Graduate School Commencement

Thursday, May 22, students from the Graduate School were honored in the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium. Supported by rigorous UTSW training in basic and clinical science, they will go on to become leaders in biomedical research and education whose work will help translate discoveries into treatments to improve health globally. Download the Commencement Program.

2025 Commencement Stories

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

Recognizing 2024-2025 Graduates

• 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