Harvard Chan Convocation: Classes of 2020 and 2021
We will celebrate the Classes of 2020 and 2021 with remarks by Dean Michelle Williams, keynote speaker Jon LaPook, student speakers Nadhira Nuraini Afifa and Russell Simons, and a presentation of graduates.
Location: Harvard Medical School Quad, Boston MA 02155
Saturday, May 28, 2022, 10am-12pm ET
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Ceremony order
Processional
Acknowledgement of Native Land and Peoples
Elizabeth Solomon
Director of Administration
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Member of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag
Welcome
Michelle A. Williams
Dean of the Faculty
Student Speech
Nadhira Nuraini Afifa
Master of Public Health Class of 2020
Student Speech
Russell Simons
Master of Public Health Class of 2021
Convocation Address
Jon LaPook
Chief Medical Correspondent, CBS News
Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Alumni Greetings
Trishan Panch
President, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Association
Announcement of Graduates
Amarildo “Lilu” Barbosa
Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer
Graduates from the Classes of 2020 and 2021 will be presented by degree in alphabetical order.
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Sarah Fortune
Biostatistics
John Quackenbush
Environmental Health
Douglas Dockery
Epidemiology
Albert Hofman
Global Health and Population
Marcia Castro
Health Policy and Management
Arnold Epstein
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Sarah Fortune
Nutrition
Frank Hu
Population Health Sciences
Eric Rimm
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Vaughan Rees
Doctor of Public Health
Richard Siegrist
Presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Michelle A. Williams
Dean of the Faculty
Closing Remarks
Michelle A. Williams
Dean of the Faculty
Recessional