CDC & Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health will cosponsor a 5-day course on Environmental Microbiology: Control of Foodborne & Waterborne Diseases. This course is designed for public health practitioners and students interested in the safety of food and water. It provides a broad overview of the major foodborne and waterborne diseases. We focus on the microorganisms and chemical agents responsible for food and water-transmitted diseases. We study the diseases they cause, the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, reservoirs, modes of transmission, and surveillance systems employed. We discuss how information from surveillance is used to improve public health policy and practice in ways that contribute to the safety of our food and water. The transmission, survival, and fate of pathogens in the environment, the concept of indicator organisms as surrogates for pathogens, and the removal and inactivation of pathogens and indicators by water and wastewater treatment processes will be discussed. Control and prevention of these diseases will be emphasized. Examples of the public health impact of quality assurance programs, such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, to control foodborne and waterborne diseases in both industrialized and developing countries will be highlighted. Tuition will be charged. The application deadline is January 2, 2012.

Apply online at http://www.sph.emory.edu/epicourses.

Contact: Pia Valeriano, MBA, Program Manager