INFLAMMATION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DESIGNATED EMPHASIS

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) Nicholas DiPatrizio (Biomedical Sciences) Iryna Ethell (Biomedical Sciences) Marcus Kaul (Biomedical Sciences) David Lo (Biomedical Sciences) Christian Lytle (Biomedical Sciences) Declan McCole (Biomedical Sciences) Meera Nair (Biomedical Sciences) Tara Nordgren (Biomedical Sciences) Neal Schiller (Biomedical Sciences) Andrew Tapper (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) Rong Hai (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Ansel Hsiao (Plant Pathology and Microbiology)

The Designate Emphasis is an interdisciplinary graduate program of study to enhance student training in the field through a focused course- work 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 accom- panied by a 292 course taken in the same quarter with extra work agreed upon by the professor and student.

• 2. BMSC 222 (2 units): Special Topics in Bio-

medical Sciences with emphasis in infec- tious diseases. The course will address the research pertaining to the student’s interest and prepare trainees in applying the knowl- edge 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 commit- tee’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.