UC San Francisco has awarded UCSF Medals to three national leaders, all of whom have advanced diversity and inclusion, including through mentorship that has helped to place more underrepresented voices in the sciences.
The 2020 UCSF Medals – the University’s highest honor – were given to biochemist John A. Watson, PhD; nursing professor and theorist Afaf Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN, LL; and Freeman Hrabowski, III, PhD, President of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
“We celebrate our medalists during a public health crisis of historic magnitude and during a national reckoning of racial injustice that has been precipitated by the tragic murders of Black Americans by our police,” said Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, during his opening remarks of the virtual event held Friday.
