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PUBLPOL 166

Securing Against Biological Threats: Natural, Accidental, Deliberate (BIO 166, BIO 266)

UNITS:3-4
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:—

This course will delve deeply into three key questions in biosecurity: what works to stop or mitigate pandemics? How do new technologies affect biosecurity efforts? How should funders and regulators shape science policy to enhance biosecurity Readings will include mainly scientific and policy articles, and the majority of class time will be devoted to seminar discussions and activities.

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 28041
0 / 20 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:10:30 AM – 11:50 AM
LOCATION:160-323
INSTRUCTOR:
Lipsitch, Marc
units

PUBLPOL 166: Securing Against Biological Threats: Natural, Accidental, Deliberate (BIO 166, BIO 266)

3-4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP)

This course will delve deeply into three key questions in biosecurity: what works to stop or mitigate pandemics? How do new technologies affect biosecurity efforts? How should funders and regulators shape science policy to enhance biosecurity Readings will include mainly scientific and policy articles, and the majority of class time will be devoted to seminar discussions and activities.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Tuesday Thursday 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM — 160-323 — Lipsitch, Marc (Undergrad)

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