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The Department of Microbiology has the mandate to train world class health care workers in microbiology with a commitment to scholarship and research. As such, the staff members of the department offer quality undergraduate and postgraduate education to students of the university.
We train world class healthcare workers in medical microbiology with a commitment to scholarship and research. We participate in offering core courses for several undergraduate programmes and provide training at the postgraduate level. Our initiatives also extend to maintaining a laboratory service that will facilitate the delivery of clinical and diagnostic services. We also provide oversight for the infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programmes of the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Our vision is to be a department of excellence rooted in the Caribbean for education, training, research and service in health and well-being.
Welcome to the Department of Microbiology we are an academic department with heavy teaching responsibilities across the programs of the Faculty of Medical Sciences. The Department also has an active research program, geared toward responding to the agenda of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Coupled with our academic work, is an excellent record in providing clinical and public health diagnostic services to the University Hospital of the West Indies and other partners, including through the National Influenza Centre.
The Department has a long history of playing a key role in elucidating the epidemiology of viral infections, neglected tropical diseases, and emerging infectious diseases. Furthermore, antimicrobial and infection prevention and control have been the mainstay activities of our department. The Department provides a welcoming atmosphere for local and international scholars at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as we thrive and create the next generation of microbiologists to respond to local, regional, and global needs.
- Dr. Joshua Anzinger
Our subspecialty areas are covered by 10 faculty members: 2 professors, 2 senior lecturers, and 6 lecturers, with assistance from a teaching and research team and infection control nurses working with the department. The full complement of staff is 59 persons.
The department participates in the delivery of core undergraduate programs of the FMS including MBBS, DDS, BSN, BB.Med.Sci., B.Sc. Further, the department offers postgraduate training through the MPhil/PhD, MSc, MD (research only) and DM degrees. These programs produce highly skilled graduates to fill human resources needs in the Caribbean and beyond. Most importantly, we offer Postgraduate Diploma in Infection Prevention and control which is offered throughout the contributing territories.
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
