For Prospective Students
Graduate Study at Cornell
Cornell's graduate study is organized by Graduate Fields of Study which are divided by discipline. A Graduate Field is an academic group which consists of professors from across departments and colleges. For example, faculty members of the Graduate Field of Immunology spread across six departments or three colleges.
A student interested in studying at Cornell University must appy to a Graduate Field via the Graduate School, and only a Graduate Field can grant admission. The Program in Infection & Pathobiology is not a Graduate Field; it is a community of researchers across various Graduate Fields, departments and other units, and aims at enhancing interaction among the researchers.
A prospective student who is interested in working with a faculty member in the Program must apply to a Graduate Field in which the faculty member participates. A professor often participates in more than one Graduate Field. To find out in what Graduate Field(s) our faculty members participate, please look at the faculty list.
Once you are admitted and start your graduate study, you may request to be a member of the Program in Infection & Pathobiology; if you choose an advisor who is already a member of the Program, you will automatically become a member as well. If your advisor is not a member of the program, please contact Ms. Sachiko Funaba at the address below.
Application
To apply to the Graduate Field of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology, or Pharmacology, please visit the web site of the Office of Graduate Education of the College of Veterinary Medicine at http://www.vet.cornell.edu/OGE/.
To apply to other Graduate Field, please visit the web site of the Graduate School at http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the Graduate Field of your interest, or:
Ms. Sachiko Funaba
Coordinator for Program in Infection & Pathobiology /
Assistant to the Chair, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Email: sf35@cornell.edu
Phone: (607) 253-3402
Fax: (607) 253-4058