SUPPORTING OUR WORK

To advance scientific knowledge and fuel new breakthroughs, the Mann School garners major grants from government and industry funders as well as private donors. We gratefully acknowledge the following supporters.

Foundations

American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education

Cancer Center Disease Affinity Group

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Ming Hsieh Institute

Sutter Health

Government

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (subcontracts)

Department of Defense

Los Angeles County

National Academy of Sciences

National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health

• National Institute on Aging

• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• National Institute on Drug Abuse

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences

National Science Foundation

Industry

Arnold Ventures

Bristol Myers Squibb

Lutronic Vision

MeMed Diagnostics

Merck & Co.

Paratek Pharmaceuticals

Endowed Chairs and Professorships

John A. Biles Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Julio Camarero, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Timothy M. Chan Professor of Complementary Therapeutics

Daryl Davies, PhD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Professor, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy

William A. Heeres and Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy

Steven Chen, PharmD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Gavin S. Herbert Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

J. Andrew MacKay, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Hygeia Centennial Chair in Clinical Pharmacy

Dima M. Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Charles Krown Pharmacy Alumni Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Enrique Cadenas, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Litvack Family Chair to Discover the Consequences of Aging

Being recruited

QSAD Centurion Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Being recruited

Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Innovation

Darius Lakdawalla, PhD, Professor, Pharmaceutical and Health Economics

John Stauffer Dean’s Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, DSc (hon)

Susie Titus Professorship in Medication Safety

Being recruited

Boyd P. and Elsie D. Welin Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jean Chen Shih, PhD, University Professor, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

About Alfred E. Mann

Originally founded in 1905 as the USC College of Pharmacy, our school was known as the USC School of Pharmacy from the mid-20th century until 2022, when the school received a $50 million endowment and was renamed for the late inventor and entrepreneur Alfred E. Mann. The gift is the largest naming donation ever made to a pharmacy school in California and one of the largest to any pharmacy school in the country.

A physicist by training and a humanitarian by inclination, Mann founded 17 companies that not only redefined biotechnology but also reached to the stars through early work in the aerospace industry. The advancements he made possible have saved and improved countless lives around the world. His visionary legacy includes easily rechargeable pacemakers, wearable insulin pumps and inhalable insulin, cochlear implants, mind-controlled prosthetic limbs, and microstimulators that alleviate pain and restore lost limb function.

Recognizing USC’s commitment to a healthier and more just world, Mann became a longtime partner of our university. In addition to serving as a trustee, his prior support included more than $174 million to advance such initiatives as the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering—the groundbreaking creations of which include the first artificial retina approved by the FDA.

Mann dedicated his life to meeting intractable challenges to human health with innovative solutions—just as our researchers do at the school that now bears his name. This tradition will continue in perpetuity at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, as those we train develop breakthrough discoveries in the generations ahead.

About the USC Mann School

One of the top pharmacy schools nationwide and the highest-ranked private school in the field, the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences continues our century-old reputation for innovative programming, practice and collaboration.

The school created the nation’s first Doctor of Pharmacy program, the first clinical pharmacy program, the first clinical clerkships, the first doctorates in pharmaceutical economics and regulatory science, the first PharmD/MBA dual-degree program and the first undergraduate degree in biopharmaceutical business, among other innovations in education, research and practice. The USC Mann School is the only private pharmacy school on a major health sciences campus, which facilitates partnerships with other health professionals as well as new breakthroughs in care. We own and operate five pharmacies.

The school is home to the D. K. Kim International Center for Regulatory Science at USC, the Titus Center for Medication Safety and Population Health, and the Center for Quantitative Drug and Disease Modeling, and is a partner in the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, the USC Institute for Addiction Science, the USC Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics, the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the USC Center for Drug Discovery, Delivery and Development.

We pioneered a national model of clinical pharmacy care through work in safety-net clinics throughout Southern California and are a leader in comprehensive medication management. The Mann School is distinguished by our focus on encouraging innovation, building new research portfolios, increasing diversity and preparing students for the careers of tomorrow.