Watch the UCSF Graduate Division's 2023 Commencement. The ceremony was held at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on May 19, 2023.
UCSF Graduate Division 2023 Commencement
Herbst Theatre in San Francisco
Friday, May 19, 2023 | 11 a.m. PDT
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Event Program
Academic Procession
Led by Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD, Commencement Marshal and Chair of the Graduate Council
Welcome
Nicquet Blake, PhD
Dean, Graduate Division
Vice Provost, Student Academic Affairs
Presentation of Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
to Mike Taigman, MA
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Master's program in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership
by the Associated Students of the Graduate Division
Commencement Address
Charles S. Craik, PhD
Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Co-Director of the Molecular Oncology Program
Associate Director of Lab Translational Research
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Founder and former Director of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology PhD program
Conferral of Degrees
Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor, UC San Francisco
Master's
Advanced Study in Clinical Research
Biomedical Imaging
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Genetic Counseling
Global Health Sciences
Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership
Neuroscience
Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Translational Medicine
PhD
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioengineering
Biological and Medical Informatics
Biomedical Sciences
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Developmental and Stell Cell Biology
Epidemiology and Translational Science
Genetics
Global Health Sciences
History of Health Sciences
Medical Anthropology
Neuroscience
Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Sociology
Closing Remarks
Nicquet Blake, PhD
Recession
Music by San Francisco Brass Quintet
