Students must complete three rotations in three different laboratories within the first year. Each rotation is one credit hour and your work in this rotation is evaluated and graded. To arrange a rotation, each student should discuss potential projects first with the prospective advisor(s) and the student and advisor should come to a mutual decision. Because these rotations are the primary means for each student to become acquainted with the range of techniques, scientific interests, administrative styles, and personalities of each lab, the selection of a rotation lab each semester should be a systematic process. One of the purposes of the rotation is to enable a student to select their thesis lab. Therefore a student may only perform rotations with faculty who have appointments in the UC Denver Graduate School. Rotations with faculty who are not members of the Department of Immunology "In" Faculty* must be approved by the Program Director. (See attached list of “IN” Faculty) Students are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of the Program Director, Dr. Raul Torres and other faculty members when considering potential laboratory rotations.

Students must inform Amy Scoby (Program Administrator – scobya@njhealth.org) of the lab in which rotations will be conducted at the beginning of each rotation as part of the registration process.

The Graduate School's Calendar Lists:
Rotation 1 Aug. 25-Nov. 14
Rotation 2 Nov. 17-Feb. 20
Rotation 3 Feb. 23-May 15

The other purpose of the rotation is so that faculty can assess and gauge the student's ability and enthusiasm for research. Thus, these rotations provide information to the faculty to enable them to determine whether they would accept the student into their laboratory for thesis work.  NOTE: IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO PERFORM WELL DURING THESE ROTATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY IDENTIFY LABORATORIES THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, BUT ALSO IMPRESS FACULTY SUFFICIENTLY SO THAT THE FACULTY MEMBER IS WILLING TO SERVE AS THEIR MENTOR. IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND A THESIS LAB AND FACULTY ADVISOR.  At the completion of each rotation, each student should present a short talk in a lab meeting format, summarizing the experimental problem addressed, the techniques used to approach it, and data obtained during the rotation. The rotation advisor must complete a written evaluation of the student's performance after the rotation and should discuss the evaluation with the student. The written evaluation will be submitted to the Program Office and becomes part of the student's academic record.

Immunology Graduate Program Training Faculty:
Rafeul Alam, MD/PhD
Donald Bellgrau, PhD
Willi Born, PhD
John Cambier, PhD
J. John Cohen, MD/PhD
George Eisenbarth, MD/PhD
Laurent Gapin, PhD
Ronald G. Gill, PhD
Douglas Graham, PhD
James Hagman, PhD
Kathryn Haskins, PhD
Peter Henson, PhD
V. Michael Holers, MD
Hua Huang, MD/PhD
John Kappler, PhD
Ross Kedl, PhD
Laurel Lenz, PhD
Philippa Marrack, PhD
Jaime Modiano, DVM/PhD
Rebecca O'Brien, PhD
Roberta Pelanda, PhD
Anne-Laure Perraud, PhD
Terence Potter, PhD
Yosef Refaeli, PhD
Nicole Reisdorph, PhD
David Riches, PhD
John Routes, MD
Hong-Bing Shu, PhD
Jill Siansky, PhD
David Schwartz, MD/MPH
Raul Torres, PhD
Kenneth Tyler, MD
Cara Wilson, MD
Lawrence Wysocki, PhD
Gongyi Zhang, PhD

*Inclusion on this list does not certify that the faculty member has a current
Graduate Faculty appointment.