Comparative Biomedical Science (PhD): Infection and Immunity Concentration
Plan Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 10 | |
| Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences | ||
| Professional Conduct in Biomedical Research | ||
| CBS Seminar (3 credit hours required) | ||
| Statistical Methods For Researchers I | ||
| Concentration Requirements | 8 | |
| Fundamentals of Infectious Disease | ||
| Advanced Topics In Immunology (2 credit hours required) | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Seminar Course | 2 | |
| Seminar in Infectious Disease (2 credit hours required) | ||
| Additional courses/Research Credits | 46 | |
| Elective Courses | 6 | |
| 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 Hours | 72 | |
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