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INIM5112: Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy
2025 unit information
In this unit students will learn how to apply their knowledge of fundamental immunology to understanding the clinical diagnosis and management of a broad range of immune-mediated human disease. Taught across six disease themes, namely autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, cancer, infectious disease, transplant rejection and allergy, the unit will explore topics relevant to clinical practice. Within each theme, students will explore the underlying immunopathology of disease and learn how laboratory assays are used to inform clinical decision making about diagnosis and disease management. Students will learn how immunotherapies, including therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, cellular therapies and therapeutic vaccines, are changing the treatment landscape for many conditions. Instruction will comprise of lectures, tutorials and laboratory classes. The lectures will be given by scientists and clinicians who are leaders in their respective fields. Tutorials will reinforce material covered in lectures, with an emphasis on understanding concepts through clinical cases and appreciating how laboratory investigations contribute to the diagnostic pathway. Laboratory classes will focus on techniques central to the diagnostic lab and taught with the perspective of real-world situations.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Department of Medical Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Understanding of basic biochemistry and cell biology |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Compare and contrast the immunological mechanisms that underpin immune-mediated conditions including primary and secondary immunodeficiency, autoimmune and inflammatory disease, transplant rejection, allergy and cancer.
- LO2. Describe how knowledge of the immunological basis of disease has been specifically exploited in the design of diagnostic laboratory tools and evaluate these techniques for their strengths and limitations.
- LO3. Determine the utility and justify the choice of different laboratory assays in the diagnosis of specific immune-mediated diseases, perform assays covered in practical classes and analyse and critically evaluate experimentally generated data.
- LO4. Describe the different types of immunotherapy and explain how they modulate the immune system and treat disease.
- LO5. Critically evaluate the successes and failures of immunotherapy and assess how different approaches may solve the challenges faced by immunotherapy in the future.
- LO6. Develop skills in communication and self-directed learning
Unit availability
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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