The UW School of Medicine PhD Hooding Ceremony acknowledges the achievements of students receiving doctoral degrees from the University of Washington School of Medicine. This event is held to honor the students graduating from biomedical research programs within the UW School of Medicine. All information and coordination for the event is handled by the Office of Research and Graduate Education.
Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments of the University of Washington School of Medicine PhD Graduates! The ceremony will be held on Monday, June 15, 2026 from 2 pm – 4 pm in the Husky Union Building Lyceum Room.
If you have any questions about this event, please reach out to somevent@uw.edu.
Tina is a Chief Medical officer developing novel drugs for cancer patients. She is a pediatric oncologist by training and earned her MD from Stanford University and completed a clinical fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She earned her BS in molecular biology from the University of Oregon and her PhD here at UW in the department of Pathology under the advisement of Dr. Brad Preston.
Tina transitioned from academic medicine to an industry career more than 15 years ago to transform outcomes for cancer patients as a population rather than one patient at a time. She has spent 15 years leading the development of cellular therapies and biologics for hematologic cancers. She led the global drug development that led to FDA approval of Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel), one of the first CAR T-cell therapies for B-cell lymphoma, at Juno Therapeutics in Seattle.
She is currently the Chief Medical Officer for Caribou Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing off-the-shelf, CRISPER edited, allogeneic cellular therapies for lymphoma and myeloma. She is responsible for strategic leadership of the company’s clinical programs and the clinical, regulatory, translational research and medical affairs functions.
Those that have graduated or will graduate between September 2025 and September 2026 from a biomedical research program are eligible to participate.
Graduates from the following programs are eligible to participate:
- Biochemistry
- Bioengineering
- Biological Physics, Structure & Design
- Biomedical & Health Informatics
- Genome Sciences
- Global Health – Health Metrics Sciences (PhD)
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Medicine & Mechanisms of Disease
- Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Neurobiology & Biophysics
- Neuroscience
- Pathobiology
- Pharmacology
- Rehabilitation Science (PhD)
All eligible graduates will receive an invitation to participate through their department or program’s graduate program advisor or program director. If you did not receive the invitation but should have, please reach out to somevent@uw.edu.
Yes, students will need to wear PhD regalia. If you would like to rent regalia, please use this link: Cap & Gown Order Form.
Yes, faculty will need to wear PhD regalia. If you own regalia from your degree-granting institution, you are welcome to wear them. If you need to rent regalia, please order through the University Bookstore.
Yes! We encourage you to invite friends and family to celebrate your stellar accomplishments. Please indicate how many guests you anticipate will be in attendance on your registration form.