The University of Toledo

Students lining up for the Academic Procession

Presentation of the Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Back: Mithun Khattar, Sadeesh Ramakrishnan, Kathryn Smedlund, Rebecca Thompson, Thomas Blomquist

Presentation of the Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Back: Mithun Khattar, Sadeesh Ramakrishnan, Kathryn Smedlund, Rebecca Thompson, Thomas Blomquist, Jehnan Liu
Front: Honorary Degree recipients Jo Ivey Boufford and James M. Pietro, J.D. and Chairman and Vice-Chairman Board of Trustees Carroll L. Ashley and William Koester

Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, UT President, confers the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences to 13 students, 7 from the CVMD track

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

Sumona Ghosh Lester, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Steven Haller, PhD; (Joseph Shapiro, MD)
Sadeesh Ramakrishnan, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)
Katye Smedlund, Ph.D. (Guillermo Vazquez, PhD)
Yanling Yan, Ph.D. (Joseph Shapiro, MD)
Jehnan Liu, MD, PhD; (Sonia Najjar, PhD)

Degrees were awarded by Jeffrey Gold, MD, Chancellor and Executive Vice President of Biosciences and Health Affairs, Dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Sumona Ghosh Lester is hooded by her advisor Sonia Najjar, PhD and awarded her degree by Dr. Jeffrey Gold

Steve Haller was hooded by his advisor Dr. Joe Shapiro and Dr. Chris Cooper

Sadeesh Ramakrishnan was hooded by his advisor Dr. Sonia Najjar

Katye Smedlund was hooded by her advisor Dr. Guillermo Vazquez

Back: Rebecca Thompson, Mithun Khattar, Sadeesh Ramakrishnan, Kaye Smedlund
Front: Honorary Degree recipients Jo Ivey Boufford and James M. Pietro, J.D. with Dr. Jeffrey Gold

Jehnan Liu was hooded by his advisor Dr. Sonia Najjar and his wife

Jeffrey Gold, MD, Chancellor and Executive Vice President of Biosciences and Health Affairs,
Dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Conferring of MD Degrees
Front: Board of Trustees Members Carroll L. Ashley, William C. Koester, S. Amjad Husain,Joseph H. Zerbey and Susan E. Gilmore

Mithun Khattar was selected to give Graduate Student Commencement Speech

Dr. James Pietro, Chancellor Ohio Board of Regents, Dr. Katye Smedlund, CVMD graduate,
and Dr. Jeffrey Gold, UT Chancellor and Executive Vice President for Biosciences and Health Affairs