{"id":26309,"date":"2024-10-30T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/?page_id=26309"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:28:36","slug":"pirates-popes-pox-history-and-biology-of-sexually-transmitted-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/winter-dcx\/pirates-popes-pox-history-and-biology-of-sexually-transmitted-diseases","title":{"rendered":"Pirates, Popes, &amp; Pox: History and Biology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/poxpirates.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26316\" style=\"width:962px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/poxpirates.png 761w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/poxpirates-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/poxpirates-600x133.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/NSc-SSc-combo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25091\" style=\"width:200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-large\">A Discovery Core Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course may be taken as either a <strong>BCORE 115<\/strong> (Social Sciences) or as a <strong>BCORE 116<\/strong> (Natural Sciences) course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This class will focus on the history and biology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In addition to exploring past outbreaks and medical history, we will also discuss how social and cultural issues have influenced the transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of STIs in the past and present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is this a science or a humanities course?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This course will include an introduction to the epidemiology and biology of these diseases, as well as a discussion of how issues like gender, race, sexual networks, serial monogamy, family planning, substance use, socioeconomic status, and adverse childhood experiences impact the spread of sexually transmitted infections and overall reproductive health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Stefanie Iverson Cabral (she\/her\/hers)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>School of Nursing &amp; Health Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/nhs-faculty-stefanie-iverson-cabral-600x816-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26313 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/nhs-faculty-stefanie-iverson-cabral-600x816-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/10\/nhs-faculty-stefanie-iverson-cabral-600x816-1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Dr. Iverson Cabral<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefanie Iverson Cabral has worked as a research scientist in an infectious disease laboratory associated with Harborview, UW Medicine since 2012. Her work in microbiological research was a continuation of her post-doctoral fellowship (2009-2012) and graduate studies (2002-2008) which were supported (in part) by funding from the UW AIDS\/STD Training Grants. While conducting research, she explored her teaching interests with positions at Everett Community College, Seattle Pacific University, and Trinity Lutheran College. She has been with the University of Washington, Bothell since 2015 where she focuses on courses in microbiology, infectious disease, and global health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, Pathobiology. 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