Robert Siegel

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+ Human Health and Disease

+ Darwin's South America

+ Smallpox

+ Prions: From Kuru to Mad Cow Disease

+ Topics in International Health

+ The Infectious Basis of Disease

+ Humans and Viruses

+ The Vaccine Revolution

+ HIV Prevention in East Africa - Prefield Seminar

+ Postfield Seminar

+ The Threat of Emerging Infection

+ Summer Honors College

+ Emerging Concepts in Emerging Disease

+ The Impact of AIDS

+ Introduction to Biological Chemistry

+ Ode to the Code

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In the 2005-2006 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - Post-Field Study Seminar
+ Autumn - Humans and Viruses
+ Autumn - Human Health and Disease

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In the 2004-2005 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - Post-Field Study Seminar
+ Autumn - Human Health and Disease
+ Winter - Vaccine Revolution

+ Winter - Topics in International Health

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In the 2003-2004 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
+ Autumn - Post-field seminar
+ Winter - Humans and Viruses

+ Winter - The Smallest Predator
+ Winter - International Health in Conflict
+ Spring - Prions: From Kuru to Mad Cow Disease
+ Spring - Smallpox

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In the 2002-2003 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
+ Autumn - Post-field seminar
+ Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)
+ Spring - The Vaccine Revolution
+ Spring - HIV Prevention in East Africa - Prefield Seminar

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In the 2001-2002 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
+ Winter - Humans and Viruses
+ Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)

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In the 1998-99 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
+ Winter - Humans and Viruses
+ Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)
+ Spring - The Vaccine Revolution
+ Spring - Host Parasite Interaction and Host Defenses

Additional courses that I contemplated:

+ Diseases of the Devil with Mason Tobak
+ Virtual Viruses with Derek Stevenson

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In the 1997-98 academic year,

I taught the following courses:

+ Summer - The Summer Honors College
+ Autumn - The Infectious Basis of Disease
+ Winter - Humans and Viruses
+ Winter - AIDS and HIV in San Francisco - Alternative Spring Break (course Sponsor)
+ Spring - The Vaccine Revolution
+ Spring - The Threat of Emerging Infection - new course
+ Interaction and Host Defenses - new course

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Humans and Viruses

Program in Human Biology
HB 115A, 6 units
Last offered: Autumn quarter 2005
Next offered: Autumn quarter, 2007

Student assessment:
weekly problem sets
comprehensive final

Notable features of course:
+ intensive weekly problem sets
+ information regarding virology presented from a wide variety of perspectives
+ focus on human disease
+ three dimensional molecular model building
+ intensive end-of-quarter instructor led review sessions
+ highly interactive teaching assistants who previously took the course
+ extensive use of web related resources
+ optional demonstration laboratories

+ Diagnostic virology lab
+ Molecular virology lab
+ Electron microscopy lab
+ Evening in public health

The Vaccine Revolution

Program in Human Biology
HB 115B, 6 units
Last offered: Winter quarter, 2005
Currently offered: Winter quarter, 2007
Next offered: Winter quarter, 2009

Notable features of the course:

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Course links


Emerging Concepts in Emerging Disease

Program in Human Biology
HB 115C, 1-5 units
Spring quarter, 1997
Monday 3:15-5:05 Enrollment by consent of instructor

Notable features of the course:

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Course links


Human Biology
Summer Honors College

Program in Human Biology
Summer 1997-2003 Summer, 1997 (taught with John Rick)

Summer, 1998 (taught with Shirley Feldman and Don Barr)

Summer, 1999 (taught with Shirley Feldman)

Summer, 2002 (taught with Shirley Feldman)

Summer, 2003 (to be taught with Don Barr)

Course links


The Threat of Emerging Infection

Continuing Studies Program
New Course
First offered: Spring, 1998


Host Parasite Interactions

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
First offered: Spring, 1998


The Impact of AIDS

Program in Human Biology
HB 142A
Last offered: Winter, 1996


The Infectious Basis of Disease

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
M&I 201
First offered: Autumn, 1996
Last offered: Autumn, 2002
Next offered: Autumn, 2003

A web page for this course developed through the auspices of the

CURRICULUM WEB PROJECT.

Programming for the web page was done primarily by Duncan Hodge.

The course also using an interactive multimedia program called MICROBE.
Microbe will eventually include a glossary of microbiological terms.

Infectious Disease Related Web Pages


Introduction to Biological Chemistry

Early Matriculation Program EMP
Department of Biochemistry
Last offered: Summer, 1996
Covers biochemical pathways of intermediary metabolism


Ode to the Code

Program in Human Biology
HB 162
Introduction to the concepts of modern molecular biology

Notable features of the course:


The Human Genome

Continuing Studies Program
Seminar on the biopsychosocial impacts of the recent revolution in DNA sequencing technology


AIDS and HIV in San Francisco

Human Biology 142C; 1 unit Program in Human Biology
Introduction to "Alternative Spring Break" focusing on HIV
Course facilitators: Melissa Vasquez and Simon Martinez
Cosponsors: Robert Siegel and Carole Pertofsky

Through the Eyes of Scientists

Program in Human Biology
Sophomore seminar on the sociology of molecular biology

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