MDIBL short course on Evolutionary Foundations for Medicine

New one-week summer course at Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratories:
Evolutionary Foundations for Medicine and Public Health, August 8-12, 2011

We are pleased to announce a new summer short course, Evolutionary Foundations for Medicine and Public Health, to be held at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine) this coming August.   We are now accepting applications for 40 participants. Only a few openings remain.  For an application or more information, please see the MDIBL website or the course description, below.

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August 8 to August 12, 2011

Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Summer Course on

Evolutionary Foundations for Medicine and Public Health

(Special expertise on evolution and reproduction available this year)

Faculty

• William Aird – Harvard University
• Gillian Bentley – Durham University, UK
• Carl Bergstrom – University of Washington
• Peter Gluckman – University of Auckland
• Peter Ellison – Harvard University
• Randolph Nesse – University of Michigan (Course director)
• Chris Reiber – SUNY Binghamton
• Stephen Stearns – Yale University

Participants
This course will be limited to 40 participants.  It will be appropriate for those with a background in biology and/or medicine at diverse levels. While special expertise in evolutionary biology is not required, those with background in evolutionary biology will have specialized opportunities. To maximize benefits to this developing field, admission preference will be offered to physicians and professors who teach or anticipate teaching courses on the subject and to members of minority groups who may be eligible for support from the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. Researchers and students from advanced undergraduates to postdocs will be warmly welcomed if there is space.
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Course description
This intensive one-week course will introduce strategies for applying core principles of evolutionary biology to problems in medicine and public health by focusing on selected examples.  The relevant principles include life history theory, evolutionary genetics, host pathogen co-evolution, the regulation of defenses, developmental plasticity, and trade-offs shaping reproductive strategies.  They will be applied to clinically relevant topics including aging, antibiotic resistance, clinical management of fever, endothelial disease, prenatal experience and metabolic syndrome, and reproductive cancers. This year’s course will have extensive special expertise available on topics related to reproduction. Mornings will be devoted to lectures and structured discussions. In the early afternoons, participants will work in small groups with faculty and others who share specialized interests. Most groups will investigate a specific disorder, for instance, metabolic syndrome, multiple sclerosis, or breast cancer. Each group will develop a possible research project, for presentation on Friday. Individuals are also free to create their own projects. Late afternoons (except Monday) are not prescheduled, allowing participants to pursue individual interests or organize their own additional discussions and projects.
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CME credit
CME credit will be available.  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Colby College and the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Colby College is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
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As an institution accredited for CME, Colby College designates this educational activity for a maximum of 29 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Tentative Schedule

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8-9	Maladaptation and natural selection Nesse & Faculty	Reproduction and its disorders Ellison	Plasticity & development Gluckman	Mismatch Gluckman	Reproductive Cancers Stearns & Bentley
9-10	Overview of core evolutionary principles Faculty	Menopause Reiber	Regulation of defenses Nesse	Evolution and the endothelium Aird	Hygiene and autoimmune diseases Stearns
10-10:30	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
10:30-12	Life history theory and aging Stearns	Consequences of early menarche Bentley	Seminar on Methodology Faculty	Teaching/learning strategies Reiber/Faculty	Antibiotic resistance Bergstrom
Noon	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1-3	Introductions and organization of Workgroups	Workgroups on topics of personal interest	Workgroups on topics of personal interest	Workgroups on topics of personal interest	Workgroup presentations
3-5	Workgroups on topics of personal interest	Open for personal activities and optional groups	Open for personal activities and optional groups	Open for personal activities and optional groups	Open for personal activities and optional groups
Evening	Welcome reception	Dinner	Dinner on your own in town	Dinner	Lobster cookout

Travel: The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is located in the village of Salisbury Cove, Maine, a short distance from Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.  Travel information and suggestions are available here: http://www.mdibl.org/traveling.php

Housing and Dining: Lodging is available at local motels within walking distance, with choices available at various price levels.  Hotel blocks will be posted on the course web page (see URL below).  Limited on-campus housing may be available.  All meals are provided except for Wednesday dinner.
For more information and To Apply
http://www.mdibl.org/courses/Evolution_and_Medicine/296/

Tuition
$1,200 faculty tuition + CME
$1,000 faculty tuition
$600 trainee tuition

Two course fellowships will be available to underrepresented minorities in science.  Please indicate on the course application if you wish to be considered for a course fellowship. A $500 deposit is due upon acceptance.

Support
This course is made possible by support from MDIBL and The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.