Mosquitoes: Humankind's Deadliest Predator
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Throughout the course of human history, historically significant events such as wars are looked at through examinations of significant leaders, often generals, admirals and/or influential political and thought leaders. This course will examine one of the most — perhaps the most — influential “actor” on human history: the mosquito. Drawing from a large documentation base that is rarely used in traditional history courses and investigations, we will examine the battle between humanity and mosquitoes for domination of the world, including how humankind and mosquitoes have influenced each other in surprising ways since hominins entered the historical record.
Paul Etkind
Paul Etkind is a retired applied public health epidemiologist who concentrated primarily on infectious diseases. He worked at the local, state and national levels, and remains active in professional organizations.
Besides continuing work in epidemiology, he is active with teaching in Osher at Dartmouth and AIL, governance within Eastman in Grantham and the Upper Valley Jewish Community in Hanover, the Sherlock Holmes Club of the Upper Valley, and writing letters to the editor of the Valley News and other publications.
His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in biology (1974) from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a master’s (1976) and doctoral degree (1998) from the School of Public Health at Yale University.