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Graduate School
Commencement Ceremony

Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m.
Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium

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Prospective and Current Students, and Alumni

Recognizing 2024-2025 Graduates

Graduates by Degree Program

  • Biological Chemistry

    Program Director: Glen Liszczak, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Juliana Nicole Flaherty
    • Vicky Li
    • Michael Ryan McConville
    • Dylon Ross Stephens
    • Alex Carl Sternisha
    • Xunzhi Zhan
  • Biomedical Engineering

    Program Director: W. Matthew Petroll, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Natalie Marie Bell
    • Çelik Boğa
    • Mitzy Astrid Cowdin
    • Sebastian Fonseca Gonzalez
    • Sorour Hosseini
    • Conner Wayne Hutcherson
    • Siva Sai Krishna Venigalla
    • Zhuoyu Wen

    Master of Science

    • Corbin Gabriel Maciel
  • Cancer Biology

    Program Director: Rolf A. Brekken, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Isabella Nance DePasquale
    • Claudette Rae Fraire
    • Samantha Michelle Golomb
    • Mia Elizabeth Hofstad
    • Ryan Robert Kowash
    • Michael Lee, Jr.
    • Natalie Zara Phinney

    Master of Science

    • Shilpa Dhar
  • Cell and Molecular Biology

    Program Director: Angelique Whitehurst, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Priyankaa Anna Bhatia
    • Jose Francisco Calva Moreno
    • Sarah Ashley Cobb
    • Alia Renee Edington
    • Adam Michael Lyon
    • Madeleine Claire Marlar-Pavey
    • Ryan Michael Otto
    • Gina Jiyeon Park
    • Rose Marie Pedretti
    • Milan Rashmin Savani
    • Lexus Marc Tatge
    • James Shicong Ye

    Master of Science

    • Andrea Claire Waltrip
  • Clinical Psychology

    Program Director: Richard Robinson, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Gabrielle Alexandra Agnew
    • Monica Yessenia Garza Saenz
    • Jessica Helene Helphrey
    • Anthony Joseph Longoria
    • Adrianna Nicole Asantewa Martin
    • Karen Julia Meltzer
    • Kendall Jerilyn Sharp
    • Courtney Kim-Ngoc Tran
    • Rebecca Joan Wildman
  • Genetics, Development, and Disease

    Program Director: Ondine Cleaver, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Emily Binshtok Ballard
    • Karla Gabriela Cano Hernandez
    • Helin Hocaoglu
    • Yingjie Hu
    • Heankel Yamilet Lyons
    • Marianne Mercer
    • Huong Tra Ngo
    • Julia Dan-Thanh Phan
    • Kathia E. Rodarte
    • Celeste Aya Romero
    • David Alejandro Sanchez
    • MiKayla Sheree Stokes
    • Yihan Wang
    • Kielen Rainier Zuurbier

    Master of Science

    • Kenneth Ian Martinez-Algarin
  • Immunology

    Program Director: Anne Satterthwaite, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Yubo He
    • Devon Lynn Jeltema
  • Molecular Biophysics

    Program Director: Luke M. Rice, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Sofia Bali
    • James R. Elder
    • June Ho Hwang
    • Klaudia Marta Jaczynska
    • Jared Christopher Smothers
    • Angela Jiayuan Zou
  • Molecular Microbiology

    Program Director: John Schoggins, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • John Kenneth Neff
    • Nestor Ruiz
    • Brittany Michelle Stewart
    • Alexis Antoinette Waller
  • Neuroscience

    Program Director: Maria Chahrour, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Lidiette Marie Angeles Perez
    • Lance Robert Heady
    • Therese Marie Irvine Koch
    • Anne Ebunoluwa Ojo
    • Ana Karen Ortiz
    • Robert John-Marion Pendry
    • Brianna Renee Ramirez
    • Richard Rueda, IV
  • Organic Chemistry

    Program Director: Uttam K. Tambar, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy

    • Hejun Deng
    • Zhenghao Qian

    Master of Science

    • Andriana Paola Claudio Vázquez
    • Cuong Vo

2025 Commencement Stories and Highlights

Commencement 2025: Hutchison, Perot, Chen to give keynote addresses

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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Facts

High Impact Research

Our students work alongside distinguished faculty and leading researchers on some of the most impactful medical conditions of our time including:

State-of-the-Art Facilities

Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Biostatistics
Clinical & Translational Research Center
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Cryo-EM & Electron Microscopy
Cyclotron and Radiochemistry
DNA Genotyping
DNA Microarray
DNA Sequencing – Next-Generation & Sanger
Flow Cytometry
Genomics & Microarray
High-Throughput Screening
Human Genetics Clinical Laboratory
Kidney Research
Live Cell Imaging
Molecular and Cellular Imaging
Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping
Mouse MRI
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Pathology
Preclinical Pharmacology
Protein Chemistry Technology Center
Proteomics
Rapid Biochemical Kinetics
RNA Oligonucleotide Synthesis
Rodent Behavior
Small Animal Imaging
Synthetic Chemistry
Tissue Management
Transgenic Core
X-ray Crystallography

$554.4

million to support research & innovation in 2020-2021

Cutting-Edge Technology

 
 

High Quality Living

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Dallas

Thriving Cultural Scene

Time To Degree

Basic Biomedical Science Ph.D. 5.7 years

Clinical Psychology Ph.D. 4 years

Postdoctoral M.S.C.S. 2-3 years

Easy Access

Centrally located travel hub

Lower Cost

of living than most coastal cities

Highly Ranked

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