John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Honoring the
CLASS OF 2020 & 2021
Saturday, May 15th, 2021 1:00 pm
Program Welcome Chant – “Oli” Kalani Brady, MD Class Processional Welcome Jerris R. Hedges, MD, MS, MMM Presentation of the Class of 2021 Med Tech Degree Dick Teshima, MPH, MT (ASCP) MS Introduction Mariana Gerschenson, Ph.D. Communication Sciences and Disorders MS Henry L. Lew, MD, PhD, ABPMR, CCC-A Cell and Molecular Biology Olivier Le Saux, Ph.D. Developmental and Reproductive Biology MS Monika Ward, Ph.D. Quantitative Health Sciences MS Eunjung Lim, Ph.D.
ʻOhiʻa Lehua
Tropical Medicine MS Sandra Chang, Ph.D. Ph.D. Introduction Mariana Gerschenson, Ph.D.
Tropical Medicine Ph.D. Sandra Chang, Ph.D. Adjournment Jerris R. Hedges, MD, MS, MMM Class Recessional
Please meet your graduate on the walkway leading into the courtyard.
Graduates Medical Technology Bachelor Degree Deng Li
Audrey Tseng
Christine Svrcina
Tatdanai Kitjawat
Jovikka Antallan
Jin Lee
Jessica Manibog
Stephen Hironimus
Communication Sciences and Disorders Masters Degree Kehau Ai
Jaclyn Ayala
Alli Bacher
Taylor Bushman
Kristin Chormann
Lara Cody
Victoria Franklin
Abigail Glick
Harper Harper
Tara Hashimoto
Marie Jarman
Emily Jones
Carly Kakuda
Sandra Magbual
Ashley Mitchell
Robyn Morikuni
Kirsten Nakamura
Maiko Ogawa
Missy (Emily) Reaveley
Nicole Roberts
Emily Sewell
Lyndsey Uyeda
Karli Wagatsuma
ʻOhiʻa Lehua
Cell and Molecular Biology Masters Degree Rachel Sachs
Developmental and Reproductive Biology Masters Degree Lauren Kirkwood
Lance Nunes
Quantitative Health Sciences Masters Degree Julia Jahansooz
Noelle Rubas
Tropical Medicine Masters Degree Awapuhi Lee
Thomas Awamura
Tropical Medicine Doctorial Degree Albert Bene To Dissertation Title: Insect Cell-Expressed Recombinant Viral Glycoproteins are Effective Immunogens Advisor: Dr. Axel Lehrer Caitlin Andrea Williams Dissertation Title: Advancing Methodologies to Determine Protective Humoral Responses Generated by Recombinant Protein Subunit Filovirus Vaccines Advisor: Dr. Axel Lehrer
JABSOM gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of Commencement 2021.
Best Wishes to the Class of 2020 & 2021 President - Lucy Wong, MD Vice President - Norma Murayama Secretary - Lila Johnson Treasurer - Liz Tom Directors Brendan Burns Jason Fleming, MD Gail Grief Don Parsa, MD Charles Sakamoto, MD Royce Shimamoto, MD
Honorable Susan Chun Oakland William Haning, MD Angela Pratt, MD Tina Semenza Sabrina Toma
Emeritus Honorary Directors The Honorable Benjamin J. Cayetano Thomas S. Kosasa, MD Beatrice Beadie Kanahele Dawson, Esq.
A special Mahalo
to all the hard working staff, volunteers, and community partners to bring you this special ceremony. Florals donated by members of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health.