Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine
Some students have asked questions about the distinction between Proximate and Ultimate explanations for biological phenomena. Workers have debated the utility of proximate and ultimate causation since Erst Mayr introduced the concept in 1961. See: Mayr E. 1961. Cause and Effect in Biology. Science 131: 1501–1506. It can be confusing, […]
Here is the reading: 2. The Great Opportunity: Evolutionary applications to medicine and public health. Nesse, RM and Stearns SC. Evolutionary Applications 1 (2008) 28-48. We will skip the second reading for now. It may be reassigned next week: (Introduction and Overview of Evolutionary Medicine. Chapter 1 in: Evolutionary Medicine […]
Welcome to the UNM Evolutionary Medicine Course! Evolutionary Medicine Biol. 402-038 Biol. 502-038 UNM Department of Biology Fall 2010 Tuesdays from 5:30pm to 8:00pm If you are enrolled, congratulations! You will be among the select few who will leave your studies with an understanding of evolution in medicine. The course […]
A couple of references on the concept of race and risk of disease: Final essays are due next week, on tuesday. They will be a maximum of 2 pages, double spaced and they need the following elements: 1) The topic has to be about a disease or illness, or have […]
Today we will hear David Haig’s human pregnancy conflict ideas during the Anthropology colloquium lecture series in Hibben Hall, main campus, room 105 at 4pm. Genetic Conflicts of Pregnancy. Next week on tuesday we will meet at the Center for Disaster Medicine at the regular time (3:45pm). We have covered […]
For discussion: “Nothing in medicine makes sense except in light of evolution” Many diseases of pregnancy and development cannot be understood without an appreciation of genetic conflicts. This week Dr. Haig will add this important concept to our armamentarium of evolutionary explanations for diseases: mismatch, host-pathogen arms race, symptoms as […]
We are lucky to host Dr. David Haig next week. He will join our discussion on tuesday at 3:45pm Also: Mark your calendars: David Haig PhD of Harvard University is visiting UNM next week. Dr. Haig studies genomic imprinting and the effect of genetic conflict in diseases of pregnancy and […]
So why do we age? Do all organisms age? Why do larger animals in general age slower? Why do females undergo reproductive senescence (menopause) before somatic senescence (aging of the rest of the body). Why do males and females age at different rates? We will tackle some of these questions […]
For tuesday we are going to discuss extreme environments and the evolution of the innate immune system. I have included slides from a talk I gave today in Pennsylvania for you to review: WIlderness Medicine
We will not be meeting today because of the Human Biology Association meetings going on in Albuquerque. Students of the Seminar in Evolutionary Medicine are encouraged to do one of two excellent options – either attend the podium session at the HBA meeting to hear Dr. Kuzawa give another lecture, […]
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