{"id":2434,"date":"2020-05-04T16:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2024-02-05T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T20:17:27","slug":"2020-uva-biomedical-sciences-bims-lab-coat-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/2020-uva-biomedical-sciences-bims-lab-coat-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 UVA Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) Lab Coat Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2020\/05\/UVA_BIMS_White_Coat_Ceremony_20_23-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2020\/05\/UVA_BIMS_White_Coat_Ceremony_20_23-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2020\/05\/UVA_BIMS_White_Coat_Ceremony_20_23-2-274x200.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The UVA Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) Graduate Program Lab Coat Ceremony was held on Feb. 14 in Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium. The event was attended by first-year students moving to full-time bench research and the next phase of their graduate career, and Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) students who completed their Step 1 exams and will be transitioning to the lab.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers included\u00a0<strong>Patrick Grant, PhD<\/strong>, Associate Dean for Graduate and Medical Scientist Programs and Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics;\u00a0<strong>Barry Collins<\/strong>, Associate Dean for Medical Alumnni Affairs and Executive Director of the Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation;\u00a0<strong>David Wilkes, MD<\/strong>, Dean of the School of Medicine; and\u00a0<strong>David Kashatus, PhD<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology. During the presentation of coats, each student received a personally embroidered lab coat as a gift from the UVA Medical Alumni Association.<\/p>\n<p>To highlight the role of mentors in the programs, faculty mentors coated their students and later joined students, along with their family and other guests, at the reception following the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UVA Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) Graduate Program Lab Coat Ceremony was held on Feb. 14 in Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium. 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