Parasitic organisms have and continue to cause much of the morbidity and mortality of humankind. The Department of Medical Parasitology studies those organisms of global health importance, with particular emphasis on malaria, trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis. Research is also conducted on Pneumocystis, which produces life-threatening infections in AIDS victims and other immuno-suppressed patients.

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows learn state-of-the-art techniques of immunology, biochemistry, genomics, cellular and molecular biology, and epidemiology. Research frequently involves collaborations with other basic science departments. Trainees have also participated in field studies relating to their investigations in endemic areas such as Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Mali and Colombia. Program members, as well as their trainees, participate in weekly seminars and journal clubs and are encouraged to present their data at national and international scientific meetings.

For details of NYU Parasitology courses, including courseware, please click here.

The Department participates in funded training schemes for the following:

Undergraduates – Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Pre-doc – Training Program in Medical and Molecular Parasitology
Post-doc (PhD and/or MD) – Training Program in Medical and Molecular Parasitology & NYU AIDS Institutional Training Grant

Details of other research openings within the Department can be found here.