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Department of Microbiology & Immunology
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The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is one of ten basic science departments that comprises the Sue Golding Graduate Division (SGGD) at AECOM. Graduate students in the PhD degree program matriculate directly into the SGGD, and become associated with a department when they declare a laboratory as the location for their thesis research. Currently, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology has slightly more than 50 graduate students pursuing the PhD degree in its laboratories. Approximately 20% of these students are in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) which leads to combined MD/PhD degrees. In recent years, approximately 5 to 10 students per year from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology have graduated and received PhD degrees from AECOM. Students are provided with excellent housing on the main campus, and have regular access to the campus library and athletic facilities. The local neighborhood provides a comfortable, convenient and safe residential environment. And, of course, the unparalleled cultural and entertainment resources of one of the great cities of the world are only a short distance away and easily reached by car or public transit. Students accepted to the SGGD receive full tuition remission, a generous stipend ($25,000 in 2005) and a benefits package that helps make Albert Einstein College of Medicine a great place to be, in or out of the laboratory. To learn more about the benefits of student life at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, click here. Graduate students in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology benefit from an extremely collegial and mentored training experience that provides the opportunity to work closely with faculty advisors and postdoctoral research associates at the cutting-edge of basic and disease-relevant research. A major strength of the graduate program is its breadth, with active laboratory programs in a diverse array of areas including bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, host immunity, autoimmunity, and translational and clinical immunology/microbiology. Graduate students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine often undertake interdisciplinary projects which draw on the scientific expertise of faculty in the basic science and clinical departments. Students in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology are expected to complete six one semester courses in addition to the first semester of Intermediate Biochemistry (MD/PhD students are required to take 5 courses in the SGGD). Among the most popular and highly recommended offerings are courses in Microbial Pathogenesis, Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gene Expression, Cell Design Principles and Hormone Action/Signal Transduction. During the Spring semester of the second year in the graduate program, our students take a Qualifying Exam which is focused around an oral defense of an original research proposal, written in the format of an abbreviated NIH grant application. Throughout the course of graduate study, the Department sponsors a weekly Work-in-Progress meeting, which provides a useful venue for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to present their ongoing research. The Department also sponsors a bi-weekly seminar series in which distinguished speakers from other institutions, some of which are selected by and hosted by the students, give exciting and cutting edge research presentations. There is also an annual departmental retreat, which serves both as a stimulating scientific meeting and a relaxing social event. Information on applying to the Sue Golding Graduate Division. |
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