Immunology

Graduate College

Courses

Immunology

Director: Gail Bishop (Microbiology)
Affiliated faculty: Michael Apicella (Microbiology), Robert Ashman (Internal Medicine), Zuhair Ballas (Internal Medicine), Gail Bishop (Microbiology), John Butler (Microbiology), John Colgan (Internal Medicine), Morris Dailey (Pathology), Elizabeth Field (Internal Medicine), Thomas Griffith (Urology), John Harty (Microbiology), Jonathan Heusel (Pathology), Bruce Hostager (Pediatrics), Joel Kline (Internal Medicine), C. Michael Knudson (Pathology), David Kusner (Internal Medicine), Kevin Legge (Pathology), David Lubaroff (Urology), Brian Martin (Microbiology), Craig Morita (Internal Medicine), William Nauseef (Internal Medicine), Stanley Perlman (Microbiology), Frederick Quelle (Pharmacology), Paul Rothman (Internal Medicine), Steven Varga (Microbiology), Thomas Waldschmidt (Pathology), George Weiner (Internal Medicine), Jerrold Weiss (Internal Medicine), Mary Wilson (Internal Medicine), Nicholas Zavazava (Internal Medicine)
Graduate degree: Ph.D. in Immunology
Web site: http://immuno.grad.uiowa.edu

The Immunology Program provides interdisciplinary training in the concepts and methodologies of basic and applied immunology. Faculty members are involved in a variety of research projects dealing with the immune system at all levels--structural, functional, cellular, biochemical, and molecular. Students take course work in immunology and related disciplines and are involved directly in laboratory research throughout their study.

Graduate Program

Doctor of Philosophy

The Doctor of Philosophy in immunology requires a minimum of 72 s.h. of graduate credit. The program is quite flexible, accommodating students with a wide range of backgrounds in course work as well as practical experience in the biological and physical sciences. Entering students generally are expected to have strong records in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, and mathematics. An introductory course in immunology is desirable. Deficiencies in specific areas often can be remedied through appropriate course work taken during the first year of graduate studies.

The curriculum consists of a sequence of required and elective courses that provide training in the conceptual and methodologic aspects of immunology. There is ample opportunity for study in a variety of fields that interface with immunology.

Students take the following courses.

142:215 Molecular Biology of Gene Expression 3 s.h.

148:201 Graduate Immunology I 3 s.h.

148:202 Graduate Immunology II 3 s.h.

148:211 Immunology Seminar (taken fall and spring of first year, spring of second year) 1 s.h.

148:221 Advanced Topics in Immunology 3 s.h.

148:231 Research in Immunology arr.

156:201 Principles in Molecular and Cell Biology 4 s.h.

Electives (approved by advisor) 6 s.h.

After successfully completing the comprehensive examination, usually by the end of the second year of graduate study, students advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. They devote most of their time to research and writing their dissertation. They also must satisfy a one-semester teaching requirement, which can be met by teaching a course from one of a variety of disciplines. Upon successful completion of all requirements, including the dissertation and its oral defense according to the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College, students are awarded a Ph.D. in immunology.

Admission

For information regarding admission and application procedures, contact the Immunology Program or visit its web site.

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College; see the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College or the Graduate College section of the Catalog.

Financial Support

All students in the Immunology Program receive stipends and tuition support, which comes from a variety of sources, including training grants from the National Institutes of Health, University of Iowa fellowships and graduate research assistantships, and individual faculty research grants.

Facilities

Training is conducted in laboratories and teaching facilities of the Carver College of Medicine Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Urology. Faculty laboratories and central research core facilities provide students with access to state-of-the-art research equipment.

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