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    An inspiring hub of biomedical discovery

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    An excellent environment for the training of the next generation of researchers.

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    THE FRONTIER OF IMMUNOLOGICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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    INNOVATING IDEAS

The department is the home for basic research in immunology and microbiology. Our mission is to advance the insights into the biology of microbes and the defense against microbial infections in order to develop future therapies for infectious, autoimmune, and malignant diseases.

News

Article Accepted to the Journal of American Geriatric Society

Age-related changes in the clinical picture of Long COVID, Mindy J. Fain, Benjamin D. Horne, Leora I. Horwitz, (45 contributing authors), and Janko Ž. Nikolich, on behalf of the RECOVER consortium . J. Am. Geriatric Assoc. 2025 (in press)


Janko Nikolich portrait
Janko Nikolich, MD, PhD, Appointed as Regents Professor

The Arizona Board of Regents appointed Dr. Nikolich as Regents Professor. This is the highest faculty rank at the University of Arizona, and limited to no more than 3% of the tenured and tenure-track university faculty members.