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Immunology is a growing and exciting field of science that spans topics as diverse as the molecular regulation of gene expression and the pathogenesis of infectious disease, cancer and autoimmunity. The Graduate Program in Immunology offers training in basic, biomedical research. Ph.D. degree candidates learn to apply the principles of molecular biology, protein biochemistry, cellular immunology and genetics to problems in antibody formation, graft rejection, hematopoietic cell development, malignant transformation and immune responses to pathogens. The Immunology Program is one of eight basic science graduate programs of the Sackler School, each of which leads to the Ph.D. degree. These programs include Biochemistry; Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology; Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Genetics; Immunology; Molecular Microbiology; Neuroscience; and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Each entering student joins a Program for their first year. All Sackler Programs offer flexibility to these students by allowing them to make a final programmatic decision when they select a thesis advisor at the end of their first academic year. Through seminars and selected research rotations students may explore laboratories across the entire Sackler School. Moreover, the degree requirements of the different programs are coordinated as much as possible to facilitate change and provide students with the widest possible choice of laboratories for their graduate research. Over 160 Sackler faculty participate in these basic science programs.
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