Infection, Immunity and Transplantation Graduate Track
Program Director Dr. Dorothea Sawicki
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Health Science Campus
Welcome to the Infection, Immunity & Transplantation track at the University of Toledo College of Medicine
The Infection, Immunity and Transplantation (IIT) track in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Research Program provides students an education and training in the microorganisms that are relevant to human health and in the immune system that allows us to overcome infection as well as rejects transplantation of organs and tissues. Students in the IIT track may pursue the Master of Science (M.S.) or the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or, after acceptance into the medical school, a combined M.D./Ph.D. or M.D./MS. degree program.
The IIT faculty is internationally recognized, well funded and has a strong record of graduate student and postdoctoral fellow mentoring. Faculty study individual microbes (bacteria, viruses, or fungi), with particular emphasis on its biology, evolution or pathogenic mechanism; the autoimmune diseases of asthma, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis; the development, differentiation and activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems; and the mechanisms responsible for transplant rejection.
Research in Infection, Immunity and Transplantation currently includes: Basic Processes: Gene Regulation Biology and Pathogenesis of Microbes Viral Evolution Bioinformatics Host Response to Infection Innate and Adaptive Immunity Langerhan and Dendritic Cell Biology Vaccine Development
IIT research laboratories are modern and well equipped to apply state-of-the-art technologies to microbiology and immunology research endeavors.
Please email questions and comments to the Infection, Immunity and Transplantation track director, Dr. Dorothea Sawicki, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (dorothea.sawicki@utoledo.edu - telephone: 419-383-4337).