The School of Medicine celebrated our first-year BIMS students at the UVA Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) Lab Coat Ceremony on March 29. This event marks the transition to the next phase of their graduate careers when students embark upon their mentored research projects.
Family, friends, faculty, and staff gathered in McLeod Auditorium — and also remotely — to celebrate the 57 students who were recognized in the following disciplines: Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (4), Biophysics and Physiology (9), Cell Biology (6), Experimental Pathology (5), Microbiology (16), Neuroscience (10), and Pharmacology (7). The class is 63% female and 26% of the total students are from underrepresented minorities (URM).
Each student received a personally embroidered lab coat as a gift from the UVA Medical Alumni Association. To highlight the critical role of mentorship in our programs, faculty mentors for each discipline coated their students.
Welcome to the Pharmacology Department!
(L to R): Kyla Mucciarone (Leitinger Lab), Valeria Molinary (Desai Lab), Brandon Seltzer (Harris Lab), Bryce Murillo (Saucerman/Wolf Lab), John Duncan (Desai Lab), Robert Campbell (Martens Lab), John Min (Nieh Lab).
Read more about the ceremony here and watch a video of the students here!
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