- More than 25 full-time attending faculty physicians who are conducting cutting-edge laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research supported by over $12 million in annual funding from the CDC, NIH, Agency for Health Care Research, and the Doris Duke and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations
- Faculty research covering broad range of disciplines related to infectious diseases: clinical infectious disease, tropical medicine, emerging infections and biodefense, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, epidemiology and health behavior.
- A highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment where infectious disease faculty engage in a host of projects with researchers in the schools of medicine, global public health, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry
- The opportunity for fellows interested in laboratory careers to work with faculty who are conducting cutting edge, NIH-funded research on SARS, Avian influenza, HIV, KSHV, EBV, Yersinia, cryptococcus, TB, Dengue, malaria, trypansomiasis and innate immunity
- A busy clinical service at UNC Hospitals, a public facility, providing treatment for the full range of infectious diseases, including a busy organ transplant service, the only burn center in the region, and a bone marrow transplant unit
- State-of-the-art electronic medical records at UNC Hospitals, allowing for all clinical data and notes to be viewed and completed off site
- Opportunities for general ID training in a busy community hospital and specialized STD and TB training at the Durham County Health Department
- Two NIH training grants funded for 30 years
- Recruitment based on academic potential, a consistent track record in placing graduates in academic or related professional jobs
- Research programs in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Russia, China, South America and the Caribbean with the option to complete fellowship training in Malawi
- Convenient campus: all research labs, clinical research programs, faculty in the various schools, and UNC Hospitals are within two blocks of each other, a concrete expression of the cooperative nature of our program
- Ability to obtain either a master’s or doctorate in public health (usually epidemiology)
- Close cooperation with the NC Department of Health and Human Services and access to electronic files of reportable communicable diseases for research purposes
- A collegial and lively weekly clinical case conference
- An interactive weekly ID research conference presenting a broad range of topics from both local and national investigators
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