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School of Medicine

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Class of 2025 Convocation

May 21, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. 

 Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Join Your Classmates in Celebrating

Celebrate in real-time using the hashtags #JHUSOM2025 and #GoHopMed on Twitter, Instagram and other social media!

Accessible Seating Accommodations

The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall offers seating accommodations for disabled guests. Accessible seating is available for guests with wheel chairs and walkers and companions. Ushers can provide additional guidance.

For specific requests, please write to somgraduation@jhmi.edu.
For additional venue-related questions, please contact 410-783-8100.

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Arrival Time

Students: Doors open at 1:00 p.m.
Guests: Doors open at 1:30 p.m.
Latest Arrival: Please arrive by 1:45 p.m. to ensure timely seating.

Registration and Check-In

Upon arrival at the Meyerhoff, all graduates must check-in.
You will receive a card detailing your seating assignment and marching order.
Proceed to the designated area for your degree group lineup.

Personal Belongings

-We recommend leaving all personal items, such as purses and bags, with your family or in your vehicle to avoid inconvenience.

Prohibited Items

Bags and purses larger than 13” x 15”, backpacks, and luggage are strictly prohibited. Diaper bags are permitted.
The following items are not allowed: wrapped gifts, balloons, signs, posters, banners, flags, umbrellas, alcohol, drugs, tobacco products (including e-cigarettes), pets (except for service dogs), knives, fireworks, laser pointers, lighters, weapons of any kind, and artificial noisemakers.
Only water is permitted in the auditorium.

Cap and Gown Return

Caps and gowns must be returned to the Oak Hall representative outside the Meyerhoff entrance after the ceremony.
If you are attending the university-wide ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025, you may return your regalia after that event.

Departure Time

Guests are encouraged to take photos and enjoy the moment; however, we kindly ask that everyone clear the premises by 5:30 p.m. to facilitate the venue's closing.

Speaker: Namandjé N. Bumpus, Ph.D.

Namandjé N. Bumpus serves as a strategic adviser to academic medical centers, investment firms, trade associations and pharmaceutical, biotech and techbio companies regarding scientific strategy and policy. She served as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) principal deputy commissioner until Dec. 31, 2024. Dr. Bumpus began her career at the FDA as chief scientist in August 2022, before being promoted to principal deputy commissioner in February 2024. As principal deputy commissioner, she oversaw the agency’s operations and worked closely with the FDA commissioner to develop and implement key public health initiatives. 

Before joining the FDA, Dr. Bumpus was the E.K. Marshall and Thomas H. Maren Professor and Director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She served on the faculty at Johns Hopkins for 12 years. Dr. Bumpus is recognized internationally as an expert in basic and translational pharmacology. Her research has spanned drug metabolism, mechanisms of drug-induced toxicity, pharmacogenetics, bioanalytical chemistry, infectious disease pharmacology and single-cell biology. Prior to becoming a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Dr. Bumpus earned a doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Occidental College.

Dr. Bumpus is the immediate past president of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and previously served as chair of the National Institutes of Health Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action study section. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

 

Dr. Bumpus