Escuela Internacional de Verano en Salud Publica e Inocuidad de Alimentos


Lecture and Computer Laboratory
Geographic Information Systems (Back) The course will be taught in the computer lab and will focus on topics such as the basics of spatial data, creating new data from satellite imagery, identifying and measuring disease clusters, GIS map overlay functions, using a GPS for field data collection, and constructing detailed maps using different types of data. Participants will use ArcGIS software and other spatial analysis programs during the course.	Instructor: Cost: Includes:	Ward $100 / $200 USD $140 / $280 USD Notes and use of the computer laboratory
Molecular Epidemiology: Analysis of Sequence-based Data (Back) Molecular methods are increasingly used in epidemiology to detect disease outbreaks and their sources and to understand global transmission patterns and ecology of infectious diseases. While banding patterns (e.g., Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis) are commonly used, particularly for surveillance and epidemiology of bacterial foodborne pathogens, sequence-based methods are used increasingly in molecular epidemiology and molecular evolution studies. This course will provide an overview of molecular subtyping methods with a focus on DNA sequencing-based approaches through lectures and paper discussions in the morning sessions. Computer laboratory sessions will be focused on familiarizing participants with databases and software that are commonly used in the development, analysis and interpretation of DNA sequence-based subtyping methods.	Instructor: Cost: Includes:	Wiedmann $100 / $200 USD $140 / $280 USD Notes and use of the computer laboratory
Risk Analysis (Back) This course will give the participant an overview of quantitative risk assessment, with case studies in import risk analysis and food safety. The students will run and customize existing models and gain the skills to create their own models in the future. Quantitative risk analyses evaluate a range of potential input-output relationships, so we will teach selection and incorporation of alternative probability distributions, which will impart variability and uncertainty to the models. Topics include: deterministic and stochastic modeling, import risk analysis, decision-tree analysis and food-safety risk analysis.	Instructor: Cost: Includes:	Caipo $50 / $100 USD $70 / $140 USD Notes and use of the computer laboratory

Lecture
Integrated Surveillance in the Control of Infectious Diseases (Back) This course will focus on principles and methods for surveillance and monitoring of infectious diseases, including foodborne diseases and pathogens. The integration of epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory data for surveillance will be emphasized. Examples of programs that integrate data from a variety of sources (veterinary, food and human health areas) will be presented, such us WHO Global Salmonella Surveillance and PulseNet International, a Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Diseases Surveillance. The link between surveillance and timely decision-making and action will be discussed.	Instructors: Cost: Includes:	Bender Viñas $50 / $100 USD $70 / $140 USD Notes
Zoonoses (Back) This course will provide an overview of zoonotic diseases of public health and economic importance in the Americas. This includes a review of the factors that are critical for zoonotic disease emergence and an update of the epidemiology and control of important zoonotic diseases focusing on Central and South America. Specific examples will include trichinosis, rabies virus, dengue virus, hanta virus, Listeria and Campylobacter.	Instructor: Cost: Includes:	Bender $50 / $100 USD $70 / $140 USD Notes
Antimicrobial Resistance (Back) Increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance threaten the utility of many of the treatments currently available. This resistance is present in bacteria, viruses and parasites. This course will cover the biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, surveillance, policy and risk analysis for antibiotic resistance, focusing principally on population-based strategies for reduction of antimicrobial resistance in both human and animal populations. This course will begin with an overview of the ways in which microorganisms become resistant to antimicrobials. Examples of how antimicrobial resistance is impacting the treatment and control of specific diseases will be presented.	Instructor: Cost: Includes:	González Rocha $50 / $100 USD $70 / $140 USD Notes
Food Facility Bio-Security - Cleaning and Sanitation for Food Facilities (Back) The course reviews the operational and regulatory requirements for bio-security, cleaning and sanitation across all food facilities and then provides an overview of the technologies and practices required for effectively developing a facility bio-security plan and a Standard Sanitation Operating Procedure (SSOP). The course will examine these in both a standard food safety context, including integration into Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans and the new challenges afforded by intentional food contamination concerns through a combination of didactic lectures and laboratory practicum.	Instructors: Cost: Includes:	Kennedy Busta $50 / $100 USD $70 / $140 USD Notes
Food System Defense: Vulnerabilities in the Food System and How to Close Them (Back) The course takes a holistic view of the food system from agricultural inputs through to final consumption to enable both critical analysis of current food system vulnerabilities and examination of available and needed interventions and countermeasures. Building from a basic understanding of the history of intentional contamination of the food system and current intelligence, tools currently in use to assess the vulnerability of specific food systems and facilities will be explored. The course will then move from vulnerabilities to the legal, regulatory, supply chain, public health system and technology strategies currently available to reduce the potential of intentional food contamination events.	Instructors: Cost: Includes:	Kennedy Busta $50 / $100 USD $70 / $140 USD Notes

Workshop
B urden of Illness and Foodborne Illness Attribution (Back)	Instructor: Cost: Includes:	Caipo Included with registration Notes

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Courses (click on the title for more information)	Level	Language	Days
Lecture and Computer Laboratory
Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Epidemiology	Intermediate	English (Spanish)	M, T, Th, F
Molecular Epidemiology: Analysis of Sequence-based Data	Intermediate	English (Spanish)	M, T, Th, F
Risk Analysis	Intermediate	Spanish / English	M, T

Lecture
Zoonoses	Basic	Spanish / English	M, T
Integrated Surveillance in the Control of Infectious Diseases	Basic	Spanish / English	Th, F
~~Antimicrobial Resistance~~ CANCELLED	Basic	Spanish	Th, F
Food Facility Bio-Security: Cleaning and Sanitation for Food Facilities	Basic	English (Spanish)	M, T
Food System Defense: Vulnerabilities in the Food System and How to Close Them	Basic	English (Spanish)	Th, F

Workshops
Burden of Illness and Foodborne Illness Attribution	Basic	Spanish / English	W
~~International Food Defense Exercise~~ CANCELLED	Basic	English / Spanish	W