The Immunology and Infectious Disease emphasis area provides students with a Ph.D. program that focuses on cancer immunology; immune mediated diseases; infectious disease dynamics; and viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogenesis.
In addition to specialized coursework, students conduct original research in collaboration with a faculty mentor into basic mechanisms of disease, often utilizing animal models.
Courses
Students choose one course with a quantitative focus, plus nine credits of courses from the list below:
Primary recommended courses (in addition to the core courses)
- VBSC/MICRO 410 Principles of Immunology (3)
- VB SC 432 Advanced Immunology: Signaling in the Immune System (3)
- MCIBS 511 Molecular Immunology (2)
- VBSC 597A Immunology and Infectious Disease Journal Club
- STAT 500 Statistics (3)
Additional recommended courses (to be taken at the discretion of the student, adviser, and doctoral committee).
- VB SC 418 Bacterial Pathogenesis (2)
- VB SC 435 Viral Pathogenesis (2)
- BIOL 439 Practical Bioinformatics (3)
- BIOL 497A Evolution of Infectious Disease
- MICRB 415 - General Virology: Bacterial and Animal Viruses
- STAT 501 Regression Methods (3)
- STAT 503 Design of Experiments (3)
- MCIBS 570 Bortree Seminars (2)
- VBSC 514 Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes (3)
- VBSC/BMMB 515 Macrophage Biology (2)
- VBSC 520 Pathobiology (3)
- BMMB 543 Current Topics in Gene Regulation
- BMMB 551 Genomics (3)
- VBSC 591 Disease Research Modules (A-I) (1 credit each)
- NUTR597D Readings in Molecular Nutrition (1.5)
- BMMB 852 Applied Bioinformatics