Grad Slam 2025 Screening Judges

These preliminary judges will review the video presentations submitted by students and choose the finalists for the Grad Slam contest in 2025. A different set of final judges will choose the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners at the live event on April 2.


Mark Ansel, PhD • Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF

Jessica CrosbyOutreach and Marketing Coordinator, UCSF Library

Wei Gordon, PhD ’23 • Assistant Professor of Biology, Menlo College; 1st Prize winner, UCSF Grad Slam 2022

Sabine Jeske, MS • Academic Coordinator, UCSF Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP)

Silver Lumsdaine, MS, MPH Associate Director, Digital Communications and Marketing, University Development and Alumni Relations, UCSF

Dara Torgerson, PhD • Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

Arun Wiita, MD, PhD • Professor, Laboratory Medicine