Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis

College

College of Life Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Campus

Center City

Format

On Campus

Duration

4 - 5 Years

Contact Information

Program Director

Name: Fabienne Paumet, PhD
Positions:
  • Co-Director, Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis PhD Program
  • Associate Professor
Position: Department of Microbiology & Immunology

233 S. Tenth Street
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 750
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Program Director

Name: Christopher Snyder, PhD
Positions:
  • Co-Director, Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis PhD Program
  • Associate Professor
Position: Department of Microbiology & Immunology

233 S. 10th Street, 730 BLSB
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Program Coordinator

Name: Danielle Park
Department: Jefferson College of Life Sciences

1020 Locust Street
M-46 JAH
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Curriculum

Note: Credits for the 910, 920, 930 and 940 Research courses and Electives are variable. Assign credits to Research and/or Electives to equal the target number of credits for each semester.

Fall Semester (20 Credits) Credits
GC 550 Foundations of Biomedical Science 10
GC 640 Research Ethics          1
GC 760 PhD Laboratory Rotation 3
IMP 710 Seminar
        1
IMP 910 Research Variable
Spring Semesters (30 Credits) Credits
GC 770/780 PhD Laboratory Rotation(s) 3 each
IMP 505 A Fundamentals of Immunology 2
IMP 600A Bacteriology, Mycology, & Parasitology 1
IMP 600B Virology  1
IMP 720 Seminar 1
IMP 722 Current Literature 1
IMP 920 Research Variable
Summer Semester (10 Credits) Credits
GC 750 PhD Laboratory Rotation 3
IMP 505B Immune System in Health & Disease 2
IMP 730 Seminar 1
IMP 930 Research Variable

Fall Semester (20 Credits) Credits
IMP 710 Seminar 1
IMP 712 Current Literature 1
IMP 910 Research Variable
Spring Semester (30 Credits) Credits
Elective(s) Variable
GC 660 Statistical Methods 3
GC 730 Planning & Writing a Research Grant 1
IMP 720 Seminar 1
IMP 722 Current Literature 1
IMP 920 Research Variable
Summer Semester (10 Credits) Credits
IMP 730 Seminar 1
IMP 930 Research Variable

Fall Semester (20 Credits) Credits
IMP 710 Seminar 1
IMP 712 Current Literature 1
IMP 910 Research Variable
Spring Semesters (30 Credits) Credits
IMP 720 Seminar 1
IMP 722 Current Literature 1
IMP 920 Research Variable
Summer Semester (10 Credits) Credits
IMP 730 Seminar          1
IMP 930 Research Variable

Fall Semester (20 Credits)
Course Title Credits
GC 640 Research Ethics 1
GC 710 MDPhD Translational Seminar & Journal Club 1
GC 725 Enrich Clinical Skills (optional after 1st year) 1
IMP 710 Seminar 1
IMP 722 Current Literature 1
IMP 910 Research Variable
Spring Semesters (30 Credits)
Course Title Credits
GC 675 Cancer Immunology or IMP 600A Bacteriology Mycology & Parasitology or IMP 600B Virology varies
GC 712 MDPHD Translational Seminar & Journal Club 1
GC 725 Enrich Clinical Skills 1
GC 730 Planning & Writing a Research Grant 1
IMP 505A Fundamentals of Immunology 2
IMP 505B Immune System in Health and Disease 2
GC 660 Statistical Methods 3
IMP 722 Current Literature 1
IMP 720 Seminar 1
IMP 920 Research Variable
Summer Semester
Course Title Credits
IMP 930 Research Variable

Course Title   Semester

Credits

* indicates Career Development Course    
     
*GC 510 Database Design & Mgmt Summer 2
*GC 520 Cultural Humility Fall, Spring 2
GC 558 Intro to Unix and C Programming Summer 3
GC 559 Intro to R Programming Summer 3
GC 560 Data Visualization Summer 2
GC 561 Data Structures & Algorithms Spring 3
GC 562 Computational Genomics Fall 3
GC 563 Computational Transcriptomics Spring 3
GC 564 Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery Fall 3
GC 565 Functional Genomics Summer  3
*GC 600 Managerial and Teamwork Skills Fall 3

*GC 605 Database Design & Mgmt

Summer

2

*GC 610 Strategic Management Fall 2
*GC 615 Grants & Contracts Management Spring 2

*GC 617 ManagPharm DrugDevelopProjects

Spring

2

*GC 621 Biotechnology Venture Mgmt Summer 2

*GC 625 Drug Development Essentials

Summer

2

*GC 630 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials

Fall

3

*GC 635 Intro to Clin Trials Mgmt Fall 2
*GC 636 Principles of Care Management - Diverse BM Careers Spring  2

GC 642 Introduction to Microscopy

Spring

2

*GC 645 Genomics and Bioinformatics

Spring

3

*GC 650 EconAnal of HealthcareInterven Spring 3
GC 675 Cancer Immunology Spring 2  
*GC 690 Reg Issu in Human Subjects Res Fall 2
*GC 720 Scientific Writing Spring 2
*GC 723 Comm Sci as Storytelling Summer 2
*GC 740 Principles of Pedagogy Fall 1
*GC 741 Principles of Science Pedagogy Spring 1
*GC 746 Online Course Dev & Teaching I Fall 2
*GC 747 Teaching & Learning Online Spring 2
*GC 748 Learner-Centered Education Spring 2
*GC 749 The Science of Learning II Fall 2
*GC 751 Instructional Tech & Learning Spring 2
*GC 752 Curriculum & Instructional Des Fall 2