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

James Borneman (Microbiology) Katherine Borkovich (Microbiology) Monica Carson (Biomedical Sciences) Qi Chen (Biomedical Sciences) Djurdjica Coss (Biomedical Sciences) Nicholas DiPatrizio (Biomedical Sciences) Iryna Ethell (Biomedical Sciences) Byron Ford (Biomedical Sciences) Adam Godzik (Biomedical Sciences) Rong Hai (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Erica Heinrich (Biomedical Sciences) Ansel Hsiao (Plant Pathology and Microbiology) Marcus Kaul (Biomedical Sciences) Karine LeRoch (Microbiology) Huinan Liu (Microbiology) David Lo (Biomedical Sciences) Christian Lytle (Biomedical Sciences) Wenbo Ma (Microbiology) Declan McCole (Biomedical Sciences) Juliet Morrison (Plant Pathology and

Microbiology) Meera Nair (Biomedical Sciences) Scott Pegan (Biomedical Sciences) Maurizio Pellecchia (Biomedical Sciences) Seema Tiwari-Woodruff (Biomedical

Sciences) Shou-Wei Ding (Microbiology) Emma Wilson (Biomedical Sciences) Sika Zheng (Biomedical Sciences) Changcheng Zhou (Biomedical Sciences)

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 M.S. or Ph.D. 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 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 Ph.D. field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the Designated Emphasis completion.