The Department of Medical Parasitology is staffed by an outstanding team of scientists at faculty, postdoctoral and student level, striving to improve global heath by basic scientific research.

There are 11 faculty in the Department. We aim to find novel therapies and strategies to control infectious diseases that afflict millions of people worldwide, particularly children. Our research efforts focus on the parasites that cause malaria, sleeping sickness, amoebiasis, fungal pathogens that are associated with AIDS and agents of bioterrorism. The Department employs cutting edge research in genomics, cell biology, immunology, epidemiology, entomology and biochemistry to discover novel ways to combat parasitic disease.

The Department has a distinguished history in parasitic disease research, particularly malaria vaccine development. It has been a world leader in both research and training of medical parasitologists from the USA as well as overseas. This tradition continues with staff from more than 12 countries. The Department is part of three joint training programs for PhD students, MD-PhDs and postdoctoral fellows as well as undergraduates.

The Department is housed in the freestanding “historic” Old Public Health Building, within the precincts of the NYU SOM on First Avenue. A substantial renovation project has just been completed - details of the updated and new facilities can be found on the news page.

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