Immunology Graduate Program | University of California, San Francisco

The Immunology Program at the University of California, San Francisco is designed to instill in trainees both a strong knowledge of cell and molecular biology and an up-to-date appreciation of cellular and molecular immunology.

Whereas in the past our program had a strong basic science emphasis, in recent years, we have added an increased emphasis on mechanisms of disease pathology.

Many opportunities remain for immunologists to contribute to better health of the US and world populations and our students and post-doctoral fellows learn about these issues as well as fundamental immunology.

For this purpose we take advantage of our location in a major medical school and the fact that a number of the participating faculty have considerable clinical involvement related to immunology from AIDS to autoimmunity to asthma to transplantation, facilitating exposure of our trainees to these issues.

We gratefully acknowledge BioLegend, Inc., Cell Genesys, Inc., Genentech, Inc., Gilead Sciences, Maxygen, Picobella LLC, Rigel, Inc., Schering Plough Research Institute, and R&D Systems for their generous sponsorship of the 2008 UCSF Immunology Program. For more information, click here.

Additionally, our seminar series have been made possible by generous support from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, the Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, and the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Asthma. For more information, click here.