Class Id: 8741
Days: Th
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 04:20 PM
Building: WALLB
Room: 002
Course Id: 3864
Departments and Numbers: ECO 328, EEB 304, ENV 304
Area: SA
Title: Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy
Description: The dynamics of the emergence and spread of disease arise from a complex interplay between disease ecology, economics, and human behavior. Lectures will provide an introduction to complementarities between economic and epidemiological approaches to understanding the emergence, spread, and control of infectious diseases. The course will cover topics such as drug-resistance in bacterial and parasitic infections, individual incentives to vaccinate, the role of information in the transmission of infectious diseases, and the evolution of social norms in healthcare practices.
Prerequisites: Calculus is required.
Professors: Ramanan Laxminarayan
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