Training Programs

Mount Sinai Microbiology (MIC) Training Program

The Mount Sinai Microbiology (MIC) Training Area is a broad-based training program that includes preceptors throughout Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Missions: The Mount Sinai Microbiology Training Area is highly research-oriented and has important teaching responsibilities with respect to graduate, MSTP, and medical students. In addition, we accept high school students and college students for training and research experience. Thus our missions are: 1) the study of biomedically important questions in the broad areas of microbiology, virology, host-pathogen interactions, cancer biology, and immunology; and 2) the training of students and of new scientists to carry on this effort.

MIC Training Faculty

Training Program in Mechanisms of Virus-Host Interactions

The virology training program of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) and the NYU School of Medicine (NYUSOM) aims to assist in the training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the broad discipline of virology. The research training emphasis is directed toward teaching students the theory and experimental approaches required for independent scientific investigations. Students learn the molecular mechanisms involved in virus replication and host responses to viral infections. Additional research areas available for training include novel approaches for antiviral strategies and vaccine development.

The specific aims of the program are: 1) to recruit and provide rigorous training to high caliber students and fellows; and 2) to provide an administrative structure that will support and coordinate virology training between MSSM and NYUSOM. This program aids trainees in all phases of their development including understanding scientific method, interpretation of results, presentation of data and conclusions, research ethics, and career guidance.

By combining the strengths of outstanding groups of virologists, we have created a world-class virology training program that is of great benefit to the research community in New York. The program training faculty consists of a group of outstanding virologists who are using a diverse array of experimental strategies to study the molecular, cellular, biochemical and immunological interactions of viruses with their hosts. Aggressive recruitment efforts by MSSM and NYUSOM faculty have led to the attraction of the highest caliber trainees.

Virology Program Training Faculty