The University of Toledo

Faculty and students lining up outside the Peristyle for the Academic Procession

Drs. Randy Ruch, Amira Gohara and Carlos Baptista

Academic Procession at the Peristyle, Joseph Shapiro, MD and others.

Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, UT President, confers the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences to 18 students, 11 from the CVMD track

Graduating students and their major advisors in the CVMD track included:

Gargi Roy Bhrigu, PhD; (Robert Wang, PhD)
Thomas A. Bowman, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Garrett Heinrich, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Kelly J. Ledford, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Jehnan Liu, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Shadi E. Oweis, PhD; (Joseph Shapiro, MD)
Payal Patel, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Rudel Saunders, PhD; (Khew-Voon Chin, PhD)
Anita Saxena, PhD; (Robert Wang, PhD)
Samuel Shephard, PhD; (Alexei Fedorov, PhD)
Maria Szkudlarek-Mikho, PhD; (Khew-Voon Chin, PhD)
Shadi Zahedi, MS; (David Giovannucci, PhD)

CVMD students: Anita Saxena, Rudel Saunders, Payal Patel and Shadi Oweis

Tom Bowman is awarded his Ph.D. with advisor Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.

Kelly Ledford is awarded her Ph.D. with advisor Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.

Shadi Oweis is awarded his Ph.D. with advisor Joseph Shapiro, M.D.

Payal Patel is awarded her Ph.D. with advisor Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.

Rudel Saunders is awarded his Ph.D. with advisor Khew-Voon Chin, Ph.D.

Anita Saxena is awarded her Ph.D. with advisor Robert Wang, Ph.D.

Maria Szkudlarek is awarded her Ph.D. with advisor Khew-Voon Chin, Ph.D.

Shadi Zahedi is awarded his M.S.

Garrett Heinrich is congatulated by Dr. Jacobs after he is awarded his Ph.D. with advisor Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.

Sonia Najjar with her students Drs. Kelly Ledford and Tom Bowman

Dr. Anita Saxena

Shadi Zahedi, M.S. with her advisor David Giovannucci, Ph.D.

Mary Ann Myers, M.D. wth Dr. Rudel Saunders and his mother

Dr. Rudel Saunders is congratulated by a friend

Front row: Drs. Payal Patel, Kelly Ledford, Maria Szkudlarek and Jehnan Liu
Back Row: Sadeesh Ramakrishnan, and Drs. Rudel Saunders, Garrett Heinrich, Sonia Najjar, and Thomas Bowman

Marianne Miller-Jasper who retired last February from her position as Student Services Coordinator for the CVMD track with Rudel Saunders

Dr. Patricia Metting, Vice Provost and Associate Dean for Student Affairs takes a minute to relax at the end of a long day and completion of the Commencement Exercises