Each session will have an individual link to be sent in the reminder message upon registration and the day of the session.

Course Chairs

Nicquet Blake, PhD
Vice Provost, Student Academic Affairs
Dean, Graduate Division

David Morgan, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology
Vice Dean for Research, UCSF School of Medicine

Course Description

Have you ever been curious about the work carried out by graduate students while pursuing their PhD?  Attend these presentations and hear first-hand accounts of the groundbreaking research being conducted by some of the most highly skilled and intelligent minds in the nation, in fields such as biomedical sciences, social sciences, and digital health. Each talk will expand your knowledge on the contribution of these students and their faculty mentors towards enhancing human health and the frameworks involved in the practice of healthcare.

Lecture Schedule

May 2, 2023
Evaluating Differences in Health Care
Jayso'n Davidson, PhD Candidate
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Program

May 9, 2023
Computational Precision Health: Transforming Personal and Public Health Through Computation
Ida Sim, MD, PhD, FACMI,
UCSF Director, UCSF UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health
 
May 16, 2023
Global Health Interventions to Prevent Infectious Diseases
Canice Christian and Jane Fieldhouse, PhD Candidates
Global Health Sciences Program
Gabriel Chamie, MD, faculty mentor
 
May 23, 2023
Learning Without a Brain
Deepa Rajan, PhD Candidate
Tetrad Program
Wallace Marshall, PhD, and Adam Frost, MD, PhD, faculty mentors
 
May 30, 2023
Beta Adrenergic Receptors and Their Role in Heart Function
Evelyn Hernandez, PhD Candidate
Tetrad Program
Roshanak Irannejad, PhD, faculty mentor
 
June 6, 2023
Making the Invisible Visible: Societal Influences on Health and Health Care
Kristen Harknett, PhD,
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences