sao Paulo, and Dr. Maria da Consolação V. Moreira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil
      4. Sleeping sickness (60 min) – Dr. Verlee Lejon, Research Institute for Development, France – October
      5. Leishmaniasis (2 hours)
        
        Visceral leishmaniasis (45-60 min) – Dr. Naomi Aronson, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, US
        
        Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (60 min) – Dr. Ciro Martins Gomes, University of Brasilia, Brasil
    3. Ciliophora
      1. Balantidium coli (30 min) – Dr. Idalia Valerio, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Costa Rica

1. 1. 1. Apicomplexa (6 hours and 30 min)
      1. Malaria (3 hours)
        
        Epidemiology, life cycle, pathogenesis (60 min) – Dr. Tuam M Tran, Indiana University School of Medicine, US
        
        Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment (60 min) – Dr. John Woodford, QIMR-Berghofer, Australia
        
        Preventive chemotherapy and vaccines (60 min) – Dr. Bickey Chang, NIH, US
      2. Babesiosis (60 min)- Dr. Peter Krause, Yale, US
      3. Toxoplasmosis (60 min) – Dr José Montoya, Suitter Health, US
      4. Cryptosporidiosis (60 min) Dr. Rachel M Chalmers, Cryptosporidium Reference Center, Public Health Wales Microbiology and Health Protection, UK
      5. Other intestinal apicomplexa and sarcocystosis (30 min) – Dr Jorge Alberto Garcia Aguilar and Dr Jackeline Alger, Hospital Escuela Universitario, Honduras
  2. Helminthic infections (18 hours and 30 min)
    1. Nematodes (10 hours)
      1. Adult nematodes residing in the intestine (2 hours) – Nelson Agudelo, OU, US
        
        Ascariasis
        
        Hookworms
        
        Strongylidiasis
        
        Trichuriasis
        
        Enterobiasis
        
        Capillariasis
        
        Trichostrongyliasis
      2. Adult nematodes residing in the blood, lymphatic or subcutaneous tissues (3 hours)
        
        Lymphatic filariasis and miscellaneous filariae (60 min) – Dr Philip Budge, Washington University, US
        
        Onchocerciasis (60 min) – Dr. Thomas Nutman, NIH, US
        
        Loiasis and mansonellosis (60 min) – Dr Amy Klion, NIH, US
      3. Larval stages causing pathologic conditions in other tissues (5 hours)
        
        Dracunculiasis (60 min) – Carter Center, US – October
        
        Trichinellosis (30 min) – Dr. Katarina Popovic, OU, US
        
        Toxocariasis (30 min) – Dr Donna Tyungu, OU, US
        
        Gnathostomiasis (30 min) – Dr. Verajit Chotmongkol, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
        
        Baylisascariasis (30 min) – Dr. Andrew Abbott, CDC, US
        
        Central nervous system angiostrongyliasis (30 min) – Dr. Vernon Ansdell, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, US
        
        Abdominal angiostrongyliasis (60 min) – Dr. Idalia Valerio, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Costa Rica
        
        Cutaneous larva migrans (45 min)- Dr. Eric Caumes, University Paris Sorbonne, France
    2. Cestodes (5 hours)
      1. Adults that reside in the intestine (60 min) - Dr. Elise O’Connell, NIH, US
        
        Taeniasis
        
        Diphyllobothriasis
        
        Hymenolepiasis
        
        Dipylidiasis
      2. Larval stages that cause pathologic conditions in other tissues (5 hours)
        
        Cysticercosis (60 min) Dr. Elise O’Connell, NIH, US
        
        Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (1 hour) – Dr. Enrico Brunetti, Pavia, Italy
        
        Sparganosis (30 min) - Dr. Elise O’Connell, NIH, US
        
        Coenurosis (30 min) - Dr. Elise O’Connell, NIH, US
    3. Trematodes (3 hours and 30 min)
      1. Adults that reside in the biliary system (3 hours and 30 min)
        
        – Fasciola (60 min) - Dr Luis Marcus, Stony Brooke, NY, US
        
        Clonorchiasis and Opisthorchiasis (60 min)- Dr Paul James Brindley, George Washington University, US
      2. Adults that reside in the respiratory tract (30 min) - Dr Ivan Dario Velez, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia – October
      3. Adults that reside in the venous system (60 min) –Dr Charles King, Case Western, US

Medical Entomology (14 hours)

