Virology and Epidemiology in the Time of COVID-19 

Introduction to the Course

Introduction to Module One

What Is a Virus?

Syllabus

Course Credits

Introduction to Viruses: Simple but Complex

Viral Classification and Taxonomy

Module One: What have you learned?

Introduction to Module Two

HPV: Treating Cancer Caused by Viruses

What Tools Do Scientists use to Study Viruses?

Part 1: How Do You Prepare for a Pandemic of a Virus That Doesn't Exist?

Viral Life Cycles

How Do We Use Molecular Methods to Study Viral Emergence and Evolution?

Can HIV Be Cured?

Module Two: What have you learned?

Introduction to Module Three

What are Vaccines, and How Do They Work?

Part 2: How Do You Develop a Vaccine for Novel Disease in Under a Year?

Human Immunology and Vaccines

Modern Techniques for Identifying Viruses

The Long, Careful History behind the Novel COVID-19 Vaccines

Module Three: What have you learned?

Introduction to Module Four

How Can a Pandemic End?

Part 3: How Do We Know the Vaccine Is Safe and Effective?

Disease Emergence and Ecology

Tracking the Spread of Respiratory Viral Diseases

Module Four: What have you learned?

Introduction to Module Five

Part4: What is the Future of Pandemics, Vaccines, and Public Health?

Case Study: A Disease Modeler Uses Math to Save Lives

Using Models to Understand and Predict Social Trends

Health Inequities and Infectious Diseases

Module Five: What have you learned?

Introduction to Module Six

Pandemics and the Evolution of Human Society

New York City and COVID-19

New York City and COVID-19

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Future of Pandemics

Module Six: What have you learned?