Immunobiology Training Programs

The Department of Immunobiology provides a highly interdisciplinary, interactive, and collaborative training environment. Trainees at all levels—undergraduates, medical students, graduate students, postdocs, and fellows—often undertake research training in multiple laboratories, allowing them to meet and work alongside many other scientists and to acquire a variety of technical skills and conceptual expertise to apply to focused problems.

The Yale Immunobiology graduate program is one of the top-ranked programs in the country and draws its students from Yale’s Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) and MD-PhD programs. Graduate students study fundamental principles of basic and human immunology and conduct an independent research project that forms the basis of a PhD thesis and also typically leads to multiple journal publications. Students receive research and career mentoring from many sources, including faculty advisors and PhD thesis committees. Postdocs also have access to courses and training in scientific presentation and career development. In addition, all trainees present their work in a Research in Progress seminar series, participate in annual retreats, and attend seminars at which the research of outside experts or fellow trainees is presented and critiqued. Trainees also have at their disposal the considerable intellectual resources of Yale University.