The department is responsible for teaching courses in microbiology and immunology for Ph.D. students in the Microbiology and Immunology PhD Program of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBS), M.S. students in the Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Disease program, and first-year (immunology) and second-year (medical microbiology) medical students.
The doctoral program in Microbiology and Immunology provides students the opportunity to pursue doctoral dissertation research in the areas of HIV (including neuro-HIV, broadly neutralizing antibodies, and cure strategies), allergy, molecular virology, and/or cancer immunology.
The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine offers a wide variety of courses satisfying departmental program requirements and interdisciplinary electives.
The MITM Mentoring Program works individually with new junior faculty hires and any faculty who desire mentoring.
