08 Oct Epidemiologist Presentation

Epidemiologist Presentation

You are a Center for Disease Control (CDC) epidemiologist. The CDC is beginning a campaign to educate the public about infectious disease. You have been assigned to investigate an outbreak of a disease and make presentations at community libraries where people are at risk of getting the disease.

Choose one of the following diseases:

Ebola in Africa (2015)

measles in California (2015)

any series of food-borne illness outbreaks, such as E. coli or salmonella

non-polio enterovirus in North America (2015)

AIDS (1980–present, worldwide)

community-associated or hospital-associated MRSA (North America)

Using one or a combination of several of the following formats, put together a presentation to inform the public about your chosen disease.

slideshow (Include images.)

skit (Include a script.)

Your presentation, at a minimum, should include the following information:

symptoms of the disease

what causes the disease, how it spreads, and how it is treated

history of the disease (including first known cases, current rate and risk of infection, and outbreak events)

evolution (How did the disease become infectious to humans? Where did it originate?)

risk factors for getting the disease and how the disease can be prevented

anything else relevant or interesting to the public