1. Class Insecta
  1. Order Phthiraptera (60 min) – Dr. James Diaz, LSU, US
    1. Lice
  2. Order Hemiptera (60 min) – Dr. Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, University of Brasilia
    1. Reduviidae
    2. Cimicidae
  3. Order Coleoptera (60 min)– Dr. Ronald Cave, University of Florida, US – mid October
    1. Beetles
  4. Order Siphonaptera (60 min)
    1. Fleas (60 min) - Dr. Adelaide Miarinjara, University of La Reunion, France
    2. Tungiasis (30 min) –Dr. Lynne Elson, Oxford, UK
  5. Order Diptera
    1. Psychodidae (sand fly) (30 min) – Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, NIH, US
    2. Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) (30 min) – Dr. Bethany McGregor – USDA, US
    3. Culicidae and mosquito control strategies (45 min) – Dr Tovi Lehmann, NIH, US
    4. Simuliidae (30 min) – Dr Elmer Gray, University of Georgia, US
    5. Tabanidae (30 min) – Dr. Bradley Mullens, University of California Riverside, US
    6. Glossinidae (30 min) – Dr. Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis, US
    7. Myasis (60 min) – Dr Rebecca Chancey, CDC, US
      1. Muscoidea
      2. Oestridea
        
        Calliphoridae
        
        Sarcophagidae
        
        Oestridae
  6. Order Lepidoptera (60 min) – Dr. Mark Fox, CDC and Dr. John Carlson, Ochsner, US
    1. Moths and butterflies
  7. Order Hymenoptera (60 min)– Hal Reed, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, US
    1. Wasps, hornets, ants, bees
2. Class Arachnida
  1. Order Scorpionida (60 min) – Dr. Masood Khalid, OU College of Medicine and Oklahoma Poison Center, US
  2. Order Acari –
    1. Mites -scabies (30 min) – Dr. Aileen Chang, UCSF, US
    2. Ticks (45-60 min) - Dr. Ruth Scimeca, OSU, US
  3. Order Araneae (60 min) – Dr. Catherine Scott, McGill University, Canada
    1. Spiders

Animal Hazards (9.5 hours)

1. Venomous and Poisonous Animals
  1. Snakebite envenoming
    1. North America –Dr. Victoria MacDonald, OU College of Pharmacy & Oklahoma Poison Center, US
    2. Latin America and the Caribbean - Dr. José Maria Gutierrez, Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Costa Rica
    3. Asia – Dr. Mohammad Abul Faiz, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
    4. Africa – Dr. Abdulrazq Habib, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
  2. Lizards (30 min) – Dr. Victoria MacDonald, OU College of Pharmacy & Oklahoma Poison Center, US
  3. Venomous Marine Animals (60 min) – Dr. Jessica Shenoi, OU College of Medicine & Oklahoma Poison Center
    1. Venomous fish
    2. Cnidarians
    3. Echinodermata
    4. Mollusca
  4. Envenomation by ingestion of marine animals (60 min) – Dr Jessica Shenoi, OU College of Pharmacy & Poison Control Center, US
2. Bats (60 min) – Dr. Lynda Loucks, UCO, US – early October
3. Pentastomiasis (30 min) – Dr. Diane Barton, Charles Sturt University, Australia – early October
4. Leeches (30 min) – Nelson Agudelo, OU, US
5. Trauma due to fish (30 min) – Dr Peter Drevets, UTMB, US

Plant Poisons and Hallucinogens (5 hours)

Dr Kristie Edelen and Dr. Eszter Moore, OU College of Pharmacy & Poison Control Center, US
1. Neurotoxins
2. Cardiotoxins
3. Cytotoxins
4. Hepatotoxins
5. Nephrotoxins
6. Gastrointestinal irritants
7. Dermatotoxins

Traveler’s Health (16 hours)

