# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gimm
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/immunology-graduate-group/immunology-phd/

# Immunology

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://immunology.ucdavis.edu)

[Email the Program](mailto:eckent@ucdavis.edu)

The Immunology Graduate Program emphasizes a flexible PhD program in an exciting field of biology and medicine. Students gain advanced knowledge of the cells and tissues of the mammalian immune system; host immune responses to infection, tissue damage and tumors; immune signaling and regulation; allergic and autoimmune disease pathogenesis; vaccine development; nutritional immunology; and the use of immune mediators for diagnosis and treatment of disease. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for design of experiments and interpretation of data relevant to the development and function of the immune system and for teaching in immunology.

Degree Type

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group

Degrees Offered

M.S. Plan I under special circumstances only\
M.S. Plan II under special circumstances only\
Ph.D. Plan C

Lead Dean

School of Veterinary Medicine

Degree Requirements

[2023](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4257)

[2019](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3614)

[2010](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3058)

[2001](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3059)

Administrative ByLaws

[2008](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3060)

Major Code

GIMM

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://immunology.ucdavis.edu/admissions/requirements)

Admission Deadlines

General: Dec 1, 2025\
Space Available: Jun 1, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Erin Kent
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(530) 752-3737 | [eckent@ucdavis.edu](mailto:eckent@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Robert Canter
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(916) 734-7044 | [rjcanter@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rjcanter@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: General**\
 Paul Ashwood
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Immunology \
(916) 703-0405 | [pashwood@ucdavis.edu](mailto:pashwood@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Lillian Cruz-Orengo
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Immunology \
(530) 752-7318 | [cruzorengo@ucdavis.edu](mailto:cruzorengo@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Stephen Mcsorley
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Immunology \
(530) 752-3414 | [sjmcsorley@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sjmcsorley@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Athena Soulika
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Immunology \
(916) 453-5061 | [asoulika@ucdavis.edu](mailto:asoulika@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Judy Van de Water
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Immunology \
(530) 752-2154 | [javandewater@ucdavis.edu](mailto:javandewater@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Sarah Hamid
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(530) 754-2355 | [shamid@ucdavis.edu](mailto:shamid@ucdavis.edu)