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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Human Immunobiology

Education

To foster the education and mentorship of trainees working in immunology, we support the following training programs, grants and events. We also invite trainees to join the center as members to access all our resources.

Graduate Programs

Pre-Doctoral Training

Postdoctoral & Fellowship Training

Lurie Cancer Center Undergraduate Summer Research Internships

This opportunity is for undergraduate students interested in biomedical and health sciences to participate in leading-edge cancer research and career exploration at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. Participants work full-time (35-40 hours/week) under the mentorship of top cancer researchers in state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities help to advance novel research projects in cell and molecular biology, cancer immunology, metabolism, clinical investigation, developmental therapeutics, genomics, population science, health disparities, bioinformatics and other focus areas. Immersive research training is complemented by faculty lectures, skills workshops and career development activities. Students will learn key principles of cancer biology and biomedical investigation, gain hands-on research experience, explore possible career paths, receive career guidance and individual mentoring, and develop a foundational community of multidisciplinary faculty, researchers, students and colleagues at Northwestern.

Eligibility criteria are:

  • Applications are competitive and due by January 27, 2024. 
  • Additional information and the application can be found on the LLC Website.

Travel Grants

Doctoral and postdoctoral students have access to funding, through the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, to reduce the cost of travel and registration fees associated with attending meetings and presenting research.

Apply for Travel Grants

Seminar Series

 Center for Human Immunobiology Distinguished Lectureship Series

 Immune Assessment Seminar Series
Presented by the Immunotherapy Assessment Core (IAC) / Translational & Experimental Skin Testing & Immune Tracing (TEST-IT) Core

 The Lurie Cancer Center Basic Research Seminar Series

 Lurie Cancer Center & Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds

 Friday Noon Research Conference - Allergy & Immunology

Journal Clubs

 Immunology Discussion Club (IDC)

The Northwestern Immunology Discussion Club (IDC) is led by Booki Min, PhD. We discuss recently published and historical papers in addition to presenting research findings or new methods. 

 CHI Research in Progress (RIP)

To foster the education and mentorship of trainees working in immunology, the Center for Human Immunology will support trainee research in progress open to all CHI members led by Dr. Weiguo Cui.

Format: Research in Progress, presenter can choose to present for 30 minutes or 1 hour on their preferred date. Feel free to bring your own lunch.

Schedule: CHI RIP will be held every other Thursday from 12-1pm (alternating with the Micro-Immuno focused journal club led by Dr. Booki Min). 2025-26 year schedule

Interested in joining? Next Steps: Send an email to the CHI (immunology@northwestern.edu) letting us know that you would like to join the group and provide your PI’s name and email. We will provide you access to the schedule so you can select a date and length of time and add you to the new RIP listserv. Your PI will be added to the listserv as well and we ask they join for the date you present. Please confirm the date you are signing up to present with your PI so they can be available to attend. We expect all trainee participants to be active members of this group and senior level trainees to present at least 1 RIP each year. Once you are on the schedule with an assigned date it is your responsibility to get someone to switch with you if there is a conflict. Those who cancel or no show may be asked to leave the group. 

 Rheumatology Research in Motion (RIM)

The Rheumatology Research in Motion (RIM) series consists of two 25-minute presentations in which the speakers discuss their current research.

 Computational Genomics Journal Club

Each week a participant presents a paper of computational significance (either a new method or analysis of genomic data applied to any biological question) for discussion by the group. Participants should be prepared to present on a rolling schedule, but exceptions may be made.

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