Department of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Welcome

The Division of Infectious Disease & Immunology, as part of the Department of Medicine, and its faculty are 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, such as Microbiology wherein student study basic biological processes of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and helminths and their mechanisms for causing colonization, infection and disease. Finally, students are introduced to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of specific infections in humans.

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.
Research is ongoing 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
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