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CONGRATULATIONS Rita Algorri (CXPT Program, Dr. Wong- Beringer, advisor) was selected for the 2018 ASM Research Capstone Program Fellowship, which will provide up to $2000 in travel funds for Rita to present her post- er entled, "Immunomodulatory Effects of An-Staphylococcal Anbiocs on Host Innate Immunity against S. Aureus Ex Vivo" at the ASM Microbe Meeng June 7-11 in Atlanta, GA. Drs. Darin Oppenheimer (DRSc’ 17) and Andro Shenouda (PharmD/MS Reg Sci’ 16) co-authored a Drug Informaon Associaon (DIA) presentaon entled, “Digital Health Evoluon from a US Perspecve.” Their paper was also presented to the DIA legal community and the Medical Device and Diagnoscs community via webinar on February 13, 2018. Amelia Spinrad (Reg Sci Program) and undergraduate researcher, Jackie Chen, presented a poster entled, “Applying Implementaon Science to Improve the Quality of Clinical Trials in an Academic Health Care Seng” at the Student Geron- tology Associaon Research Forum in March 2018. Anh Troung (PSCI Program, Dr. Andrew MacKay, advisor) received the Dr. B. Olive Graduate Educaonal Grant. This grant awards $1000 to students enrolled in a program of graduate study and research that will advance their career. This grant was awarded by the Lambda Kappa Sigma elevang Women in Pharmacy. Anh Troung is the first male to obtain this award. Alicia Warnecke (CXPT program, Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) presented her research, which focused “The Effect of the Posive P2X4R Modulaon on Dopamine” at the American Scociety for Neurochemistry meeng in Riverside, CA in March of 2018. NEWS Tzu-Shyang Kevin Lin defended his Ph.D. and has been offered a posion at Lodo Theraupeucs! Tzu-Shyang Kevin Lin (PSCI Program, Dr. Clay Wang, advisor) defended his dissertaon, which focused on "Genec and Chemical Characterizaon of Two Highly-Reducing Polykede Synthase Gene Clusters From Aspergillus Species” on Friday, March 16, 2018. During his graduate career Dr. Lin published a first-author publicaons entled, “Biosynthec Pathway of the Reduced Polykede Product Citreoviridin in Aspergillus terreus var. aureus Revealed by Heterologous Expression in Aspergillus nidulans” and was a middle-author on a second publicaon entled, “Overexpression of a three-gene conidial pigment biosynthec pathway in Aspergillus nidulans reveals the first NRPS known to acetylate tryptophan.” Dr. Lin has recently accepted a Scienst posion at Lodo Therapeucs and is set to begin the posion in July. Lodo Therapeucs is a biotech startup company based out of New York City that launched in 2016 with the aim of discovering novel anbiocs from unculturable soil bacteria. Congratulaon Dr. Lin! Two USC School of Pharmacy Graduate Students received the AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceucal Sciences! Larry Rodriguez (PSCI program; Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) and Alicia Warnecke (CXPT Program; Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) received the American Foundaon for Pharmaceucal Educaon (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceucal Sciences. The AFPE Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceucal Sciences supports a diverse group of talented students as they pursue advanced pharmaceucal sciences educaon. Recipients of this fellowship are awarded $10,000 to use toward enhancing the graduate training experience. Congratulaons Larry and Alicia! Rosie Soltero received the USC Staff Recognion Award! Rosie Soltero, Program Specialist for the Office of Graduate Affairs, received the USC Staff Recognion Award at the monthly Staff Assembly general meeng on Tuesday, April 3. The USC Staff Recognion Award is presented to a USC staff member who demonstrates outstanding job performance, dedicaon and willingness to assist in problem solving beyond the job requirements, posive atude and commitment to the USC Code of Ethics. Rosie Soltero has been a part of the Office of Graduate Affairs for almost five years and a part of the USC Trojan Team since 2005. Congratulaons Rosie! PHARMACY GRADUATE ALLIANCE (PGA) CORNER PGA to host Trivia Night in April, PGA Board Recruitment Event on May 10th, and End of Year Luncheon on May 17th! Come show off your trivia skills at the PGA Trivia Night Event on Tuesday, April 24, 2018; 4-6 pm in PSC 104! The top three teams will receive prizes! Interested in joining PGA? Check out the PGA Board Recruitment Event on May 10, 2018 fro 4-5 pm; Locaon TBD. Come celebrate the End of the Year Luncheon on May 17, 2018; 12-2pm in PSC 104. If you would like to contact the PGA Board, please email [email protected]. ANNOUNCEMENTS Graduaon Celebraon Wednesday, May 9, 6 - 8:30 pm. The graduang class of 2018 from all School of Pharmacy degree programs are invited to the final celebraon before Commencement. The Class of 2018 Student Awards will be presented at this me. This event will take place at the Lower Pappas Quad. RSVP to Cheryl Stanovich at [email protected]. The 113th Annual USC School of Pharmacy