Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis

Contact

Name: Sangwon Kim, PhD
Position:
  • Co-Director, Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis PhD Program
  • Associate Professor
Position: Department of Microbiology & Immunology

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

Contact

Name: Zia Rahman, MD, PhD
Position:
  • Co-Director, Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis PhD Program
  • Professor
Position: Department of Microbiology & Immunology

233 S. 10th Street
Bluemle Life Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Contact

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, and 930 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 Science10
GC 570 Profiles in Research 2
GC 640 Research Ethics1
GC 760 PhD Laboratory Rotation3
IMP 710 Seminar
1
IMP 910 ResearchVariable
Spring Semesters (30 Credits)Credits
GC 770 PhD Laboratory Rotation3
IMP 505 A Fundamentals of Immunology2
IMP 600A Bacteriology, Mycology & Parasitology2
IMP 600B Virology 2
IMP 720 Seminar1
IMP 722 Current Literature1
IMP 920 ResearchVariable
Summer Semester (10 Credits)Credits
GC 750 PhD Laboratory Rotation3
IMP 505B Immune System in Health & Disease2
IMP 730 Seminar1
IMP 930 ResearchVariable

Fall Semester (20 Credits)Credits
IMP 710 Seminar1
IMP 712 Current Literature1
IMP 910 ResearchVariable
Elective(s)Variable
Spring Semester (30 Credits)Credits
GC 742 Applied Statistics2
GC 730 Planning & Writing a Research Grant1
IMP 720 Seminar1
IMP 722 Current Literature1
IMP 920 ResearchVariable
Elective(s)Variable
Summer Semester (10 Credits)Credits
IMP 730 Seminar1
IMP 930 ResearchVariable

Fall Semester (20 Credits)Credits
IMP 710 Seminar1
IMP 712 Current Literature1
IMP 910 ResearchVariable
Spring Semesters (30 Credits)Credits
IMP 720 Seminar1
IMP 722 Current Literature1
IMP 920 ResearchVariable
Summer Semester (10 Credits)Credits
IMP 730 Seminar1
IMP 930 ResearchVariable

Fall Semester (20 Credits)
Course TitleCredits
GC 640 Research Ethics1
GC 710 MDPhD Translational Seminar & Journal Club1
GC 725 Enrich Clinical Skills1
IMP 710 Seminar1
IMP 722 Current Literature1
IMP 910 ResearchVariable
Spring Semesters (30 Credits)
Course TitleCredits
GC 675 Cancer Immunology or IMP 600A Bacteriology Mycology & Parasitology or IMP 600B Virologyvaries
GC 712 MDPHD Translational Seminar & Journal Club1
GC 725 Enrich Clinical Skills1
GC 730 Planning & Writing a Research Grant1
IMP 505A Fundamentals of Immunology2
IMP 505B Immune System in Health and Disease2
GC 742 Applied Statistics2
IMP 722 Current Literature1
IMP 720 Seminar1
IMP 920 ResearchVariable
Summer Semester
Course TitleCredits
IMP 930 ResearchVariable

Course Title Semester

Credits

* indicates Career Development Course  
   
*GC 510 Database Design & MgmtSummer2
*GC 520 Cultural HumilityFall, Spring2
GC 558 Intro to Unix and C ProgrammingFall3
GC 559 Intro to R ProgrammingFall3
GC 560 Data VisualizationSummer2
GC 561 Data Structures & AlgorithmsSpring3
GC 562 Computational GenomicsSpring3
GC 563 Computational TranscriptomicsSpring3
GC 564 Data Mining & Knowledge DiscoverySummer3
GC 565 Functional GenomicsSummer 3
*GC 600 Managerial and Teamwork SkillsFall3

*GC 605 Database Design & Mgmt

Summer

2

*GC 610 Strategic ManagementFall2
*GC 615 Grants & Contracts ManagementSpring2

*GC 617 ManagPharm DrugDevelopProjects

Spring

2

*GC 621 Biotechnology Venture MgmtSummer2

*GC 625 Drug Development Essentials

Summer

2

*GC 630 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials

Fall

3

*GC 635 Intro to Clin Trials MgmtFall2
*GC 636 Principles of Biomedical Career MngmtSpring 2

GC 642 Introduction to Microscopy

Spring

2

GC 675 Cancer ImmunologySpring2
*GC 690 Reg Issu in Human Subjects ResFall2
*GC 720 Scientific WritingSpring2
*GC 723 Comm Sci as StorytellingFall2
*GC 740 Principles of PedagogyFall1
*GC 741 Principles of Science Teaching in Higher Ed.Spring1
*GC 746 Online Course Dev & Teaching IFall2
*GC 747 Teaching & Learning OnlineSpring2
*GC 748 Learner-Centered EducationSpring2
*GC 749 The Science of Learning IIFall2
*GC 751 Instructional Tech & LearningSpring2
*GC 752 Curriculum & Instructional DesFall2