World Health Research
CONFERENCE HANDOUTS
Newly adopted TEKS for 2010:
TEKS (.doc file-- click on this if you have older version of Microsoft office))
TEKS (.docx file-- click on this if you've updated to Microsoft office 2008)
PEIMS #s (.doc file)
Course Text: Biomedical Engineering for Global Health by Rebecca Richards-Kortum (ISBN-13: 9780521877978)
Sample Syllabus (PDF file)
Student iResources Page
This is the page I designed for my students to assist them with their research projects.
WORLD HEALTH RESEARCH Teacher Collaboration Page
Yes! We have a teacher collaboration page on facebook. Sign up, share ideas and become part of our World Health Research community!
LINKS to CURRICULA, LESSON PLANS & DVDS
Globalization & Health from the Levin Institute
Lots of globalization lesson plans and activities for your students
Sick Around the World
Lesson plans & DVD from PBS Frontline (click on Teacher's Guide)
Excellent way for students to learn about healthcare systems around the globe.
Health Care Debate Lesson (click on Lesson Plan under Research & Analysis section)
This is an excellent Health Care Lesson Plan Guide that can be used for health care reform debate activity
Rx for Survival: The Heroes DVD
Wonderful DVD that gives students a look inside the global health campaigns that have saved countless lives in poor communities around the world.
Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge DVD (3PK)
Emmy nominated film examines the critical worldwide threats from old diseases and bizarre new ailments resistant to modern medicine.
The six-episode series profiles diseases such as Ebola fever, SARS, West Nile virus, HIV/AIDS, & avian flu.
A Science Odyssey - Matters of Life and Death
A wonderful documentary that tracks the passion and determination of medical science in the twentieth century.
Available at amazon.com (price varies-- usually around $20.00)
And the Band Played On DVD
History of how the AIDS virus was tracked and identified (good epidemiology film)
Can order this unforgettable film at amazon.com (price varies-- can usually buy this for $10.00 - $15.00)
Teaching Epidemiology
CDC's superb Excellence in Curriculum Innovation through Teaching Epidemiology and the Science of Public Health (EXCITE!).
Includes a collection of teaching and reference materials that introduce students to public health and epidemiology.
Global Envision
Lesson plans about the political, economic and social effects of disease, particularly the effects on developing countries.
Students learn about ways in which globalization has affected health around the world and about international public health officials' suggested responses to the spread of infectious disease.
NOW: Global Health
Global health lesson plans, which includes good resources.
NOVA Teachers: Cancer Warrior
This site includes a teacher’s guide, classroom activity, and related resources.
There is also a DVD for purchase ($19.95 for non-members)
Immune Attack!
Good site that will help students remember components of the immune system.
Includes game.
CDC Lessons: Virus Encounters
Multimedia curriculum on infectious diseases.
NIH Snapshots of Science & Medicine
Great resources for science teachers.
Good site for current research projects.
Teacher Connections
New York Times Learning Network (good site for expanding global perspectives)
Excellent lesson plans (arranged by subject area-- see Science and Health).
Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES)
Includes epidemiology teaching units for high school students, epidemiology resources, and YES competition information.
Koshland Science Museum
NIH Educational Lesson Plan
Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases - Protecting the Herd
Evolution and Antibiotic Resistance Lesson Plan
Students learn why evolution is at the heart of a world health threat.
Students investigate increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in menacing diseases such as tuberculosis & influenza.
Role-play activity as staff at a public health agency.
Guns, Germs and Steel lesson plans
Lesson plans are designed to accompany specific episodes in the three-part Guns, Germs & Steel PBS series
Multi-disciplinary lessons that integrate World History, geography, economics, current events, and life sciences
ONLINE MEDICAL INFORMATION
MedicineNet
An online, healthcare media publishing company
Provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information.
User-friendly, interactive web site
Kaiser Education
Provides students & faculty easy access to latest data, research, analysis, & developments in health policy.
Includes narrated slide tutorials, background reference libraries, & issue modules on current topics & policy debates.
