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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.
M.S. Plan II
Ph.D. Plan B
School of Veterinary Medicine
Admissions and Fellowship Information
General: Feb 15, 2023
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2023
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Program Coordinator
Christi Boyter
cdboyter@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Group Chair
Jonathan Ducore
(916) 734-2781 | jmducore@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Advisor: Primary Contact
Christopher Barker
Vm: Pathology, Micro, & Immun
(530) 752-0151 | cmbarker@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Beatriz Martinez Lopez
Vm: Medicine & Epidemiology
beamartinezlopez@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Lihong Qi
Med:Public Health Sciences
lhqi@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Admissions Only
Michael Ziccardi
Vm: Wildlife Health Center
(530) 754-5701 | mhziccardi@ucdavis.edu