1. Pre-departure evaluation and counseling
  1. Vaccination and Immunoprophylaxis (60 min) Dr. Andrés Henao Martinez, University of Colorado, US
    1. Interactions between vaccines and drugs
    2. Routine vaccines – to be covered under each specific topic in module 1
    3. Travel related vaccination
      1. Yellow fever
      2. Typhoid
  2. Protection against vector-borne diseases (60 min) – Dr. Francesca Norman, Ramon and Cajal, Spain
    1. Malaria chemoprophylaxis
    2. Vaccinations against yellow fever, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and tick-borne encephalitis
  3. Food and water precautions (60 min)
    1. Traveler’s diarrhea – Dr. Andrés Henao-Martínez, University of Colorado, US
2. Environmental Hazards and Risks
  1. Altitude sickness (60 min) – Dr Elaine Reno, University of Colorado, US
  2. Decompression illness (60 min) – ~~Dr. Derek Miletich, University of California San Diego, US~~ Looking for alternative
  3. Extremes of temperature (60 min) – Dr Brent Brown OU, US
  4. Injury and Trauma (30 min) –Dr. Mathieu Potin, Chemin des Croix-Rouges, Switzerland
3. Modes of Travel
  1. Air travel (30 min) – Dr. José Henao Cordero, OU, US
  2. Cruise ship travel (30 min) – Dr. Mathieu Potin, Chemin des Croix-Rouges, Switzerland
4. Traveler with special conditions or circumstances
  1. Immunosuppressed traveler (60 min) – Dr Joseph Sassine, OU, US
  2. Pediatric traveler (30 min) – Dr. Stefan Hagmann, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, NJ, US
  3. Pregnant traveler (30 min) – Dr. Britany Jasper, Cambridge University, UK
  4. Visiting Friends and Relatives (65 min) – Tara Lombardo RPN, Dawson Travel Clinic in Guelph, Canada
  5. Long-term traveler inclusive of post-travel screening (45 min) –Dr Norman Beatty, University of Florida, US
  6. Last minute traveler (30 min) – Gail Rosselot, Travel Well of Westchester, US
  7. Humanitarian aid workers (30 min) – Dr. Aula Abbara, Imperial College London, UK
  8. Military deployment (30 min) – Dr. William Bennet, Uniformed Services University, US
  9. Mass gathering (30 min) – Dr. Salim Parker, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  10. Sex tourism (30 min) – Dr Gerard Flaherty, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
5. Evaluation of the sick or asymptomatic returning traveler (120 min)
  1. Rash and rash - Dr. Wasin Matsee, Mahidol University, Thailand
  2. Respiratory disease – Dr. Luciana Medeiros, University of Brasilia, Brasil
  3. Eosinophilia – Dr Amy Klion, NIH, US

Immigrant Health (16.75 hours)

1. Overview of the Refugee Admissions Program (60 min) - Taylor Fisher, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, US
2. Evaluation of the refugee/immigrant (60 min) – Shelby Beamon, PA-C – OU, US
3. Human trafficking (60 min) – Dr. Philip Angelides, University of Colorado, US
4. The migrant farmworker (60 min) – Dr. Emma Cortes, Brown University, US
5. Cancer in immigrants (60 min) – Nelson Agudelo, OU, US
6. Immunization in immigrants (30 min) - Shelby Beamon, PA-C – OU, US
7. TB in Immigrant & Pre and Post Departure screening (60 min) – Dr. Philip Angelides, University of Colorado, US
8. Female Genital Mutilation (60 min) – Dr. Janine Young, University of California San Diego, US
9. Evaluation of the Victim of Torture (60 min) – Dr. Jayantha Herath, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service - Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit and University of Toronto - Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Canada
10. Modern slavery (60 min) – Dr. Kevin Bales, University of Nottingham, UK
11. Cases
  1. History of Tropical Medicine (45 min) Patricia Martin Marcos, OU, US

1. 1. The Syrian crisis (60 min) – Dr. Jacques Mokhbat, University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital, Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital, Lebanon
  2. The Darien Gap (60 min) – Dr. Amanda Gabster, Florida State University, US and Sistema Nacional de Investigación, Panama
  3. The Central American Crisis (60 min) – Dr Rachel Schwartz, OU, US
  4. The Yanomami – Ana Paula dos Santos da Silva Merval, Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena (DSEI) Yanomami, Brasil
  5. The Gaza conflict (60 min) – Dr. Souha Kanj, Lebanese American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  6. The Maasai Tribes (30 min) – Dr. Scott Smith, Kilimanjaro Mission Hospital, Kenya
  7. Syphilis, the US government, and Guatemala (60 min)- Dr. Jonathan Zenilman, Johns Hopkins, US

Non-Communicable Diseases in the Tropics (18.75 hours)

