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Dennis Makau

Assistant Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department
Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
CEM 504 - Descriptive and Applied Epidemiology
3 credit hour(s)

Principles of epidemiology as well as historic and modern applications to human and animal diseases. Host-agent relationships, measurement of disease frequency, disease monitoring and control in human and animal populations, field investigations, animal health economics and production.

Semesters Offered: Fall
CEM 507 - Epidemiology of Vector-Borne, Bacterial, and Viral Zoonotic Diseases
3 credit hour(s)

Emphasis is placed on understanding the host, agent, and environmental factors that determine the distribution of selected diseases of importance to both human and animal populations. Selected topics include vector-borne zoonoses, rabies, brucellosis, and psittacosis. This is an online course.

Recommended Background: Public health, veterinary medicine, nursing courses, or students in these programs.
Comment(s): Graduate or professional veterinary students at UTK and personnel employed by the Tennessee Department of Health and enrolled in the Applied Epidemiology Certificate Program.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
CEM 515 - Current Topics in Comparative and Experimental Medicine
1 - 6 credit hours

Specialized experience in comparative and experimental medicine.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Other Instructors: Sultana, Hameeda | Collar, Elizabeth Marie | Lord, Jennifer Elizabeth | Dhar, Madhu S | Lear, Andrea Sketch

Semesters Offered: Spring
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dmakau@tennessee.edu

Veterinary Medical Center
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4500
Education and Training
  • PhD, Epidemiology, Other, 2019

Dennis Makau

Assistant Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department
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dmakau@tennessee.edu

Veterinary Medical Center
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4500
Education and Training
  • PhD, Epidemiology, Other, 2019
Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
CEM 504 - Descriptive and Applied Epidemiology
3 credit hour(s)

Principles of epidemiology as well as historic and modern applications to human and animal diseases. Host-agent relationships, measurement of disease frequency, disease monitoring and control in human and animal populations, field investigations, animal health economics and production.

Semesters Offered: Fall
CEM 507 - Epidemiology of Vector-Borne, Bacterial, and Viral Zoonotic Diseases
3 credit hour(s)

Emphasis is placed on understanding the host, agent, and environmental factors that determine the distribution of selected diseases of importance to both human and animal populations. Selected topics include vector-borne zoonoses, rabies, brucellosis, and psittacosis. This is an online course.

Recommended Background: Public health, veterinary medicine, nursing courses, or students in these programs.
Comment(s): Graduate or professional veterinary students at UTK and personnel employed by the Tennessee Department of Health and enrolled in the Applied Epidemiology Certificate Program.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
CEM 515 - Current Topics in Comparative and Experimental Medicine
1 - 6 credit hours

Specialized experience in comparative and experimental medicine.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Other Instructors: Sultana, Hameeda | Collar, Elizabeth Marie | Lord, Jennifer Elizabeth | Dhar, Madhu S | Lear, Andrea Sketch

Semesters Offered: Spring