Student Updates

USC School of Pharmacy Chapter Updates

By Heather Yen, USC Student Liaison

On October 22nd, the USC student chapter hosted Legislative Day. Every year, this event serves to educate student pharmacists on the role of pharmacists in legislation, and how we are able to advocate for our profession to move it forward. This year, we had the privilege of hosting the distinguished guest speakers and panelists Susan Bonilla, Dr. Richard Dang, Dr. Kari Franson, Dr. Lisa Gunther, Dr. Steven Gray, and Dr. Rajan Vaidya. Senator Susan Rubio had also shared some inspiring words to our students via video to our attendees. Through this event, student pharmacists were able to connect with pharmacy leaders involved in legislation and learn about what they can do to be proactive about advocacy for the profession.

On November 11th, the USC student chapter hosted Meet the Directors. This was a special occasion because it was the first in-person networking event that we have hosted since prepandemic. We had the opportunity to host esteemed leaders from various areas of pharmacy, including Dr. Angela Jeong and Dr. Erwin Jeong from SBLBSHP. We had a large attendance of student pharmacists who were able to meet and connect with our leaders in pharmacy. Every year, this event serves to provide our student pharmacists with insight that may guide their decisions for what they want their goals to be in pharmacy by giving them the opportunity to ask pharmacy leaders

firsthand how their experiences have influenced their paths. Our guests also continue to inspire the next generation of pharmacists by encouraging them to explore leadership opportunities within the profession.

Last but not least, please join us in congratulating our chapter for being selected as the recipient of 2020-2021 CSHP Student Chapter Community Service Project Award for Smoking Cessation as well as Poison Prevention!