Doctor's degree Virology - Harvard University

Doctor's degree Virology from Harvard University is a Campus Ph.D Health degree that prepares you for a Science career. It is an exciting time to study virology ! New viruses, such as the sudden acute respiratory syndrome or SARS virus, are emerging around the world, the AIDS epidemic continues to sweep across sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, and new influenza reassortants between avian and human viruses threaten to enter the human population and cause new pandemics. New vaccines for HIV, smallpox, and genital herpes are direly needed. Researchers at Harvard University are working on all of these biomedical problems as well as conducting basic research that is defining new molecular structures of viruses and virus-encoded enzymes, new mechanisms within cells for molecular and organelle trafficking and function, and new mechanisms that control cell growth. Harvard researchers are among the world leaders in the design and testing of AIDS, genital herpes, and small pox vaccines. The Harvard Program in Virology provides extraordinary opportunities to conduct graduate study for the Ph.D. degree in these exciting areas of biomedical science. We invite you to apply for graduate study for the 2005-2006 academic year Admissions. Opportunities for postdoctoral research are also available within the laboratories of the Program faculty. For postdoctoral research, we invite you to apply directly to the individual laboratories. The program is a joint effort of 49 faculty from throughout Harvard University . Specific research areas include: biochemical mechanisms of cell growth control, transformation, signal transduction, and transcriptional regulation, the molecular genetics, molecular biology and molecular pathogenesis of latent, persistent, or cytolytic virus infections, the characterization of virus-receptor interactions and the mechanisms of cell entry, structural studies of viruses and viral proteins, the use of viruses vectors for heterologous gene expression and for gene therapy, the interaction of viruses with cells involved in non-specific or specific immune responses, the pathogenesis of viral infection and rational antiviral drug design. The Ph.D. Program in Virology was formed in 1983 and is conducted under the auspices of the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS), which is part of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). Ph.D. degrees are awarded through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University (HU). The Program currently has a total 56 students. The relatively small size of the Virology graduate program and faculty make this program ideally attractive for students interested in collegial student-student and student-faculty interactions. First year students meet weekly with more senior students and faculty at the Virology Program student journal club, research seminars and luncheon discussion groups. View more details on Harvard University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health courses.