Immunology. Academic Program Description

A program that focuses on scientific study of the biological mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of disease, host-pathogen interactions, and host response to disease. Includes instruction in antigen and antibody structure and function, effector mechanisms, receptors, histocompatibility, host-pathogen recognition, disease modeling, autoimmune systems, antibody formation, cytotoxic responses, regulation of immune response, virulence determinants, intercellular signalling, immunosuppression, immunotherapy, immunogenetics, disease markers, transplantation, antibody humanization, and microbial pathogenesis. (Moved from 26.0618)

Related Occupations

• Biological Science Teachers
• Medical Scientists
• Natural Sciences Managers

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Boston University
• Cornell University
• George Washington University
• Harvard University
• Loyola University Chicago
• Mayo Graduate School
• North Carolina State University at Raleigh
• Rush University
• Stanford University
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Tulane University of Louisiana
• University of California-Davis
• University of California-San Francisco
• University of Chicago
• University of Iowa
• University of Miami
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• University of North Texas
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus
• University of Southern Maine
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• University of Washington - Seattle
• Washington University in St Louis
• Wayne State University
• Weill Cornell Medical College
• Yale University
• Yeshiva University