The faculty, staff, students and alumni of the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy are dedicated to finding innovative solutions to complex health care challenges.
Third highest number of students matching for PGY1 residencies in California
PGY1 matches (49 graduates, 5 alumni)
PGY2 matches
Industry fellowship placements
2023 Innovative Chapter of the Year
Pacific’s PharmD student leaders were recognized with the California Pharmacists Association as the Innovative Chapter of the Year.
2023 National First Runner-up
Pacific’s Operation Heart committee was named the National First Runner-up by the American Pharmacists Association.
Class of 2023
In May 2023, we celebrated 158 PharmD and six Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences Program graduates during our commencement events.
Supporting students through scholarships
$809,550 was awarded in scholarships to 178 PharmD and 8 PCSP students.
Community impact
Our faculty and students work diligently to optimize patient outcomes. In this annual report, we recognize our faculty, staff, alumni and community partners; the individuals whose unique skills, knowledge and perspectives create an inclusive, student-centered learning environment. In turn, our students impact the community.
Events
Patients served
Total potential Part D plan cost savings to beneficiaries assisted
Average out-of-pocket savings per beneficiary per annum
14,039 hours volunteered
3,891 screenings and services provided
Research
A prime example of the synergy of knowledge and application is research. This year was a banner year for securing grant funding to support research and health care outreach, including two National Institutes of Health grants. The teamwork on display in our research labs propels discoveries and scientific breakthroughs.
Mamoun M. Alhamadsheh, PhD, professor of pharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry, received a $1.7 million R01 NIH grant to study a more potent and longer lasting antidote for opioid overdoses.
Over $3 million in grants
Carlos A. Villalba-Galea, PhD, associate professor of physiology and pharmacology, received a $364,250 R21 NIH grant to investigate the interaction of three proteins involved in electrical signaling in neurons and the heart.
Pharmacy Teacher of the Year
Carly A. Ranson ’13, ’17, PharmD, MS, BCGP
Associate Professor
Director of Pharmacy Co-curricular Programming
Runner-Up Pharmacy Teacher of the Year
William K. Chan, PharmD, PhD
Professor
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry
Regional Coordinator of the Year
Yong S. K. Moon, PharmD
Associate Professor Regional Coordinator - Los Angeles/Long Beach
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience |
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| Catherine Lo ’98, PharmD Community Tobi Knepler-Foss ’17, PharmD Health Care Outreach |
Kelsea Kerr ’03, PharmD Hospital |
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience |
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Jay Joson ’03, PharmD, APh, BCPS, BCMTMS Michael Xu ’18, PharmD, MBA, BCPS |
Duong Nishiguchi ’12, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Edie Hosier ’15, PharmD, BCPS, BCSCP Kayla Giang, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCP, BCCCP Emily Garduno, PharmD, BCPS |
Distinguished Service Award |
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Jennifer Branch, PharmD |
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Pacific launched the first-of-its-kind three-week immersive preparation program for newly minted PharmD to prepare them for the state and national pharmacist licensure exams.
Speakers
Topics
Hours
Attendees
“A program like Rx4Success, dedicated to reviewing what is important, and taught by a variety of pharmacists from various practice settings with helpful tools and clinical pearls, can provide a critical, necessary foundation for graduates as part of their overall testing preparation strategy.”
— Tobi Knepler-Foss ’17, PharmD
“It’s been a great experience. All the lecturers have been knowledgeable, providing good clinical pearls and examples from their clinical practice to illustrate and bring to life this great review.”
— Sean McNary ’23, PharmD
Advisory boards
Robert Bagdasarian ’74
Gurpartap “Gary” Basrai ’77
Jasmine Basrai
Clark H. Gustafson ’66
Brian Komoto
William Masotti ’66
Robert Nickell ’81
Jeff Sharkey
John Tilley
Kondamraj “Raj” Birudaraj ’01
Bret Berner
Simon Chin
David Cippola
John E. Hearst
Bhaskara R. Jasti ’95
Ruhong Jiang
Brian Johnston
Stephen N. Kirnon
Norman H. Kobayashi ’70, ’73
Sreenivasu Mudumba ’94, ’10
Rajesh A. Patel ’87
Pasit Phiasivongsa ’98, ’02
Nirmal K. Saini
Michael J. Seminerioteva
Scott Smith
Cynthia Stevenson
Abraham U. Surjadinata ’94
Guo-Liang Yu
Nurulain Zaveri
D. “Tony” Zhang
Mike Zhou
Christopher M. Cashman
Sharon Clarke
Jeffrey Cleland
Bhaskar Chaudhuri
Bhaskara R. Jasti ’95
Sara Kenkare-Mitra
Xiaoling Li
Shichang Miao
Miki Susanto Park
Linda L. Norton ’91
Atefeh Rabiee
Sanjeev Redkar
Veronica T. Bandy ’00, ’08
Bianca Bradshaw ’04
Jeanne Gapac-Brady ’93
Marisella Guerrero ’98
Annie Ho ’12
Joseph “Joe” Jolliff ’09
Peter Koo ’92
Johanna Liu ’09
Tom Maez ’85
Adam Morisoli ’10
April Nguyen ’16
Nam Nguyen ’08
Jessica Ocegueda ’20
Osagie Omoruyi ’19
Stacey Raff ’96
Irene (Andrada) Solorio ’15
Catherine Grady Sterk ’77, ’78
Jamie Tobitt ’90
Jolena Tsai ’15
James H. Wall ’16
Edlen Wong ’07
Share your noteworthy accomplishments
Did you recently publish an article in a peer-reviewed journal? Will you be presenting at an upcoming conference?
Faculty, preceptors, students and alumni are invited to submit.
Support students through scholarships
Learn how you can contribute to or establish an endowed scholarship.
Contact us
Susan E. Webster
Senior Assistant Dean of Development
209.946.3116 | swebster@pacific.edu
