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"One of the goals in creating the Immunology and Infectious Disease major was specifically to address current threats of bioterrorism, severe acute respiratory syndrome, avian influenza, and anthrax, and to prepare the next generation to battle future emerging diseases."

—Dr. Andrew Henderson
Program Coordinator
Alana Curry Alana Curry won a prestigious McNair scholarship to spend the summer in Dr. Avery August's laboratory studying a mouse model of asthma.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities
with World Class Faculty

Every student in Immunology and Infectious Disease is strongly encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities for independent study. Research can be for course credit or paid internship in the following areas:

  • cancer and the immune system
  • viral pathogenesis
  • bacterial pathogenesis
  • immune development
  • nutritional regulation of immunity
  • viral replication, regulation, and assembly
  • drug action
  • molecular epidemiology of foodborne pathogens
  • human/animal disease transmission
  • HIV/AIDS, asthma, malaria, polio, food poisoning, mumps, measles, and many other diseases

Announcements

Mark your calendar!
Welcome picnic for new students!
September 4, 2006
3:00 pm
Millbrook Marsh
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