Disciplines

At the department the following subjects for the students of  ІV, V, VI years are taught:

•  1)  infectious diseases;

•   2)  pediatric infectious diseases;

The post-diploma education of the subjects of infectious diseases and pediatric infectious diseases:

• 1)  internship in infectious diseases, pediatric infectious diseases and family medicine;

•  2)  clinical ordinature; 

• 3)  magistry; 

• 4)  PhD.

 Due to its fruitful work the department is one of the leading scientific collectives in Ukraine in the subject of infectious diseases and close directions: allergology, immunology, pulmonology, gastroenterology. The staff of the department has a rich experience in international collaboration with medical scientific associations of Europe and USA. Since 2006 year a scientific grant in collaboration with scientists of USA on the problems of HIV/AIDS genetics is being performed at the department.

•   The main scientific directions of the department’s work are the following:

• -         Investigation of the clinics, pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapy particularities of viral hepatitis in patients with concurrent toxic damage of the liver, including drug-addiction;

• -         Evaluation of the immunologic and genetic mechanisms of forming of infection-induced pathology in children and adolescents;

• -         Study of different aspects of perinatal and acquired HIV infection.