Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Pathology

Microbiology, Immunology,
and Pathology

Degree Programs

Graduate Programs

Certificate Program Graduate Certificate in Vector-Borne Diseases Master of Science in Microbiology Master of Science in Microbiology Master of Science in Microbiology [Thesis] Master of Science in Microbiology Microbiology-Immunology [Online] Ph.D. in Microbiology Ph.D. in Pathology

Undergraduate Programs

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences Microbiology and Infectious Disease Concentration Minor in Microbiology Certificate Program Undergraduate Certificate in Vector-Borne Diseases

Residencies and Externships

Combined Anatomic Pathology Residency and M.S./Ph.D. Combined Clinical Pathology Residency and M.S./Ph.D. Combined Comparative Medicine Residency and M.S./Ph.D. Combined Microbiology Residency and Ph.D.

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Areas of Expertise

Our faculty work to understand the pathology, improve the diagnostics, and develop more effective treatments, vaccines, and cures for internationally important infectious diseases.

Anatomic Pathology Bacteriology Cancer Biology Clinical Diagnostics Clinical Pathology Computational Biology Education Research Genomics Hematopathology Immunology Microbiome Mycobacterial Diseases Parasitology Pedagogy Prion Biology RNA Biology Vector Biology Virology

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Postdoctoral researcher awarded grant to improve prion disease mouse model

Alyssa Block received a one-year research grant from the CJD Foundation to investigate selective adaptation of human prions during intracranial and peripheral transmission using a refined gene-targeted mouse model.

MIP graduate student Greg Pugh selected as a Summer Dissertation Fellow

Greg Pugh, a Ph.D. candidate in the Foy lab, was selected as a 2025 Graduate School Summer Thesis/Dissertation Fellow.

Science: Leprosy was an American scourge long before Europeans arrived

Hoping to learn more about when M. lepromatosis emerged, Rascovan reached out to microbiologist Charlotte Avanzi at Colorado State University, whose lab investigated M. lepromatosis in British red squirrels.

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