About Us
Overview
Vision
Advancing the process of discovery in microbial infectious diseases and immunology requires a diverse faculty engaged in cutting-edge research across a range of research areas. This goal also requires interaction and collaboration with clinicians and clinician-scientists. We encourage and support this interactive model with a unique approach to student training: MS students in our Institute have two mentors, a basic scientist and a clinician. This collaboration results in a basic or translational research program for the student focusesd on cutting-edge clinical questions. To help nurture this model, the Institute hosts an annual retreat and seminars presented by nationally-recognized scientists.
Faculty
InDIRI faculty include basic scientists and clinicians from departments, institutes, and research centers across the Stritch School of Medicine and Loyola University Medical Center. The majority of faculty are in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Division of Infectious Disease within the Department of Medicine.
Graduate Program
Students in the two-year Master’s of Science in Infectious Disease and Immunology program will engage in a rigorous classroom-based curriculum and conduct a cutting-edge research project under the direction of two faculty mentors. Our program includes scholarship and strong, practical training. Students take most courses along with other basic science graduate students. These courses emphasize a rigorous foundation in the basics of molecular and cellular biology, as well as more specialized topics in microbial infectious disease and immunology. In addition, students take courses in statistics, ethics and public speaking. With Stritch physicians-in-training, MS students take didactic classroom lectures in which they are immersed in the medical school curriculum and attend Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, to expose them to real clinical cases.
Our program prepares students for an advanced career in health-related fields including medicine, nursing, clinical laboratory science, biotechnology, translational research, forensic medicine, pharmaceutical research, and product development, as well as other careers emphasizing science such as science writing or health care policy. Click HERE to learn more.
Vision
Advancing the process of discovery in microbial infectious diseases and immunology requires a diverse faculty engaged in cutting-edge research across a range of research areas. This goal also requires interaction and collaboration with clinicians and clinician-scientists. We encourage and support this interactive model with a unique approach to student training: MS students in our Institute have two mentors, a basic scientist and a clinician. This collaboration results in a basic or translational research program for the student focusesd on cutting-edge clinical questions. To help nurture this model, the Institute hosts an annual retreat and seminars presented by nationally-recognized scientists.
Faculty
InDIRI faculty include basic scientists and clinicians from departments, institutes, and research centers across the Stritch School of Medicine and Loyola University Medical Center. The majority of faculty are in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Division of Infectious Disease within the Department of Medicine.
Graduate Program
Students in the two-year Master’s of Science in Infectious Disease and Immunology program will engage in a rigorous classroom-based curriculum and conduct a cutting-edge research project under the direction of two faculty mentors. Our program includes scholarship and strong, practical training. Students take most courses along with other basic science graduate students. These courses emphasize a rigorous foundation in the basics of molecular and cellular biology, as well as more specialized topics in microbial infectious disease and immunology. In addition, students take courses in statistics, ethics and public speaking. With Stritch physicians-in-training, MS students take didactic classroom lectures in which they are immersed in the medical school curriculum and attend Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, to expose them to real clinical cases.
Our program prepares students for an advanced career in health-related fields including medicine, nursing, clinical laboratory science, biotechnology, translational research, forensic medicine, pharmaceutical research, and product development, as well as other careers emphasizing science such as science writing or health care policy. Click HERE to learn more.