University Catalog 2026-2027

Comparative Biomedical Science (PhD): Infection and Immunity Concentration

Plan Requirements

Core Courses10
Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences
Professional Conduct in Biomedical Research
CBS Seminar (3 credit hours required)
Statistical Methods For Researchers I
Concentration Requirements8
Fundamentals of Infectious Disease
Advanced Topics In Immunology (2 credit hours required)
Immunology
Seminar Course2
Seminar in Infectious Disease (2 credit hours required)
Additional courses/Research Credits46
Elective Courses6
Elective courses are selected by the student and degree advisor/mentor and must be approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. Possible elective courses include, but are not limited to, the following:
Biochemistry of Gene Expression
Proteins and Molecular Mechanisms
Macromolecular Structure
Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation
Molecular Biology Of the Cell
Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Protein Purification
Real-time PCR Techniques
Animal Cell Culture Techniques
Principles of Collaboration and Team Science
Leadership in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
One Health: From Philosophy to Practice
Fundamentals of Comparative Molecular Medicine
Cell Biology
Advances in Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
Designing population-based research
Animal Models in Comparative and Translational Research
Special Topics (Introduction to Grant Writing)
Interdisciplinary Research Team Mentoring
Molecular Genetics
Cellular and Developmental Genetics
Functional Genomics
Computational Molecular Evolution
Microbial Genetics & Genomics
Advanced Molecular Biology Of the Cell
Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function
Special Topics in Genetics
Comparative Immunology
Bacterial Pathogenesis
Microbial Metabolic Regulation
Introductory Virology
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference I
Statistical Methods For Researchers II
Statistical Theory I
Principles of Toxicology
Total Hours72

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Kenneth B. Adler
  • Glen William Almond
  • Kevin L. Anderson
  • Christopher M. Ashwell
  • Michele Battle
  • Ronald E. Baynes
  • Adam Joseph Birkenheuer
  • Anthony T. Blikslager
  • James C. Bonner
  • Russell J. Borski
  • Matthew Breen
  • Edward Bealmear Breitschwerdt
  • Ke Cheng
  • Maria T Correa
  • Paula J Cray
  • Rocio Crespo
  • Frederick J. Fuller
  • John E. Gadsby
  • Troy Ghashghaei
  • Isabel M. Gimeno
  • John R. Godwin
  • Jody L. Gookin
  • Bruce Hammerberg
  • Jan Hawkins
  • Lee-Ann Jaykus
  • Samuel L. Jones
  • Matthew D. Koci
  • Seth William Kullman
  • Duncan X. Lascelles
  • Scott M. Laster
  • Jerry M. Law
  • Keith E. Linder
  • Carolyn Jane Mattingly
  • Kathryn Montgome Meurs
  • Paul Edward Mozdziak
  • Natasha J. Olby
  • Mark G. Papich
  • Heather Patisaul
  • Jorge A. Piedrahita
  • Emilie Francesca Rissman
  • Yogesh Saini
  • Kaori Sakamoto
  • Philip L. Sannes
  • Gabriela Seiler
  • Barbara Sherry
  • Robert Charles Smart
  • Geoffrey W. Smith
  • Joshua Stern
  • Michael K. Stoskopf
  • Siddhartha Thakur
  • Jun Tsuji
  • Jeffrey A. Yoder

Associate Professors

  • Erica L. Behling-Kelly
  • Petra Bizikova
  • Luke B. Borst
  • Nicolas Emile Buchler
  • Jeffrey Eells
  • Jonathan E. Fogle
  • Derek M. Foster
  • Shobhan Gaddameedhi
  • Michala de Linde Henriksen
  • Paul R. Hess
  • Megan E. Jacob
  • Cristina Lanzas
  • Ronald H Li
  • Sara K. Lyle
  • John Edward Meitzen
  • Nanette M. Nascone-Yoder
  • Michael Warren Nolan
  • Monique Danielle Pairis-Garcia
  • Xinxia Peng
  • Antonio Planchart
  • Marcelo Rodriguez-Puebla
  • Michael Sano
  • Lauren V. Schnabel
  • Michael L. Sikes
  • Barrett D Slenning
  • Susan T. Tonkonogy
  • Gregory Wilkerson

Assistant Professors

  • Belinda Sena Akpa
  • Abigail Armwood
  • Christa Baker
  • Tal Ben-Horin
  • Eric Robert Brooks
  • Yevgeny Brudno
  • Benjamin John Callahan
  • Elisa Crisci
  • Glenn Paul Cruse
  • Christopher Matthew Dekaney
  • Natalia Duque-Wilckens
  • Joshua R Fletcher
  • Lisa Gamsjaeger
  • Liara M. Gonzalez
  • Margaret Elizabeth Gruen
  • Christopher Daniel Guilluy
  • Jennifer Lauren Halleran
  • Tobias Ernst Kaeser
  • Albert Jun Qi Keung
  • Manuel Kleiner
  • Raveendra Rangarao Kulkarni
  • Yen-Hao Lai
  • Caroline Laplante
  • Jennine M. Lection
  • Elizabeth Lucas
  • Jennifer Ann Luff
  • Gustavo Machado
  • Kurt Marsden
  • Neil McCarthy
  • Kelly Ann Meiklejohn
  • Kristen Michele Messenger
  • Santosh Kumar Mishra
  • Hiroyuko Mochizuki
  • Annie Oh
  • Karen Min-Jee Park
  • Kursten Veronica Pierce
  • Michael Rahe
  • Sarah Kathleen Rhea
  • Breanna Jo Sheahan
  • Mary Katherine Sheats
  • Sarah Elizabeth Shelton
  • Thiago Vilar Silva
  • Panchan Sitthicharoenchai
  • Eduardo Javier Lopez Soto
  • Casey Michelle Theriot
  • Laurianne Chantal Van Landeghem
  • Ian A. Williamson
  • Jose Augusto Len Yin
  • Kelley Varner
  • Jian Zhang

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Alix Berglund
  • Phuong-Uyen Cao Dinh
  • Ke Huang
  • Ricardo G. Maggi
  • Caroline McKinney
  • Thierry Jean Marie Olivry
  • Erin Frey Pearson

Teaching Assistant Professors

  • Emily Martin
  • Kristen Sullivan

Adjunct Faculty

  • Hannah Atkins
  • Jennifer Lynn Davis
  • Majid Douraki
  • Janice A. Dye
  • Johanna Rebecca Elfenbein
  • Sarah O'Flaherty
  • Holly Roessner
  • Elizabeth Caitlin Rose
  • Alexander Tran

Emeritus Faculty

  • Harold J. Barnes
  • Talmage T. Brown Jr.
  • John Michael Cullen
  • Lloyd Norman Fleisher
  • Oscar J. Fletcher Jr.
  • Sarah Y. Gardner
  • Marlene L. Hauck
  • Cynthia L. Hemenway
  • Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf
  • Michael Green Levy
  • David H. Ley
  • Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere
  • William M. Morrow
  • Paul E. Orndorff
  • W. Rich Redding
  • Jim E. Riviere
  • Malcolm C. Roberts
  • Barbara Lynn Sherman
  • Clifford Richard Swanson
  • Donald E. Thrall