The Department is home to some of the finest biomedical researchers in the nation. Undergraduates have unequaled opportunities to work in research laboratories and contribute to some of the most important work in infectious diseases being done anywhere in the world.
Located within the Department is the Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence in Infectious Diseases. This program encompasses several world-class research facilities whose laboratories focus on diseases caused by arthropod-borne viruses, mycobacteria, retroviruses, prions, and parasites, including those that cause malaria.
Eighteen MIP faculty members are associated with the Mycobacteria Research Laboratory (MRL) and participate in a wide variety of independent and collaborative research programs. The MRL research team is comprised of more than 100 research personnel, including Research Scientists, Post-Doctoral Fellows, Students, and Research Associates.
Department Faculty are also involved with MicroRX - the first of the university's "Superclusters" - an alliance of academic researchers, economists and business experts designed to encourage collaboration and bridge the vastly different worlds of business and academia.
The Department has 6 Key Research Focus Groups studying tuberculosis, leprosy, immunoparasitology, retrovirology, vector biology, and arthropod-borne infectious diseases.
Department Researchers have the opportunity to attend veterinary, microbiology, infectious disease, and other related research conferences throughout the year.
The Department also hosts three seminars each week; a microscopy/bioanalytical seminar, graduate student seminar, and faculty seminar.
