Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Immunology: The Immune System and its Failures from Imperial College London

Expand your knowledge of immunology. The specialization will allow you to delve deeper into the molecular and cellular components of the immune system, showing how they work together to protect us from pathogens, as well as the consequences of their failure in disease.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת ב-Immunology: The Immune System and its Failures של Imperial College London

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Basic concepts in human immunology
  • The role of innate and acquired immune responses
  • Understanding immune diseases such as immunodeficiencies, autoimmunity, allergy, and chronic infections
  • Applying theories on the immune system response to the SARS-2-CoV virus (COVID-19)
  • Allergy analysis
  • Understanding lung diseases like asthma

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Immunology researcher
  • Infectious disease specialist
  • Internist
  • Public health scientist
  • Allergy specialist
  • Researcher in the field of autoimmune diseases
  • Health and Vaccination Consultant
  • Clinical Research Manager in Medical Laboratories
  • Academic lecturer in the field of immunology
  • Healthcare Data Analyst

Internship – 5-part course series

Our online Immunology specialization was developed to provide fundamental concepts in human immunology, as well as advanced topics from investigative research regarding clinical diseases of the immune system.

Course content

  • Initial courses: The role of innate and acquired immune responses.
  • Immune diseases: immune deficiencies, autoimmunity, allergy and chronic infections.

Applied Learning Project

Throughout the five courses, you will have the opportunity to undertake a series of assessments where you can apply what you have learned to various aspects of immunology.

  • Immune system response to SARS-2-CoV (COVID-19)
  • Allergies
  • Other lung diseases such as asthma

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Immunology: The innate immune system

Course 1
7 hours
4.8 (98 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • You will identify key innate immune cells, molecules, and direct defense mechanisms.
  • You will learn how our microbiome affects the innate immune response.
  • Understand how innate immune cells update the adaptive system regarding the presence of a threat.

Skills you will gain

  • Tumor immunology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Immunology
  • Infectious diseases

Immunology: The adaptive immune system

Course 2
8 hours
4.7 (54 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • You will explore the two main types of adaptive immune cells, T cells and B cells.
  • Understand how the different subsets contribute to the overall immune response.
  • You will investigate the effect of age on immune system function.

Skills you will gain

  • Tumor immunology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Immunology
  • Infectious diseases

Immunology: Autoimmunity, Allergy, and Preservation

Course 3
7 hours
4.8 (42 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • You will learn about the consequences of the imbalance between the effector and regulatory responses of the immune system.
  • An in-depth examination of the possible mechanisms behind autoimmunity.
  • Examination of excessive/unnecessary immune responses to allergies.

Skills you will gain

  • Tumor immunology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Immunology
  • Infectious diseases

Immunology: The immune system and infectious diseases

Course 4
10 hours
4.8 (47 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Study the immune response to bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
  • You will learn about the mechanisms of pathogens that evade the immune response.
  • You will learn about infectious diseases and aspects of the immune response.

Skills you will gain

  • Tumor immunology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Asthma/Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Infectious diseases

Immunology: Immune Failures and Cancer Immunology

Course 5
6 hours
4.7 (81 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • You will discover the causes and consequences of immune system failure.
  • You will investigate the effect of genetic defects on the immune response.
  • Understand the connection between tumors and immune cells.

Skills you will gain

  • Tumor immunology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Immunology
  • Infectious diseases

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