Commencement Friday, May 11, 2 pm: The Commencement Ceremony will take place in Broad Lawn. Healthcare leader and entrepreneur Eileen Goodis will be the disnguished alumni speaker. The Commencement Ceremony will be immediately followed by a recepon at Pappas Quad, on the Health Sciences Campus and is expected to last about one hour. Tickets are required to aend the Commencement Ceremony. For addional informaon, please contact Cheryl Stanovich at [email protected]. UPCOMING EVENTS BCLA’s Pasadena Biotech Mixer, Monday, April 23, 6pm-9pm: Biotech Connecon LA (BCLA), in partnership with Innovate Pasadena and Caltech Postdoc Associaon, brings you another biotech mixer, this me in Pasadena! Come network with fellow academics and industry professionals from all over LA and enjoy appezers and drinks at Dabney Lounge located in Caltech's campus. Reserve your spot now for this highly ancipated mixer! Stay tuned for more informaon. Dabney Lounge (Caltech Campus) 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125. RSVP Here: hps://pasadenamixer2018.eventbrite.com 2nd Annual USC School of Pharmacy Alumni Awards Gala, Sunday, April 29, 5-9 pm: Join the USC School of Pharmacy alumni and friends as we come together to honor outstanding leaders who have made significant contribuons to the pharmacy profession. USC Town and Gown Ballroom. 556 Exposion Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089. For more informaon, to purchase individual ckets, or sponsor a table please visit pharmacyschool.usc.edu/gala or contact Cheryl Stanovich at [email protected] or (323) 442-1738. Student Seminars (Wednesdays at noon in PSC-104): April 18: Zhefu Dai (PSCI, Zhang lab) April 25: Michelle Grau (MPTX, Wang lab) May 2: Xianhui (Sharon) Chen (MPTX, Wang lab) May 9: Hao Guo (PSCI, MacKay lab) USC School of Pharmacy Office of Research and Graduate Programs Associate Dean: Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD Newsletter Editor: Liz Aguiniga, PhD; Contributors: Rosie Soltero, Wade Thompson-Harper Photo credit: Isaac Mora (Media Dept.), Michele Keller, Director of Communications and Marketing Email: [email protected] Website: https://pharmgradprograms.usc.edu/ 1985 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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CONGRATULATIONS Rita Algorri (CXPT Program, Dr. Wong-Beringer, advisor) was selected for the 2018 ASM Research Capstone Program Fellowship, which will provide up to $2000 in travel funds for Rita to present her post-er entitled, "Immunomodulatory Effects of Anti-Staphylococcal Antibiotics on Host Innate Immunity against S. Aureus Ex Vivo" at the ASM Microbe Meeting June 7-11 in Atlanta, GA.
Drs. Darin Oppenheimer (DRSc’ 17) and Andro Shenouda (PharmD/MS Reg Sci’ 16) co-authored a Drug Information Association (DIA) presentation entitled, “Digital Health Evolution from a US Perspective.” Their paper was also presented to the DIA legal community and the Medical Device and Diagnostics community via webinar on February 13, 2018. Amelia Spinrad (Reg Sci Program) and undergraduate researcher, Jackie Chen, presented a poster entitled, “Applying Implementation Science to Improve the Quality of Clinical Trials in an Academic Health Care Setting” at the Student Geron-tology Association Research Forum in March 2018. Anh Troung (PSCI Program, Dr. Andrew MacKay, advisor) received the Dr. B. Olive Graduate Educational Grant. This grant awards $1000 to students enrolled in a program of graduate study and research that will advance their career. This grant was awarded by the Lambda Kappa Sigma elevating Women in Pharmacy. Anh Troung is the first male to obtain this award. Alicia Warnecke (CXPT program, Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) presented her research, which focused “The Effect of the Positive P2X4R Modulation on Dopamine” at the American Scociety for Neurochemistry meeting in Riverside, CA in March of 2018.
NEWS Tzu-Shyang Kevin Lin defended his Ph.D. and has been offered a position at Lodo Theraupeutics!
Tzu-Shyang Kevin Lin (PSCI Program, Dr. Clay Wang, advisor) defended his dissertation, which focused on "Genetic and Chemical Characterization of Two Highly-Reducing Polyketide Synthase Gene Clusters From Aspergillus Species” on Friday, March 16, 2018. During his graduate career Dr. Lin published a first-author publications entitled, “Biosynthetic Pathway of the Reduced Polyketide Product Citreoviridin in Aspergillus terreus var. aureus Revealed by Heterologous Expression in Aspergillus nidulans” and was a middle-author on a second publication entitled, “Overexpression of a three-gene conidial pigment biosynthetic pathway in Aspergillus nidulans reveals the first NRPS known to acetylate tryptophan.” Dr. Lin has recently accepted a Scientist position at Lodo Therapeutics and is set to begin the position in July. Lodo Therapeutics is a biotech startup company based out of New York City that launched in 2016 with the aim of discovering novel antibiotics from unculturable soil bacteria. Congratulation Dr. Lin!
