Department faculty supervise post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduates in active research programs that are well supported by grants exceeding $5 million from the NIH, NSF, ACS, AHA, and other agencies. 

The Microbiology Graduate program features faculty members who excel in bacteriology, parasitology, immunology, and virology. The course of studies is designed so students become experts in many areas of research including molecular virology and immunology, and bacterial biochemistry and physiology.