Medical Parasitology

Catalog description

This three-hour class is offered exclusively to master’s students in the department of Microbiology and Immunology. The course consists of once-weekly hybrid lecture and complementary lab sessions, with the goal of enhancing knowledge and clinical lab skills in the field of parasitology. The three main areas of competency in this course are: 1) Parasitic diseases and the global burden of disease 2) Parasitology clinical laboratory skills 3) Identification and differentiation of parasitic clinical specimens Where students who have completed this course should be able to confidently prepare and identify various parasites from clinical samples and have a rich understanding of their associated diseases. Additionally, students will be encouraged to take part in a hands-on research project that will be lead alongside the class.