<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks a ton Sika for your consistent support of the Biomed Students. I know they greatly appreciate it as do the program faculty. Thanks for serving in this critical role and doing it admirably for so long!<br><div><br></div><div>Congrats Xuecai and thanks for taking on this role. Looking forward to working with you to support the students.</div><div>Viji</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff via Biomed_grad_faculty <<a href="mailto:biomed_grad_faculty@lists.ucr.edu">biomed_grad_faculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1978049950471897629">





<div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="m_1978049950471897629WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Dr. Ge!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
Seema<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br>
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">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><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><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><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">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:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div>
</div>

_______________________________________________<br>
Biomed_grad_faculty mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Biomed_grad_faculty@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">Biomed_grad_faculty@lists.ucr.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/biomed_grad_faculty" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/biomed_grad_faculty</a><br>
</div></blockquote></div></div>