Speakers

VASSILIOS PAPADOPOULOS

DPHARM, PHD, DSC (HON) Dean

Dr. Papadopoulos, who has served as Dean of the USC Mann School since 2016, has published over 300 papers, holds numerous patents and serves on many national and international advisory committees. His research work has had major implications for endocrinology, reproduction, aging, cancer, and neurological disorders. Prior to USC, his extensive portfolio of professional experiences and accomplishments includes leadership roles at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and McGill University in Montreal. His unmatched expertise across fields and track record of bringing people together make him the ideal leader for the USC Mann School at a time when the growing convergence of biology, genomics, chemistry and medicine demands close ties between research and clinical care.

KARI L. FRANSON, PHARMD, PHD, BCPP, FNAP Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

Dr. Franson joined the University of Southern California in 2020 as Professor of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Franson is an educator with more than 30 years of experience in institutions around the world with expertise in campus and distancebased curricular innovation, interprofessional practice / education, technology-enhanced assessment / learning, experiential education, and healthcare workforce development to serve societal needs. As a U.S. Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist and Dutch-Certified Clinical Pharmacologist she has guided national and international professional, legislative, media and commercial groups on cannabinoid clinical pharmacologic effects and cannabis user safety.

PAUL J. WONG PHARMD, BCCCP Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Dr. Wong, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the USC Mann School, serves as a faculty-in-residence at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, providing clinical pharmacy services for the internal medicine teams and support for the experiential education program. Dr. Wong received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2013. He then completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy followed by a PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining USC, he worked as a critical care pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai. He is board-certified in critical care pharmacotherapy.

IRVING STEINBERG, PHARMD Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Dr. Steinberg, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and pediatrics at the USC Mann School and Keck School of Medicine, is director of the division of pediatric pharmacotherapy in the department of pediatrics at the LAC+USC Medical Center. His areas of research emphasis include predictive performance of pharmacokinetic models for dosing in children and novel pharmacotherapeutic applications of drugs.