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UCSF Alumni Weekend 2025
Friday April 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
The Discovery Talks bring together UCSF’s brightest minds for an hour of engaging, TEDx-style presentations. Moderated by Nicquet Blake, PhD, vice provost of student academic affairs and dean of the Graduate Division, this dynamic session showcases faculty and student innovators sharing their groundbreaking research and transformative discoveries.  
 
Prepare to be inspired as leading UCSF researchers dive into some of today’s most pressing scientific and medical challenges in an accessible and innovative format. From advances in precision medicine to unexpected insights into human health and disease, Discovery Talks promise to deliver fresh perspectives and fascinating findings at the forefront of science.
Moderators
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Nicquet Blake, PhD

Dean, Graduate Division
Dr. Blake, a leading voice on issues of equity and diversity in higher education, is UCSF’s vice provost of student academic affairs and dean of the Graduate Division. She previously served as senior associate dean for admissions and student affairs in the Graduate School of Biomedical... Read More →
Speakers
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Anita Ho, PhD, MPH

Dr. Ho is an associate professor for UCSF’s Bioethics Program and clinical associate professor at University of British Columbia’s Centre for Applied Ethics. She is also the vice president of Ethics for CommonSpirit Health’s Northern California Division. An international scholar... Read More →
avatar for Sarah Knox, PhD

Sarah Knox, PhD

Dr. Knox is a professor in the UCSF School of Dentistry’s Department of Cell and Tissue Biology. Her current research focuses on deciphering the mechanisms that control salivary-gland architecture during development and regeneration after injury and aging, with an emphasis on identifying... Read More →
avatar for Shuvo Roy, PhD

Shuvo Roy, PhD

Dr. Roy is a professor in the UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences who directs the Biodesign Laboratory. He is also serves as technical director of The Kidney Project and faculty director of the UCSF-UC Berkeley Master of Translational Medicine (MTM) program... Read More →
avatar for Brian Shoichet, PhD ’91

Brian Shoichet, PhD ’91

Dr. Shoichet is a co-vice dean of Graduate Pharmacy Education Programs and a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UCSF. Whether seeking to change how components fit together using synthetic molecules or investigating how biological molecules operate together... Read More →
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Catera Wilder, PhD

Dr. Wilder is an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and an investigator at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. Her passion to understand the complexity of cellular responses led her to study cellular signaling networks in innate immunity as a... Read More →
avatar for Jarmin Yeh, PhD ’20, MPH, MSSW

Jarmin Yeh, PhD ’20, MPH, MSSW

Dr. Yeh is an associate professor at the Institute for Health and Aging in the UCSF School of Nursing’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Their research broadly investigates social justice issues that impact the quality of life of community-dwelling older adults, people... Read More →
Friday April 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Robertson Auditorium

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