Is Chlamydia pneumoniae guilty of causing heart disease?
The class will review Paul Ewalds book Plague Time: The new germ theory of disease. Ewalds thesis is that infectious agents are responsible for many diseases that have long been thought to have non-infectious causes. We will stage a mock trial charging Chlamydia pneumoniae with causing heart disease. Some of the students in the class will form the prosecuting team while the rest will defend the organism from the charge. All arguments must be based on published evidence. A jury, made up of students and instructors will decide if the organism is guilty. Research Grant Application and adjudication: In the grant writing portion of the class, you will draw up a full-scale Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant application for your own thesis research. This will include the three ‘modules’ required in CIHR applications (i.e., curriculum vitae, research proposal, and budget module), filled out partially on-line and partially as ‘add-in’ sections, as per CIHR guidelines
