Feinstein Institutes’ Elmezzi Graduate School Honors Next Generation of Researchers at Commencement Ceremony
The graduation honored two physician scientists at the Feinstein Institutes’ headquarters
Bridging the critical gap from lab bench to patient bedside, the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research celebrated its newest physician-scientist graduates trained to bringing scientific discovery into life-changing therapies. A commencement ceremony was held on May 21 at the Feinstein Institutes where Alexandra Bekiaridou, MD, PhD, and Russell Hollis, MD, PhD, received their PhD degrees, and Cori Bargmann, PhD, and Tak W. Mak, PhD, received honorary degrees.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260604919422/en/ A commencement ceremony was held on May 21 at the Feinstein Institutes where Alexandra Bekiaridou, MD, PhD, and Russell Hollis, MD, PhD, (center) received their PhD degrees. (Credit: Feinstein Institutes)
The Elmezzi Graduate School is a PhD program for physicians seeking careers in biomedical research. Elmezzi students conduct research in Feinstein Institutes laboratories to develop new biomedical knowledge, therapeutic approaches and diagnostic tools. The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine is supported, in part, through a generous endowment from The Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation.
