Last weekend, the University of Chicago held its 540th Convocation Ceremony, where graduates from all divisions and schools marked the culmination of some of the most challenging and enriching years of their lives.
Seventy-four PhD candidates across the BSD were recognized at a Divisional Academic Ceremony. After graduation, many PhD students will continue their academic careers in academic or government research positions or by returning to medical school; several others are pursuing careers in industry research, technology development, communications, policy and regulation, or business and commercialization.
On May 22, the Pritzker School of Medicine held its own ceremony to individually recognize 98 graduating MD students, including 11 MD/PhD graduates. Most of the MD graduates are already preparing to continue their medical education in residency programs, including 23 who will undergo their residency at the University of Chicago Medicine and pursue programs in various medical and surgical specialties.
As part of this year’s convocation ceremonies, our CON/MSTP alumna Sarita Deshpande (Van Drongelen Lab) received the Nels M. Strandjord Award for outstanding performance in the general field of Radiology; CON/MSTP alumnus Abhinav Srinath (Awad Lab) received the Dr. Javad Hekmat-panah Award for outstanding performance in the field of Neurological Surgery; and our CON alumnus Yichen Liu (Bezanilla Lab) received the PhD Program Awards for Best Overall Dissertation in the BSD.
This marks the second consecutive year that a CON student has received the Best Overall Dissertation award; last year’s honoree was Silas Busch (Hansel Lab). Way to go!
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