Two USC School of Pharmacy Graduate Students received the AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences!
Larry Rodriguez (PSCI program; Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) and Alicia Warnecke (CXPT Program; Dr. Daryl
Davies, advisor) received the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral
Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The AFPE Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences supports a
diverse group of talented students as they pursue advanced pharmaceutical sciences education. Recipients of
this fellowship are awarded $10,000 to use toward enhancing the graduate training experience.
Congratulations Larry and Alicia!
Rosie Soltero received the USC Staff Recognition Award!
Rosie Soltero, Program Specialist for the Office of Graduate Affairs, received the USC Staff Recognition Award at the monthly Staff
Assembly general meeting on Tuesday, April 3. The USC Staff Recognition Award is presented to a USC staff member who demonstrates
outstanding job performance, dedication and willingness to assist in problem solving beyond the job requirements, positive attitude and
commitment to the USC Code of Ethics. Rosie Soltero has been a part of the Office of Graduate Affairs for almost five years and a part of
the USC Trojan Team since 2005. Congratulations Rosie!
PHARMACY GRADUATE ALLIANCE (PGA) CORNER
PGA to host Trivia Night in April, PGA Board Recruitment Event on May 10th, and End of Year Luncheon on May 17th!
Come show off your trivia skills at the PGA Trivia Night Event on Tuesday, April 24, 2018; 4-6 pm in PSC 104! The top three teams will receive prizes!
Interested in joining PGA? Check out the PGA Board Recruitment Event on May 10, 2018 fro 4-5 pm; Location TBD.
Come celebrate the End of the Year Luncheon on May 17, 2018; 12-2pm in PSC 104. If you would like to contact the PGA Board, please email [email protected].
ANNOUNCEMENTS Graduation Celebration Wednesday, May 9, 6 - 8:30 pm. The graduating class of 2018 from all School of Pharmacy degree programs are invited to the
final celebration before Commencement. The Class of 2018 Student Awards will be presented at this time. This event will take place at the Lower Pappas Quad. RSVP to
Cheryl Stanovich at [email protected].
The 113th Annual USC School of Pharmacy Commencement Friday, May 11, 2 pm: The Commencement Ceremony will take place in Broad Lawn.
Healthcare leader and entrepreneur Eileen Goodis will be the distinguished alumni speaker. The Commencement Ceremony will be immediately followed by a reception
at Pappas Quad, on the Health Sciences Campus and is expected to last about one hour. Tickets are required to attend the Commencement Ceremony. For additional
information, please contact Cheryl Stanovich at [email protected].
UPCOMING EVENTS
BCLA’s Pasadena Biotech Mixer, Monday, April 23, 6pm-9pm: Biotech Connection LA (BCLA), in partnership with Innovate Pasadena and Caltech
Postdoc Association, brings you another biotech mixer, this time in Pasadena! Come network with fellow academics and industry professionals from all over LA and
enjoy appetizers and drinks at Dabney Lounge located in Caltech's campus. Reserve your spot now for this highly anticipated mixer! Stay tuned for more
information. Dabney Lounge (Caltech Campus) 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125. RSVP Here: https://pasadenamixer2018.eventbrite.com
2nd Annual USC School of Pharmacy Alumni Awards Gala, Sunday, April 29, 5-9 pm: Join the USC School of Pharmacy alumni and friends as we
come together to honor outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the pharmacy profession. USC Town and Gown Ballroom. 556 Exposition Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90089. For more information, to purchase individual tickets, or sponsor a table please visit pharmacyschool.usc.edu/gala or contact Cheryl Stanovich at
[email protected] or (323) 442-1738.
Student Seminars (Wednesdays at noon in PSC-104):
April 18: Zhefu Dai (PSCI, Zhang lab)
April 25: Michelle Grau (MPTX, Wang lab)
May 2: Xianhui (Sharon) Chen (MPTX, Wang lab)
May 9: Hao Guo (PSCI, MacKay lab)
USC School of Pharmacy Office of Research and Graduate Programs Associate Dean: Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD
Newsletter Editor: Liz Aguiniga, PhD; Contributors: Rosie Soltero, Wade Thompson-Harper
Photo credit: Isaac Mora (Media Dept.), Michele Keller, Director of Communications and Marketing
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://pharmgradprograms.usc.edu/ 1985 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089
