UC Davis Graduate Studies
Source: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gepd Parent: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/epidemiology/epidemiology-phd/
Epidemiology
About the Program
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Students gain advanced knowledge of chronic and infectious disease; zoonoses and food-borne disease; nutritional, occupational, reproductive and wildlife epidemiology; and the development of new epidemiologic and biostatistical methods. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in the concepts and methods in biology, economics, mathematics and statistics with the goals of understanding the distribution and determinants of disease, injury, and impaired productivity in populations and recommending actions for prevention or control.
Degree Type
Interdisciplinary Graduate Group
Degrees Offered
M.S. Plan I \ M.S. Plan II \ Ph.D. Plan B
Lead Dean
School of Veterinary Medicine
Degree Requirements
Administrative ByLaws
Major Code
GEPD
Exceptions
QE Exception: No outside member needed
Admissions and Fellowship Information
Admission Requirements
UC Davis General Admission Requirements \ Program Admissions Requirements
Admission Deadlines
Priority: Dec 15, 2025\ General: Feb 15, 2026\
Internal Fellowship Deadlines
Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 15, 2025\ Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Graduate Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator\ Zechariah Garza \ zgarza@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Program Chair
Graduate Group Chair\ Christopher Barker \ cmbarker@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Program Contacts
Advisor: Primary Contact\ Christopher Barker \ Epidemiology \ cmbarker@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General\ Shuai Chen \ Epidemiology \ shschen@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General\ Beatriz Martinez Lopez \ Epidemiology \ (530) 752-7675 | beamartinezlopez@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Studies Contacts
Senior Academic Advisor\ Sarah Hamid \ (530) 754-2355 | shamid@ucdavis.edu