{"id":703,"date":"2010-05-24T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/?page_id=703"},"modified":"2014-09-10T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T17:43:19","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/program\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The concept of the Immunology Training Program was first kindled in the 1980&#8217;s when a group of 9 faculty from the departments of Microbiology, Pathology, Biochemistry and Medicine developed their shared interests in the general field of immunology into an informal seminar series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/immunology\/files\/2010\/05\/pan6a06498u.jpg\" alt=\"pan6a06498u\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2248\" height=\"182\" width=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/files\/2010\/05\/pan6a06498u.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/files\/2010\/05\/pan6a06498u-650x221.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/files\/2010\/05\/pan6a06498u-1024x349.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The initial NIH training grant award in September of 1988 established the credibility of the ITP and allowed for the creation of a specific interdisciplinary immunology curriculum.\u00a0 The weekly seminar series remained a major focus of the program as additional faculty with interests in immunology joined the BUSM community and the ITP.\u00a0 A number of significant collaborative projects among the faculty and trainees were initiated during that time period, establishing the ITP as a highly interactive research community.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the ITP had become the prototypic interdisciplinary program within the medical school and a major attraction for immunologists seeking positions in the Boston area.\u00a0 ITP faculty continue to work together closely, through participation in ITP-related courses, seminars, and thesis advisory committees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of the Immunology Training Program was first kindled in the 1980&#8217;s when a group of 9 faculty from the departments of Microbiology, Pathology, Biochemistry and Medicine developed their shared interests in the general field of immunology into an informal seminar series. &nbsp; The initial NIH training grant award in September of 1988 established [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1171,"featured_media":0,"parent":2421,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2289,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/703\/revisions\/2289"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/immunology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}