Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis Training Program
The Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis Training Program (IMPTP) is an NIH-NIAID sponsored (T32) training program. Funded since 1996, the IMPTP supports the training of both pre- and postdoctoral students working at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Predoctoral training is done in conjunction with the Driskill Graduate Program. The training program, unique among the training programs at Northwestern, stresses the basic mechanisms and interactive nature of immunology, microbiology and pathogenesis and the collaboration of colleagues. The faculty preceptors are 40 highly productive scientists from nine departments in the medical school, including Microbiology-Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Cell & Developmental Biology, Dermatology, Medicine, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Urology. Each year, four predoctoral and two postdoctoral students are appointed to the IMPTP grant. Predoctoral students are appointed for a two-year period at the end of the second year of graduate studies after they have completed their coursework and qualifying exams and have identified a research adviser, while postdoctoral candidates are appointed at the outset of their training for a one-year period while they apply for independent funding.
Leadership and Support
Meet and get in touch with our training grant leaders, our committee members and administrative support team.
Executive Committee
- Edward Thorp, PhD, Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) and Pediatrics
- Nicholas Cianciotto, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Eva Gottwein, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
Current Trainees
- Nikita Mani PhD, Weinberg Lab
- Ryan Moriarty PhD, Hope Lab
- Estefany Guzman, Hultquist Lab
- Brandon Hancock, Choi Lab
- Rebecca Jones, Thorp Lab
- Madeleine Vessely, Bachta Lab
Preceptors
- Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
- Kelly Bachta, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Ankit Bharat, MBBS, Professor of Surgery (Thoracic Surgery) and Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
- Marcelo Bonini, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Nicholas Cianciotto, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Richard D'Aquila, MD, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Allergy and Immunology) and Pathology
- Deyu Fang, PhD, Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology)
- Eva Gottwein, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Alan Hauser, MD, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Thomas Hope, PhD, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biomedical Engineering
- Judd Hultquist, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Laimonis Laimins, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Catalina Lee Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
- Jennie Lin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
- Richard Longnecker, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Ramon Lorenzo Redondo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Booki Min, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- William Muller, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) and Pathology (Autopsy)
- Mojgan Naghavi, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Harris Perlman, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
- Murali Prakriya, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
- Arthur Prindle, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Karen Ridge, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Cell & Developmental Biology
- Anne Rowley, MD, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology-Immunology
- Karla Satchell, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Evan Scott, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology-Immunology
- Hank Seifert, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Gregory Smith, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Ronen Sumagin, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology)
- Edward Thorp, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) and Pediatrics
- Derek Walsh, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Deborah Winter, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
- Jennifer Wu, PhD, Professor of Urology and Microbiology-Immunology
- Mee-Ngan F. Yap, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Bin Zhang, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) and Microbiology-Immunology
Administrative Support
