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**** BREAKING NEWS!! January 26, 2012 ****
Frances Lund, Ph.D., an immunologist with a distinguished record of discoveries about cells that defend against infection and cause inflammatory disease, is the new chair of the Department of Microbiology. Also joining the faculty is her husband, research partner and leading immunologist Troy Randall, Ph.D., who will be the first Claude Bennett Professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology. Read more
The Immunology Graduate Theme is a part of the UAB Graduate Biomedical Sciences Program. We are an interdisciplinary program emphasizing the study of multiple aspects of the immune system, from basic molecular mechanisms to whole animal studies and human translational research. The remarkable breadth of our program can be seen in the primary departments of the almost fifty theme faculty members. Faculty from the Departments of Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Genetics, Biology, Pathology, Physiology and Biophysics, Medicine, Pediatrics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, and Dentistry are involved in internationally recognized research and in the training of PhD-level graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Currently, forty-five students are in training in the laboratories of our immunology faculty. Primary areas of research include: Allergy, Autoimmunity, Cancer Immunology, Clinical/Translational, Developmental Immunology, Host Defense, Immunodeficiency, Immunogenetics, Inflammation, Mucosal and Ocular Immunology, Neuroimmunology, Structural Immunology, and Transplantation Immunology. Students graduating from the Immunology Graduate Theme will be well-versed in modern immunology and have the option to pursue diverse career pathways.
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Maureen Cox and Theresa Ramos were selected for an all expense paid trip to attend the iFReC Immunology School in Japan. 
