T
he inaugural UVA Biomedical Sciences
Graduate Program (BIMS) Lab Coat
Ceremony was held on February 8, 2019, in the
Sandridge Auditorium at McKim Hall. The event
was attended by 32 first-year students transi-
tioning to full-time bench research and the next
phase of their graduate career. Seven Medical
Scientist Training Program (MSTP) students who
had just completed their Step 1 exams before
transitioning to the lab were also honored but
unable to attend.
Speakers included Associate Dean of
Graduate and Medical Scientist Programs Amy
H. Bouton, PhD '85; Executive Director of the
UVA Medical Alumni Association Barry J. Collins;
Senior Associate Dean for Education Randolph J.
Canterbury, MD, Res '84; and Associate Professor,
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
David Kashatus, PhD.
During the Presentation of Coats, each
student received a personally embroidered lab
coat as a gift from the UVA Medical Alumni
Association. To highlight the role of mentors in
the BIMS program, faculty mentors coated their
students and later joined students, along with
their family and other guests, at the reception
following the ceremony.
BIMS Lab Coat Ceremony
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