PhD Program in Immunology
The Immunology Institute is dedicated to establishing a world-class immunology graduate program. The goal of the Immunology Training area is to provide students interested in immunology with a rigorous and flexible program. Students will be given the individual intellectual and technical skills required to become outstanding scientists in the field of immunology. Students with an interest in a specific area of immunological research can explore the Faculty page.
The course requirements include the basic Core I and Core II courses taken by all graduate degree candidates as well as a minimum of two immunology courses:
- Fundamentals in Immunology. A general yet in depth overview of the immune system through a lecture based course taught by members of the Immunology Institute. This will be complemented with small group discussions that will give students the opportunity to review and analyze papers with experts in the area.
- Advanced Topics in Immunology. This course will be taken after the fundamentals course above and will offer students a guided discussion class that reviews current literature in three major areas of immunology. The Advanced Topics course will cover different materials every year and students who wish to take this course more than once are free to do so.
Students will be encouraged to benefit from the multidisciplinary nature of our graduate program and take additional credits that could be in any area of interest to them and may include topics in microbiology, cancer, genetics, system biology, and genomic sciences among others. In addition, graduate students will also participate in an Immunology Journal Club, Work in Progress, and Seminar Series. Laboratory rotations and research training allows students to rotate and select any of the multiple laboratories that are currently working in immunology.
Prospective students are encouraged to contact Patricia Cortes or Adrian Ting with any questions regarding the Immunology graduate training program. A detailed description of the Immunology Institutes graduate program can be obtained here.
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