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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I would like to take a moment to recognize the outstanding work of our past Graduate Advisor,
<b>Dr. Sika Zheng</b>, as he hands off his duties to our new advisor, <b>Dr. Xuecai Ge</b>. Please join me in thanking Dr. Zheng for his dedicated service. He has been tireless in advocating for our graduate students and guiding our faculty mentors, students,
and staff through the complexities of graduate education. His selfless commitment of time and energy is deeply appreciated and well worth celebrating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are also incredibly fortunate to welcome Dr. Ge into this role. Dr. Ge brings years of graduate leadership experience from University of California, Merced and has already hit the ground running. Effective
July 1, 2026, she is our primary point of contact for all PhD graduate student advising questions and concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Dr. Ge!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
Seema<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">School of Medicine, University of California Riverside<br>
Rm 3140, Multidisciplinary Research Building<br>
900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521<br>
Office #: (951) 827-7819<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/medschool.ucr.edu/faculty_research/faculty_profiles/bio.html?page=tiwari-woodruff_seema.html__;!!OLyWHuc!SCZj2gtRVlkp4ig5lijlBwqoaHTACw6GLUywqKU3QERd8GVcAelheM1mdcqlWtzZ7VeVBF0v7umHcdcBVIFQMCj_Nr-OVfK1gbzhkw$" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://medschool.ucr.edu/faculty_research/faculty_profiles/bio.html?page=tiwari-woodruff_seema.html</span></a><br>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_seema-2Dtiwari-2Dwoodruff-2D3164a23_&d=DwMFaQ&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=EvZYZ_YpN_uXFMRvIwq0EbMPYXbncjwNPQB1qU8kNOqLHJ5XqfdZI2CI1LT21M14&m=VlUBw5SlHcp6OIItTcTTmjz_fbpi-ccupbt6Rf7RRAg&s=vwnBH7vE6uq20dg57AHFECL2c0q0F7R8gwf4uUBm7Qs&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.linkedin.com/in/seema-tiwari-woodruff-3164a23/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="color:#212121">You do not have to respond to my emails during weekends, holidays, and between 6PM to 8AM PT weekdays.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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