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Was there something special about the biology of the 1918 influenza virus that made it particularly virulent or was there something special about it that made it particularly deadly? Or both? Or did the conditions in which people lived at the end of World War I exacerbate a viral strain that would otherwise have been only mildly virulent?
This PBL case study offers students the opportunity to research questions around contagious disease and public health to tackle a multifaceted problem.
Simon Büchner
Simon J. Büchner studied Cognitive Science and Philosophy in Freiburg and Cognitive Psychology in Amherst, Massachusetts, supported by scholarships from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation and the Fulbright Commission. He then worked in interdisciplinary research projects on human spatial navigation and received a PhD in Psychology from the University of Freiburg. As a graduate student, he was a visiting researcher at Concordia University, Montréal. Dr. Büchner is responsible for the Major Life Sciences at the University College Freiburg. This includes the development of the curriculum, the course offerings per semester, recruiting and supporting Teaching Fellows, as well as thesis supervision.
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