STUDENT CHAPTER AWARDS

It’s amazing just how many of USC’s extremely successful alumni come back to offer guidance and words of wisdom to students. This type of mentorship is invaluable, and it’s an integral part of the student experience here.

Jonathan Hwang, PharmD Class of 2019

We are located at the center of three renowned hospitals and are part of a campus that houses other health professional schools. This gives us a great advantage in inspiring collaboration between professions to improve patient care.

Alexandra Silva, PharmD Class of 2019

Whether it’s at your internship, rotations or a health fair, you interact with people from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and health literacy levels, which helps cultivate your ability to communicate effectively across a variety of barriers.

Ryan Murakami, PharmD Class of 2019

The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) recognized the USC School of Pharmacy with the following awards at the APhA annual meeting in March.

NATIONAL CHAPTER PROFESSIONALISM AWARD American Pharmacy Student Alliance — Presidents Maya Ballis and Brian Phan, and Presidents-elect Alen Hakimi and Lyndsie Okumura

REGION 8 AWARDS Directors of Operation Diabetes Eliza Asherian and Simon Kuang; Directors of Operation Heart Corey Kelsom and Tiffany Luong; Directors of Project Hypertension Ryan Hays and Tracy Pham; Directors of Cholesterol Awareness Armen Gevorkyan and Cindy Vuong; Directors of Smoking Cessation Lauren Eng and Hoang Ly; Director of Healthy Living/Alternative Medicine Duyen Pham; Directors of Body Fat Analysis Johnny Nguyen and Michelle Oei

PATIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION Sandy On won the USC APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition and represented USC at the national competition in March.