UC Berkeley School of Public Health
2021 Online Commencement Ceremony
Sunday, May 16, 2021

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL
Graduating Students and Faculty

WELCOME AND GREETINGS
Quin Hussey, MPH
Assistant Dean for Students

OPENING REMARKS
Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH
Dean of the School of Public Health

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ORATION
Chigozie M. Maduchukwu, BA ’21

GRADUATE STUDENT ORATION
Mariah De Zuzuarregui, MPH ’21

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Alumnus of the Year Award
Recipient: Tomás Aragón, MD, MPH, DrPH ’00
Presented by Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH

Zak Sabry Mentorship Award
Recipient: Emily Ozer, PhD
Presented by Quin Hussey, MPH

Henrik L. Blum Award for Distinguished Social Action
Recipient: Brian Villa, MSW, MPH ’21
Presented by Quin Hussey, MPH

Sheldon Margen Award
Recipient: Hannah Bichkoff, MSW, MPH ’21
Presented by Quin Hussey, MPH

CONGRATULATIONS FROM OUR FACULTY & SPECIAL GUEST
Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Director, NIAID

John Balmes, MD
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

Kimberly MacPherson, MBA, MPH
Program Director, Health Policy
and Management

Ndola Prata, MD, MSc
Co-Director, DrPH Program

Denise Herd, PhD
Director, Health and Social Behavior

Julianna Deardorff, PhD
Program Head, Maternal, Child and
Adolescent Health

Lee W. Riley, MD
Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases and
Vaccinology

Barbara Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD
Program Head, Public Health Nutrition

Art Reingold, MD
Chair, Division of Epidemiology

Maya Peterson, MD, PhD
Chair, Division of Biostatistics

Deborah Kathleen Barnett, PhD, MS
Director, Online/On-campus
Professional MPH Program

Lisa Barcellos, PhD, MPH
Director, Undergraduate Program in Public
Health

INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Michael C. Lu, MD, MS

MPH
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
VADM (Vice Admiral) Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA
U.S. Surgeon General
, HHS Office of the Secretary

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH

CLOSING REMARKS
Quin Hussey, MPH

RECESSIONAL
Graduating Students and Faculty