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This famous electronic music festival is hosted in Miami every year in March
What is Ultra?
Individuals who act as the disease detectives to identify the cause of an illness
What is an epidemiologist?
The science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.
What is public health?
The leading cause of death due to communicable diseases
What are lower respiratory infections?
The University of Miami was chartered in this year
1925
The actress known for her role as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” film series
Who is Emma Watson?
The number of deaths due to a disease divided by the total population.
What is mortality rate?
The national public health agency of the United States. Part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
What is the CDC?
The father of epidemiology
Who is John Snow?
This UM campus is known by students for its private beach
What is the Rosenstiel Campus?
The name of the “Stranger Things” character who loves Eggo Waffles
Who is Eleven?
A type of observational study that analyzes data from a population at a single point in time
What is a cross-sectional study?
A disease prevalent in the US (38% population) that causes blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation
What is diabetes?
This disease attacks the immune system and leads to AIDS if left untreated.
What is HIV?
UM's colors (orange, white, and green) come from this
What is the Florida Orange Tree?
The name of the superhero alter ego of Bruce Wayne in DC Comics
Who is Batman?
The cause or origin of a disease
What is etiology?
A disease of the nervous system in cattle that devastated the UK’s beef industry in 1986, leading to a ban on exporting the meat for years. One can catch the disease by eating meat infected with said disease.
What is Mad Cow disease?
A mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite
What is Malaria?
Spanish signer and songwriter who studied business at The U
Who is Enrique Iglesias?