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Medical Education

Second-year UCI School of Medicine medical students continue their course-based training with a fall quarter course taught by the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics faculty.

MD Program
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Graduate Programs

PhD students are admitted to the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics during the second year of their PhD programs through any of the three UCI interdisciplinary PhD gateway programs.

Graduate Education
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Postdoctoral Training

Our department provides multiple opportunities for postdocs to further their academic, professional and career growth, including securing research awards through grant writing, conducting both original and faculty-led research, and mentoring and training undergraduate and graduate researchers.

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