# Immunologic Diseases and Basic Immunology

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2021 · $501,756

## Abstract

Abstract
The multidisciplinary UAB Immunology Training Program, “Immunologic Diseases and Basic Immunology”, is
focused on training highly motivated pre-doctoral students and PhD and MD graduates in the fields of
translational and fundamental immunology. A major strength of the program is the broad expertise and
research interests of its faculty, encompassing stem cell and lymphocyte differentiation; cellular immunology;
molecular immunology; gene organization, structure and function of immunoglobulins, T cell receptors, Fc
receptors, complement, and lymphokines; secretory immunity; transgenic models of immune function;
immunogenetics; host responses to infectious diseases, mucosal immunology, transplantation immunology,
neuroimmunology, and bioinformatics. Seven predoctoral trainees are selected from the graduate students
enrolled in the Graduate Biomedical Sciences Program following successful completion of their first year of
graduate study. Their training will last up to five years. This population includes students in the Medical
Scientist Training Program. Three postdoctoral trainees with a MD, PhD or equivalent terminal degree are
selected on the basis of prior academic and research performance, letters of recommendation, and personal
interviews. This population includes physicians pursuing fellowship training in Allergy/Immunology,
Dermatology and Rheumatology. Their training will last up to three years. Because a large number of the
faculty are involved in the care of patients with immunologic diseases in addition to their research programs,
the program provides an interface between basic and applied immunology. Opportunities directly related to
human diseases are available in autoimmune diseases, bioinformatics, vaccine development,
immunodeficiencies, neoplastic diseases, immune-complex diseases, host-defense defects, dental caries,
microbial pathogenesis, and transplantation immunology.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174693
- **Project number:** 5T32AI007051-44
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** Harry William Schroeder
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $501,756
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1976-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174693

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174693, Immunologic Diseases and Basic Immunology (5T32AI007051-44). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174693. Licensed CC0.

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