The
Committee on Immunology offers a graduate program of study leading to
the Ph.D. in Immunology,as well as an undergraduate Specialization in
Immunology, and courses for medical students. The program
provides multidisciplinary training in all aspects of Immunology that
includes a core immunologycurriculum and several advanced graduate
level courses in specialized areas. The training also integrates
the basic biological sciences with the clinical sciences in an effort
to develop new immunological approaches to the diagnosis and treatment
of various immune diseases and cancer. Approximately thirty
students are enrolled in the Ph.D. program, which has won training
grant support from the NIH continuously for over thirty years.