Training Grant Required Courses

 

Training Grant Required Courses

Requirements for Predoctoral Students
Supported by the ID or BioDefense T32s

1st Year Prerequisites

  • Spring Module 1: MICR 8200 - Building Blocks of the Immune System
  • Spring Module 2: MICR 8202 - Integration and Diversification of the Immune System

Required 1st and 2nd Year Courses

  • Spring Module 1: MICR 8400- Bacterial Genetics and Physiology (first year)
  • Fall Module 1: MICR 8401- Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Fall Module 2: MICR 8402- Microbial Pathogenesis Proposal Preparation

OR

  • Spring Module 2 MICR 8110- Viruses as Tools and Model Systems (first year) or
  • Fall Module 1: MICR 8110- Viruses as Tools and Model Systems
  • Fall Module 2: MICR 8112- advanced Topics in Virology

Biodefense Graduate Trainees

ALL Biodefense graduate trainees are required to take:

  • Spring Module 1: MICR 8341- Biological Threats and Public Health

Postdocs and Infectious Disease Trainees are invited but not required to take this course.

T32 Trainees

ALL T32 Trainees are required to take:

  • BIMS 710: Research Ethics

Courses of Interest

  • Spring Module 2: MICR 8380- Practical Use of Statistics in Biomedical Research

All Trainees

All trainees are also required to attend and present at monthly research in progress seminars and journal club, the annual ID/BD Research Day, and attend weekly ID or BD seminars.