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2015 Evolutionary Medicine Course

The 2015 UNM Evolutionary Medicine course begins in 1 week, August 18th, 2015!

If you are lucky enough to be enrolled, prepare to have your mind blown. You will learn:

  1. Amazing case studies that show why evolution matters to real patients.
  2. Cutting edge topics from expert guest lecturers in evolutionary medicine.
  3. Why evolution is indispensable for physicians and biomedical researchers.
  4. How we evolved with the human microbiome, with far-reaching consequences.
  5. And much more!

We will post the syllabus tomorrow, August 12, 2015. Check back soon.

Readings for next week include:

1. Alcock and Schwartz 2011 A clinical perspective in Evolutionary Medicine: What we wish we had learned in medical school. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2011.

2. Stearns . Evolutionary Medicine: Its Scope, Interest, and Potential. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2013.

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Joe Alcock

Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine

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