Immunology & 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 36 highly productive scientists from nine departments in the medical school, including Microbiology-Immunology, Biochemistry & 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 & Support
Meet and get in touch with our training grant leaders, our committee members and administrative support team.
Executive Committee
- Nicholas Cianciotto, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Stephen Miller, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology, Dermatology and Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
- Richard Longnecker, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Mojgan Naghavi, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Edward Thorp, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) and Pediatrics
- Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
Current Trainees
Preceptors
- Melissa Brown, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Bruce Bochner, MD, Professor of Medicine (Allergy-Immunology)
- 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)
- Elizabeth Eklund, MD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
- 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
- David Klumpp, PhD, Professor of Urology and Microbiology-Immunology
- Larry Kociolek, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
- Laimonis Laimins, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Richard Longnecker, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Stephen Miller, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology, Dermatology and Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
- 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, Assistant 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
- Karla Satchell, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Robert Schleimer, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Allergy and Immunology), Microbiology-Immunology and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- 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, Assistant Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology)
- Edward Thorp, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) and Pediatrics
- Praveen Thumbikat, PhD, Associate Professor of Urology and Pathology
- Derek Walsh, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Deborah Winter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
- Jennifer Wu, PhD, Professor of Urology and Microbiology-Immunology
- Mee-Ngan Yap, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Bin Zhang, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) and Microbiology-Immunology
Administrative Support
