Newly appointed State Health Commissioner to speak at School of Public Health graduation ceremony
B. Cameron Webb, M.D., J.D., will deliver the keynote commencement address for the class of 2026.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Public Health is proud to announce B. Cameron Webb, M.D., J.D., will speak at the spring commencement on May 8, 2026. Webb is the newly appointed commissioner of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).
Webb is a board-certified medical physician, attorney, and public health expert. He was appointed State Health Commissioner by Governor Abigail Spanberger earlier this year.
Before he was named Health Commissioner, Web was an assistant professor of medicine and public health science at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Webb also served as a White House Fellow during both the Obama and Trump administrations. He later served as a Senior Advisor in the White House Office of COVID-19 Response during the Biden administration.
“We are honored to have Dr. Webb, a public health leader of the commonwealth, address our students as they receive their degrees this spring,” said Monica Swahn, Ph.D., M.P.H., dean of the VCU School of Public Health. “He has served in a variety of ways and is an example of the impactful and varied career of public health experts.”
The VCU School of Public Health will hold its commencement on May 8, 2026, at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.
Virginia Commonwealth University hosts commencement on May 9, 2026, at 10 a.m. at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Learn more about Dr. Webb and the VDH here.
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