general microbiology (microm 301)
Giardia lamblia: the most adorable microbe I came across in this class. It looks like an extremely happy face, but it's also a dangerous parasite!
Click here to learn about Giardia's life cycle! |
After my third year in college, I became interested in molecular biology. This motivated me to take my first microbiology class! Through this course, we covered microbial growth and metabolism, bacterial genetics, the human immune system, viruses and the role of microbes in medicine. Taking this class made me realize just how much we interact with and rely on microbes to survive. I was also amazed by how drugs are specifically created to target different mechanisms to inhibit bacterial growth!
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evolution & human behavior (honors 221)
This is my all-time favorite honors class taught by my all-time favorite Honors instructor, Jon Herron. We discussed how evolution plays a role in human behavior. From attraction of the opposite sex to competition and altruism, as a class we took on a biological perspective to explain social aspects of human beings! Every lecture was very engaging. We played games, reviewed scientific journals, and in the end we had the opportunity to conduct an experiment of our own!
Humor as a factor of attractiveness:
Find out what our Final experiment says about humor and how you can (or can't) use it to attract mates!
Meet the team: Tommy Ager, Lisa Ngo, Melissa Wong, and Clemence Mendoza
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ADVANCED TOPICS IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: MONEY AND MEDICINE
(Anth 479)
This is my all-time favorite Medical Anthropology course at the UW!
This class opened my eyes to ways in which money influences health care on a global, institutional, and local level. We dove into literature about ideology and the way it shapes different health care models around the world. We studied how capitalism has given rise to the commodification and commercialization of care, especially in the United States. Not only is this evident within health insurance policies, but we see that it has also influenced the delivery of care in hospitals and clinics too. The deeper we investigated the role of money in health care, the more I came to realize that money is the driving force behind a web of social, cultural, and political factors which, together, indirectly cause physical harm to individuals within a community. This is otherwise known as structural violence.
This class opened my eyes to ways in which money influences health care on a global, institutional, and local level. We dove into literature about ideology and the way it shapes different health care models around the world. We studied how capitalism has given rise to the commodification and commercialization of care, especially in the United States. Not only is this evident within health insurance policies, but we see that it has also influenced the delivery of care in hospitals and clinics too. The deeper we investigated the role of money in health care, the more I came to realize that money is the driving force behind a web of social, cultural, and political factors which, together, indirectly cause physical harm to individuals within a community. This is otherwise known as structural violence.
Bureaucracy and Structural Violence: How does Medicaid Policy Affect Oral Health Outcomes?
I had the opportunity to combine my interest in medical anthropology with my passion for dentistry. This paper focuses on the effects of Medicaid policy on the oral health outcomes of low income minorities within the state of Washington.
I had the opportunity to combine my interest in medical anthropology with my passion for dentistry. This paper focuses on the effects of Medicaid policy on the oral health outcomes of low income minorities within the state of Washington.
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