Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
The Division of Infectious Disease & Immunology is deeply involved in Undergraduate Medical Education, via leadership roles as course directors, teachers, collaborators with faculty in other departments, committee members, program developers, and student mentors/advisors.
Division faculty are engaged in exciting courses through all four medical school years, from the Microbiology Course, wherein students study basic biological processes of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and helminths and their mechanisms for causing colonization, infection and disease, to the Longitudinal Preceptorship Program and Physician, Patient and Society, wherein students learn to integrate the art and science of medicine and are introduced to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of specific infections in humans. In addition, Division faculty are heavily involved in programs in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and also participate in courses for the Graduate School of Nursing.
Clinical specialists offer consultation in all areas of infectious disease and in preventive medicine for international travelers. Our faculty and fellows provide care for patients with General Infectious Diseases issues, and for those with immunocompromising conditions such as Bone Marrow and Solid Organ Transplantation and HIV. We are actively involved in Travel Medicine consultation, and provide consultative care for patients with Tuberculosis at the Getchell Clinic. Trainees have the opportunity to receive exceptional training in all of these areas.
Research is ongoing throughout the Division, with many faculty involved in multiple projects, in areas such as:
- Treatment of HIV-infected Persons
- Viral Immunology
- DNA Vaccines
- Antibacterial Host Defenses
- Intracellular Signaling
- Antiviral effects of Nitric Oxide
- Cellular Growth Regulation
- Innate immune recognition and signaling in humans and insects