Inflammation and Infectious Disease Designated Emphasis
Catalog pages 318-319
Subject abbreviation: IID School of Medicine
Monica Carson (Biomedical Sciences), Co- Director Emma Wilson (Biomedical Sciences), Co- Director monica.carson@ucr.edu; emma.wilson@ucr.edu
Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty
Monica Carson (Biomedical Sciences) Djurdjica Coss (Biomedical Sciences) Kathryn DeFea (Biomedical Sciences) Nicholas DiPatrizio (Biomedical Sciences) Iryna Ethell (Biomedical Sciences) David Lo (Biomedical Sciences) Christian Lytle (Biomedical Sciences) Declan McCole (Biomedical Sciences) Ilhem Messaoudi (Biomedical Sciences) Meera Nair (Biomedical Sciences) Neal Schiller (Biomedical Sciences) Ameae Walker (Biomedical Sciences) Emma Wilson (Biomedical Sciences) Seema Tiwari-Woodruff (Biomedical Sciences) Sika Zheng (Biomedical Sciences) Dimitrios Morikis (Bioengineering) James Borneman (Microbiology) Katherine Borkovich (Microbiology) Shou-Wei Ding (Microbiology) Karine LeRoch (Microbiology) Huinan Liu (Microbiology) Wenbo Ma (Microbiology) Designated Emphasis Requirements
The Designate Emphasis is an interdisciplinary graduate program of study to enhance student training in the field through a focused coursework across at least two departments. The program is optional and the courses used for the DE may not be counted toward MS or PhD requirements.
- 1. Three (3) courses (12-14 units) with a focus
in the basic principles of immunology and infectious disease will be selected from:
MCBL 124 Pathogenic Microbiology
BMSC 236 Foundations of Medicine II *
MCBL 202 Microbial Pathogenesis
MCBL 221 Microbial Genetics
BMSC 223E Inflammation, Autoimmunity an
Pathogen Defense
*If taking BMSC 236 (10 units) only two
courses are required for completion.
Students must select courses with relevant
content as approved by the Designated Emphasis Advisory Committee comprising of three participating faculty including the student’s major professor. Students must select courses from at least two different departments. Undergraduate course taken to fulfill the requirement must be accompanied by a 292 course taken in the same quarter 319 / Programs and Courses 319 / Programs and Courses
with extra work agreed upon by the professor and student.
- 2. BMSC 222 (2 units): Special Topics in
Biomedical Sciences with emphasis in infectious diseases. The course will address the research pertaining to the student’s interest and prepare trainees in applying the knowledge of basic principles of immunology to the pathophysiology of infectious disease. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC)
- 3. Research Project: students will write a
review article on a selected inflammation or infectious disease topic. The review will be evaluated by the Designated Emphasis Advisory Committee. It is the committee’s expectation that student will fulfill this component by submitting the review article for the journal publication.Successful completion of this review is required for the Designated Emphasis completion.
All requirements for the Designated
Emphasis must be satisfied no later than one calendar year from the quarter in which candidate advances to candidacy in their PhD field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the Designated Emphasis completion.