1. Surgery and Trauma in the Tropics (60 min) – Dr. Arthur Grimes, Dept of Surgery, OU, US
2. Burns (60 min) – Dr. Joel Prince, Dept of Surgery, OU, US
3. Cardiovascular disease (60 min) – Dr. Chittur Sivaram, OU, US
4. Renal disease (60 min) – Dr. Gabriela Canté López, Guatemala
5. Hematological diseases (60 min) – Dr Sanober Nusrat, OU, USA
6. Cancer in children (60 min) – Dr. Nickhill Bhakta, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, US
7. Infectious Causes of Cancer (45 min) – Dr Jose Mercado Matos, NIH, US
8. Blood transfusion in the tropics (60 min) – Dr Cody Cox, OU, USA
9. Anesthesia in the tropics (30 min) – Peter Agaba, Makerere University, Uganda
10. Diabetes in the tropics (60 min) – Dr. Jonea Lim, OU, US
11. Ophthalmology (60 min) -Dr. Jeremy Tan, OU, US
12. Respiratory disease (60 min) – Dr Cedel Thom-Fernandes, Guyana – mid October
13. ENT and oral disease (60 min) – Dr. David Shaye, Harvard University School of Medicine, US
14. Neurological disease (60 min) – Dr. Arnold Thompson, Clínicas Bendaña, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
15. Skin disorders (60 min) – Dr Elmer Lopez Lutz, Honduras
16. Psychiatric and substance use disorders (60 min) – Dr. Mauricio Orellana, Dr. José Roberto Galindo, and Dr. Irina Alvarez, Honduras
17. Nutrition (60 min)
  1. Nutrition deficit disorders including vitamin and mineral deficiencies – Dr Leah Anderson, OU, US

1. 1. Obesity – Dr Emma Punni, OU, US
2. Obstetrics in the Tropics (60 min) – Dr Theresa Mansingh, Guyana
3. Child Health (60 min) – Dr. Claudia Olivera, Clínicas Bendaña, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
4. Podoconiosis (30 min) – Dr. Gail Davey, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

Public Health and Statistics (21 hours)

1. The Millennium Development Goals and Neglected Tropical Diseases (60 min) – Dr. David Molyneux, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK – Sept 30 at 2 PM
2. Global Health Governance and healthcare systems/governance (60 min) – Dr. Daniel Sledge, OU, US
3. Disaster Rapid Needs Assessment (60 min) - Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Scales, University of Nebraska, US
4. Study Design and statistics (60 min) – Dr. Daniel Zhao, OU, US – October
5. How to perform a disease outbreak investigation (60 min) – Mike Mannell, Oklahoma State Department of Health, US
6. WASH including latrines (60 min) - Dr. John Scott Meschke, OU, US
7. Essential drugs (60 min) – Dr. Nayle Ibragimova OU, US
8. Traditional Medicine (60 min) – Dr. Merlin Willcox, University of Southampton, UK
9. One Health (60 min) – Dr Hélène Carabin, University of Montreal, Canada
10. Ethics and Tropical Diseases (60min) – Dr. Roxana Lexcano Guevera, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Perú
11. Challenges of Public Health Research in low-resource settings (60 min) – Dr Manuel Sierra, Honduras
12. Heavy metal poisoning (60 min) – Dr. Masood Khalid, OU College of Medicine and Oklahoma Poison Center, US
13. Indoor pollution (60 min) – Dr. Changjie Cai – Hudson College of Public Health, OU
14. Climate Change and Spillover (60 min) – Dr Jonathon Gass, Tufts University, US
15. Effects of climate change in health (60 min) – Dr Manuel Sierra, Honduras
16. Infection control in the healthcare setting (60 min) – Dr. Ana Rosales, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Guatemala
17. Antimicrobial stewardship (60 min) – Dr. Valéria Paes Lima, University of Brasilia, Brasil
18. Antimicrobials resistance in the tropics (60 min) - Dr. Ana Gales, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil – late October
19. Mass Drug Administration (60 min) – Mr. Nicholas Presley, Carter Center, US
20. Quality of Medical Products and Public Health (60 min) – Dr Paul Newton, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Oxford, UK
21. Transplantation in the Tropics (60 min) – Dr Jessica Fernandes Ramos, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil

Laboratory (8-9 hours)

OU Microbiology, OU
1. Stains
2. Bacteriology
3. Virology
4. Mycobacteriology
5. Mycology
6. Protozoa part I
7. Protozoa part II
8. Helminths
9. Stool