Department of Infection and Immunity
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WelcomeThe Department of Infection and Immunity is led by Professor Moira Whyte and combines basic science research in molecular cell biology, with a particular focus on innate immunity in Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Renal Medicine, Rheumatology and Dermatology. The department is based within the Medical School and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. There is access to core facilities in proteomics and genomics, high quality Cell Biology, Containment Level 2 and 3 laboratories. Our clinical base is at both the Royal Hallamshire (Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Dermatology) and Northern General (Renal Medicine) Hospitals. |
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Academic Units |
Events The Medical Research Summer Programme, Summer 2014 |
Our Academic Units form the core of our research activities. They comprise both academic and clinical academic principal investigators with complementary research interests. Visit our Academic Units for more information on the extensive variety of research carried out within the department.
Members of our department are actively involved in graduate and postgraduate teaching and research and host more than 50 PhD/MD and MSc/BMedSci candidates. Success in the MSc in Molecular Medicine is a good training for beginning a PhD and many of our students have chosen this route.News
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