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Commencement ceremonies celebrate Class of 2022’s tenacity and leadership

WashU Med graduates get their diplomas

by Catherine Betz, Juli Leistner & Channing Suhl•May 23, 2022

Matt Miller / Washington University School of Medicine

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Washington University School of Medicine’s 1,700 faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals. The School of Medicine is a leader in medical research, teaching and patient care, and currently is No. 4 in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.

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Catherine Betz

Contributing Writer

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cbetz@wustl.edu

Catherine is a Senior Content Strategist supporting digital communications for groups across the School of Medicine. She studied philosophy and literature at Murray State University and earned her master's in language, rhetoric and composition studies at the University of Kansas. She has over a decade of experience consulting on websites and is UX certified by the Nielsen Norman Group.

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Juli Leistner

Director of Editorial Services & Digital Communications

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leistnerj@wustl.edu

During her time at WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications, Juli edited and managed the production of a variety of printed and web-based publications. She has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master’s degree in science journalism, both from the University of Missouri.

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Huy Mach

Video Producer & Storyteller

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huymach@wustl.edu

Huy uses visual storytelling in his coverage of medical education, patient care, and research. He was part of a team of photographers at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography in 2015. He has a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from Western Kentucky University.

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Matthew Miller

Medical Photographer

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Prior to joining the staff of Medical Public Affairs in 2017, Matt worked for 20 years as a photojournalist. Most of those years were at the Omaha World-Herald, where he earned a number of awards and honors such as Nebraska photographer of the year. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska.

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