Section I: Essentials of public health and entomology 1. History of medical entomology and public health 2. Pest control in modern public health 3. Setting up a public health entomology program 4. Vector-borne disease surveillance 5. Regulatory, political, and legal challenges 6. Public health entomology preparedness 7. Operational research opportunities in public health entomology 8. Where to go for help. Section II: Some primary pests and conditions of public health importance 9. Mosquitoes 10. Ticks 11. Fleas 12. Lice 13. Sand flies 14. Tsetse flies 15. Black flies 16. Bed bugs 17. Kissing bugs 18. Mites 19. Pests involved in mechanical disease transmission 20. Arthropod bites or stings 21. Fly larvae in humans (myiasis)
Biography
Jerome Goddard holds a Ph.D. in medical entomology from Mississippi State University and was a former U.S. Air Force officer (as a medical entomologist). He is currently an Extension Professor of Medical and Veterinary Entomology at Mississippi State University, where he speaks, writes, and conducts research on a wide variety of medically important pests. In addition to his extension duties, Dr. Goddard also teaches courses in medical entomology and forensic entomology, and mentors a number of graduate students. Prior to coming to MSU, Dr. Goddard was the State Medical Entomologist at the Mississippi Department of Health for 20 years where he developed and implemented vector control projects throughout the state of Mississippi. Dr. Goddard has written over 200 scientific papers, 8 book chapters, 3 single-author college-level reference or textbooks, and 10 fiction novels. He and his wife, Rosella, live in Starkville, Mississippi, and have two grown sons.
