Established in 1935, MMI is a core department of the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (MDTP), the Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response group (MPHRG), and the Symbiosis Cluster (each described below). MMI provides administrative support for this training grant. The department consists of 22 faculty members with research programs addressing a range of bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral pathogens, symbiosis and immunology and host defense. The faculty’s productivity and research prominence are demonstrated by service on numerous scientific journal editorial boards, federal study sections, and private foundation grant review panels, as well as by organizational roles in scientific meetings and courses. Nearly all MMI faculty members are supported by NIH or equivalent grants; 17 of the funded faculty are trainers on the proposed training grant. Several of these trainers have also received prestigious awards from private funding agencies, including a Pew Fellowship (Welch and Gumperz), and Burroughs Wellcome Fund senior scholar (Klein) or junior scholar awards (Bangs, Hull, Knoll and Huttenlocher). MMI faculty train both pre-and post-doctoral fellows. MMI faculty often co-mentor students by serving on thesis committees for students of other faculty.
For more information regarding the Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department, please see their website at http://www.medmicro.wisc.edu/.
