Congratulations to the HMS/HSDM 2024 graduates! The MD, DMD, master’s, and PhD graduation celebrations and ceremonies were held on Wednesday, May 22, and Thursday, May 23, 2024.
PhD Hooding Ceremony
PhD Graduates Anticipate Careers of ‘Benevolent Achievement’
147 students receive doctoral degrees, devoting themselves to biomedical change
Morning Commencement Exercises at Harvard
HMS/HSDM medical, dental, master’s, and PhD students celebrate in Cambridge.
Master’s Graduation Ceremony
Harvard Medical School Master’s Graduates See Possibilities Everywhere
Diverse class poised to become leaders in wide array of biomedical fields
Celebrating the Harvard-MIT HST Graduates
A special celebration was held for the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology graduates at MIT on Wed., May 22.
Congratulations to the HST Class of 2024!
Meet Some of the 2024 Graduates
Their journeys are different, but these graduates are pursuing science and medicine with common purpose
These MD Grads Are Health Equity Advocates
As physician-activists and entrepreneurs, they support underserved patients and future biomedical leaders
Ceremony Keynote Speakers
Melissa Gilliam Named Class Day Speaker
Before she becomes the 11th president of Boston University this summer, Harvard Medical School alumna Melissa Gilliam will deliver the keynote speech at the HMS/Harvard School of Dental Medicine Class Day ceremony on May 23.
“I am looking forward to meeting the graduating class and congratulating these doctors on their tremendous accomplishment,” Gilliam said. “HMS provides a singular and transformational medical education, and I am honored to participate in this important milestone.”
Spending time with HMS/HSDM students is not unusual for Gilliam; her son, Ben Grobman, is a member of the HMS Class of 2025.
Gilliam has sought to address significant societal challenges as a physician, researcher, educator, and administrator. Her scholarship focuses on developing interventions to promote adolescent health and well-being. Read the full story.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Nabel to Speak at Master’s Graduation Ceremony
Physician-scientist and health care leader Elizabeth (Betsy) Nabel, HMS professor of medicine, emerita, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will be the keynote speaker at the HMS Master’s Graduation Ceremony on May 22.
Nabel has advanced scientific knowledge of the molecular genetics of cardiovascular diseases through her work as a cardiologist and research biologist. During her time as director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, she oversaw $3 billion in annual funding for disease research and helped increase women’s understanding of their risks for heart disease by developing The Heart Truth Red Dress awareness program.
As president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 2010 – 2021, Nabel focused on aspects of academic medicine that included caring for patients, training medical and scientific leaders, supporting innovative medical research, and serving the Boston community.
Nabel also served as the inaugural chief health and medical advisor to the National Football League, where she identified areas to enhance player safety, care, and treatment. She is currently chair of the advisory board for OPKO Health and serves on several other public and private boards.