分子微生物学和免疫学哲学博士-寄生虫学

在学校的原始部门中，Protozology和Medical Entomology部门有四个部门-Protozology，蠕虫病，医学昆虫学和后来的病毒学部门。主席罗伯特·威廉·海格纳（Robert William Hegner）观察到，“对寄生虫学感兴趣的动物学家通常将注意力集中在寄生虫[形态，生活史和系统疾病]上，而大多数医师倾向于强调宿主的反应[症状，病理学和治疗方法]。只有将这两个阶段放在一起，并且增加了公共卫生活动特有的主题内容，才可以实现完整的计划：然后，寄生虫学成为宿主-寄生虫关系的生物学。”
Through a departmental core curriculum as well as research area-specific courses, laboratory rotations, qualifying examinations, mentored research, and professional development, all MMI PhD students are prepared to engage in cutting edge research and scholarship that advances knowledge. MMI PhD students hone their scholarship, research and professional skills. Course and laboratory work can address problems in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, disease transmission, and diseases related to malaria, mosquito and arboviral biology.<br>From its founding in 1916, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has made parasitology research a priority. Malaria, yellow fever, amebiasis, trypanosomiasis and helminths were important public health problems, and hookworm was a major concern of the Rockefeller Foundation, the top donor to the School of Hygiene and Public Health.<br>Chair Robert William Hegner observed that zoologists who are interested in parasitology usually direct their attention to the parasite [morphology, life history and systematics], whereas most physicians tend to emphasize the reactions of the host [symptomology, pathology and therapeutics]. Only when these two phases are brought together and when aspects of the subject peculiar to the public health activities are added is a complete program realized: then parasitology becomes the biology of host-parasite relationships.