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.