VP&S Graduation 2025

The 2025 graduation ceremony in May honored 136 students who received MD degrees and 44 students who received PhD degrees in biomedical sciences.

The students selected Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, associate professor of medicine at VP&S, to deliver the graduation address. Dr. Mukherjee is an oncologist, researcher, and author whose books have made vast contributions to the public discourse on human health, medicine, and science.

In his address, Dr. Mukherjee shared his view of medicine and science as an eternal search—for cures for diseases and solutions to complex problems. “Medicine, of all professions, creates a perpetual yearning, a lifetime of desire for that which you cannot find,” Dr. Mukherjee said.

The Class of 2025 graduates into a challenging environment for medicine, scientific research, and public health. In his remarks, James M. McKiernan’93, then interim dean of VP&S, commended the graduates on their resilience, courage, and compassion.

“We need your leadership to help navigate these times,” Dr. McKiernan said. “With your knowledge and expertise, you have the opportunity to make an immense impact on not only your patients and your colleagues, but also on society at large. And in this, I find optimism that the future can be brighter than our past.”