週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
09/07 |
Historical overview of past pandemics and what led to the current COVID-19 pandemic (Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov) |
Week 2 |
09/14 |
Natural history and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections (Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov) |
Week 3 |
09/21 |
Prof. Tony Blakely lecture (optional; instead of Teachers' day) |
Week 4 |
09/28 |
Control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and non-pharmaceutical interventions during the first two years of the pandemic (Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov) |
Week 5 |
10/05 |
Evolution and novel variants (Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov)
Essay announced |
Week 6 |
10/12 |
Forecasting and nowcasting of COVID-19. Scenario Modeling Hub (Sung-mok Jung (University of North Carolina, USA)) |
Week 7 |
10/19 |
Invited Kyoto University (KU)-NTU session: Taiwan / Japan perspective (Includes invited speakers from Taiwan and Japan with short presentations; hybrid mode. Chaired by Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov and Hiroshi Nishiura (KU))
Essay due |
Week 8 |
10/26 |
COVID-19 related excess mortality (Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov) |
Week 9 |
11/02 |
Mid-term debate (Hsien-Ho Lin, Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov)
*moved from 10/26* |
Week 10 |
11/09 |
Changing the paradigm of emerging vaccine development in the post-pandemic world (Wan-Ting Huang) |
Week 11 |
11/16 |
Vaccine hesitancy (Chen-I Kuan) |
Week 12 |
11/23 |
Societal Impacts of COVID-19: mental health challenges faced by general public (Shu-Sen Chang) |
Week 13 |
11/30 |
Health communication in COVID-19 (Rita Jhang) |
Week 14 |
12/07 |
What can we do and what should we do for viral disease outbreaks, especially for Ebola in Africa 2014 (Yuki Furuse, Nagasaki University, Japan)
Assignment of students for group project |
Week 15 |
12/14 |
Crisis in health systems: human health resources (Ann Lin, WHO) |
Week 16 |
12/21 |
Group project presentation (Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov) |