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Immunology focuses on the human bodys built-in defense system. In a healthy person, the immune system helps the body fight infection by rejecting foreign viruses and bacteria. When the immune system is defective, it can fail to protect the body, or even attack it. Diseases caused by disorders of the immune system may be caused by immunodeficiency, in which parts of the immune system fail to provide an adequate response, or autoimmunity, in which the immune system over responds, causing damage to the body of its host. Other immune disorders include hypersensitivity, in which the system responds inappropriately or too intensely to harmless compounds, as in asthma and allergies.
Carter Immunology Center (CIC) researchers study a broad variety of defective immune responses. In cancer, for example, UVA researchers have developed an immune therapy for melanoma, a dangerous skin cancer. The vaccine works by activating the human immune response to destroy cancer cells. This approach is showing great promise and is currently in phase 2 clinical trials. In diabetes, UVA researchers are working to create a way to selectively suppress the part of the immune response that acts to create inflammation that destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. In hepatitis C, CIC investigators study the mechanisms by which the virus evades or suppresses the immune response, allowing it to reestablish itself even after a liver transplant. In addition, CICinvestigators are unraveling the mystery of the lethal pneumonia produced by the immune response to lung infection with avian influenza (bird flu) virus and developing new methods to prevent and treat this infection.
In Crohns disease, AIDS, asthma, and a host of other diseases, CICresearchers are conducting essential research that will help us better understand what causes these diseases and what makes them spread. Support for this research provides hope for millions suffering from any number of dangerous illnesses. By focusing research efforts on core immunological functions, we gain knowledge with infinite potential for curing and treating diseases as diverse as asthma, cancer, hepatitis, lupus, and AIDS.
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Introduction to Veterinary Immunology
A brief introduction to veterinary immunology and vaccination. Suitable for a general audience.
We recommend the following two courses as a package for those interested in more detailed information. Suitable for general audiences, or as a useful refresher for animal health professionals. Please contact us if you would like to take both (for $750, a 5% discount). We recommend you take the courses in the order below, but we give you the option of starting them whenever you choose (one after the other or at the same time).
This course provides an overview of veterinary immunology with a focus on infectious disease.
This course applies the principles of immunology to an understanding of how vaccines prevent disease, why vaccines sometimes fail to protect from disease and occasionally cause adverse reactions.
* RACE Approved for Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians. Category Medical, Non-Interactive Distance. Must achieve 70% on quizzes.
Dr. Jim Roth (left) has successfully taught veterinary immunology to veterinary students, veterinarians, veterinary biologics staff, and government officials from around the world. He is an award winning teacher and researcher. He has served as president of the American Association of Veterinary Immunologists. Dr. Roth can help you understand the immune system and apply that knowledge to everyday issues such as vaccination and allergic responses.
Dr. Gayle Brown (center) is an exceptional teacher who has received university and national awards for her teaching. She worked with Dr. Roth to develop the learning objectives and presentations. She is responsible for the course outlines and the exams. She grades each of the exams for the advanced courses and provides feedback to participants.
Dr. Kevan Flaming (right) oversees the technical delivery of the courses and ensures participants have a good online experience.
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The National Institute of Immunology (NII) is committed to advanced research addressing the basic mechanisms involved in body's defence to identify modalities for manipulation of the immune system to provide protection against diseases and understand mechanisms that can be used to target disease processes for intervention. The institutes research thrust areas under immunology and related disciplines cluster in four main themes, namely, infection and immunity, molecular design, gene regulation and reproduction and development, where cutting edge research in modern biology is being carried out.
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ColumbiaDoctors immunologists are dedicated to providing excellence in patient care for individuals with immunodeficiencies. Our specialists are highly trained and board certified in Allergy and Immunology. We treat the breath of immunodeficiency diseases, whether the cause is hereditary in nature or the result of another disorder. We are also affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian, the top-ranked hospital in the tristate area.
Our central approach is to provide personalized and multidisciplinary medical care to patients, offering the latest insights to the rapidly advancing field of immunology. We utilize state-of-the-art measures to help diagnose and treat congenital immunodeficiencies and other immunological disorders... All of our academic faculty are nationally recognized clinical experts in immune-related diseases. Collaborating with infectious disease specialists, geneticists, and pathologists, we help patients with the most severe and rare immunodeficiency disorders.
Our patients directly benefit from the groundbreaking advances of the world-renowned Columbia Center for Translational Immunology (CCTI) that studies organ transplantation, hematopoietic cell transplantation, Type I diabetes, other areas of autoimmunity, tumor immunology, stem cell biology and basic immunology. CCTI is a research center aimed at bringing advances in basic immunology to patient care by gaining greater understanding of immune system. CCTI investigators have expertise at all levels of immunology and transplantation, from molecular biology to large animal and clinical transplantation studies.
Our specialists provide initial diagnoses, second opinions, immunologic testing, genetic testing as well as expert medical care. The initial comprehensive evaluation includes a thorough patient history, physical examination, and detailed review of previous records and test results.
These immunodeficiencies are usually present at birth and are hereditary. Though rare, they typically become evident during infancy or childhood but can become evident during adulthood. There are more than 100 different disorders such as humoral or cellular immunity. Examples include X-linked agammaglobulinemia, common variable immunodeficiency, and severe combined immunodeficiency, which is known as boy in a bubble disease.
We have offices at multiple locations, including Columbia University Medical Center on Broadway and W. 168th St and ColumbiaDoctors Midtown at 51 W 51 St.
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The UCSF Immunology Graduate Program is a component of both the Biomedical Sciences (BMS) program and the Program in Biological Sciences (PIBS). Students interested in the program are admitted into the BMS program and elect to follow the Immunology Track at the end of their first year. First year BMS students pursue coursework with an emphasis on mammalian cells and tissues, including the immune system. Modern approaches for understanding the molecular mechanisms of cell, organ, and immune system function are studied as are integrative approaches toward defining the physiological in vivo importance of these mechanisms. We believe that this coursework will provide an excellent knowledge base for graduate students with a strong interest in immunology and related fields such as infectious disease. In addition, first year students do three research "rotations" in different BMS/Immunology laboratories to learn experimental approaches hands-on and to aid them in choosing a thesis laboratory and project. For students who elect the Immunology Track, the Immunology Graduate Program provides continuing advanced training in current developments of immunology and in other aspects of modern molecular and cellular biology via a weekly immunology student/faculty journal club, an annual immunology retreat, yearly advanced topics minicourses, and a weekly seminar series that hosts outstanding immunologists from around the U.S. and occasionally overseas. In addition to the above courses and activities, our connection with PIBS provides our students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty with close interactions with scientists studying cell biology, genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology, developmental biology, biophysics, and neuroscience. As these fields are highly relevant to modern study of immunology, these connections enhance the education of students in the Immunology Program.
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