Grand Challenges in Global Health
Grand Challenges in Global Health focuses on 14 major global health challenges with the aim of engaging creative minds across scientific disciplines — including those who have not traditionally taken part in health research — to work on solutions that could lead to breakthrough advances for those in the developing world.
Flu Tracker
Tracks progress of H1N1 swine flu
Online map is compiled using data from official sources, news reports & user-contributions (updated multiple times per day)
Global HealthMap
This is the online infectious disease map I have my students use to track outbreaks.
HealthMap brings together data sources to present a comprehensive view of current global state of infectious diseases.
Excellent tool for your World Health Research students!
Gapminder
Visual statistics of worldwide trends. MUST SEE!
Section for teachers who want to use Gapminder in their education.
PUBLICATIONS & BROCHURES
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication from the CDC.
Can subscribe or download issues.
Keep up with emerging & reemerging diseases around the world.
Research News
Publication from Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Excellent articles, which you can read online
Published four times annually
However, only distributed free of charge to a controlled circulation list within Canada.
Findings
Publication from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
Biannual online magazine that showcases cutting-edge science that improves health.
Free printed copies also available (educators may order 30 per publication; my students loved reading these).
Biomedical Beat
Online monthly digest of biomedical research news from NIGMS.
Computing Life
Publication from the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Excellent magazine that highlights the exciting ways that scientists are using the power of computers to expand our knowledge of biology and medicine.
Visit Computing Life online for new articles, interviews, multimedia and other "Web Extras" (educators may order 30 for classroom).
Science Daily: Health & Medicine News
Online science magazine with latest medical research.
Includes good medical news videos.
Curiosity Creates Cures: The Value & Impact of Basic Research
NIH Pub. No. 05-5493, printed 2004, 3-fold brochure.
Covers the importance of basic biomedical research which leading to new medicines, technologies, scientific tools, and other payoffs.
Why do Basic Research?
NIH brochure that discusses the goals, nature, and some of the advances made possible by basic biomedical research.
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
It’s a SNAP: Healthy Schools, Healthy People
Good community service project for HST kids. They can get the entire school community involved in hand hygiene.
Multiple subject areas and activities are included.
Glo-Germ
My high school students used products from this site for their "Germ Buster" community service project.
Site has lesson plans and activities high school students can use when teaching young children about hand washing.
The Scrub Club
Another great community service activity for HST high school students, which will raise awareness about proper handwashing.
Very cute site, you guys-- includes songs, “Scrub Club” cards, and interactive games.
Save the Antibiotic
Includes an “Antibiotic Resistance” activity that can be used by high school students as a community service projects for 3rd – 5th graders.
Also has educational materials developed for 6th and 8th graders that teaches them the difference between treatments for bacterial and viral infections.
Medical Bridges - a Houston, Texas based organization that recovers medical surplus and redistributes it to hospitals, clinics & healthcare providers in developing nations throughout the world to help combat the spread of diseases.
Online Service Project: Free Rice
This is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program.
FreeRice has two goals: 1. Provide education to everyone for free; 2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & WORKSHOPS
Bioengineering & World Health - Teacher Professional Development Workshop
Workshop location Rice University, Houston, TX
Month long training
Stipend
Teach Epidemiology
Workshop location: CDC, Atlanta, GA
Week-long training
Supercourse, Epidemiology, the Internet, & Global Health
Produced at the WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh
A free repository of lectures on global health and prevention
Network of over 65000 scientists in 174 countries who share a library of 4396 lectures in 31 languages
MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES
Diigo -
One of my favorite knowledge sharing communities.
Allows you to highlight the web and add sticky notes. Very cool.
My Diigo bookmarks
Everything Mediation
Good source for conflict resolution tips, classroom management, dealing with difficult behavior, teen violence, etc.
Smartboard in the Classroom
Good information and activities for interactive whiteboards.
iCivics
Interactive game over how our government works in the U.S.
IVN's Nano Bio Kit
Educational kits to help teachers introduce applications of bioengineering and nanotechnology to their students.
United Children of the World
Blog with beautiful photos of children from all over the globe.
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