STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
LIU Pharmacy Scholarship in Action At LIU Pharmacy, we’re proud to instruct the next generation of aspiring pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. Our brilliant, multicultural student body includes some of the best and brightest young people entering this challenging field today. They’re hard at work, making the most of what our institution has to offer so they can make a difference in people’s lives. Here’s just a few of our standouts:
Joseph Wai Kin Li
Class of 2020 Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
President of the Pharmacy Student Leadership Council, the College’s student government, Joseph is active in a number of other professional organizations, including Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity and the American Pharmacists Association and Phi Lambda Sigma, the Pharmacy Leadership Society. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Joseph works parttime as a pharmacy intern at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and is considering pursing a PGY-1 residency program after graduation and a career as a clinical pharmacist.
Yoldine is president of the College’s chapter of Lambda Kappa Sigma International Women's Pharmacy Fraternity and is a managing editor of The Pharmacy Newsletter, the student print and online newsletter. Yoldine works part-time as a pharmacy intern at Montefiore Medical Center and plans a career in the pharmaceutical industry.
Yoldine Meris
Class of 2019 Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Benjamin Kuzma
Class of 2019 Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)
Benjamin’s work toward his doctorate includes assisting Dr. Grazia Stagni with her FDA-sponsored research on microdialysis, which improves the availability of topical treatments. He serves as chair of LIU Pharmacy’s student chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and as graduate hall director in LIU Brooklyn’s 490 Fulton Apartments. “I enjoy attending LIU Pharmacy because it has so much to offer,” Benjamin said, “and because graduate students and undergraduates can interact daily."
SPRING 2018 | LIU MAGAZINE
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