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The Department of Microbiology & Immunology is a core department of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and places a special emphasis on biomedical research and teaching with a focus on human disease, infection and immunity.
News
Congratulations to Drs. Heit, Klein, McCormick, and Moynihan on Receiving CIHR Project Grant Awards
Dr. Bryan Heit - A Cardiac Rebound: Targeting GATA2 to Reverse Atherosclerosis. Dr. Robyn Klein - Sex differences in neurocognitive recovery from West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. Dr. John McCormick - Protective and pathogenic immune responses to Streptococcus pyogenes. Dr. Patrick Moynihan - Capsular secretion in pathogenic mycobacteria.
- Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Burton on being Featured in the CTV news
- Answering the Call
- Expert explainer: Why flu rates are so high this year
- How infectious diseases affect the brain: In conversation with Dr. Robyn Klein
- Immunity’s Hidden Warriors: Fighting Cancer with MAIT Cells
- New Canada Research Chair named at Western, seven renewed
- Western researchers receive $3.4M from Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Canadian study reveals where HIV hides in different parts of body
- Western’s new $44M Pathogen Research Centre to advance infectious disease innovation
Events
2026-10-05
Raising EDI Research in Conversation in with Dr. Liisa Galea2026-10-08
RGE Murray Seminar Series Presents| Ruchika Gupta, MD
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Microbiology & Immunology
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
London, Ontario
Dental Sciences Building,
Room 3014
t. 519.661.3427
