The 118th Commencement
Friday, May 16, 2025
Today’s ceremony is being live-streamed, and will be available to view at mann.usc.edu/commencement
The 118th Commencement Address
Robert Seidman
PharmD ’82, MPH
Pharmaceutical industry executive Robert Seidman, PharmD ’82, MPH, will deliver the keynote address at the Mann School’s 118th commencement ceremony.
Seidman is a nationally recognized consultant whose expertise is sought by the healthcare and finance industries, media and government. With more than 43 years of experience in ambulatory, hospital and managed care pharmacy, he has played a pivotal role in shaping pharmaceutical policies. As a dedicated alumnus of USC Mann, he endowed the annual Robert Seidman Distinguished Speaker Series, further contributing to the school’s mission of advancing pharmacy education.
He began his career at Blue Cross of California in 1990 as a clinical pharmacy administrator and was later promoted to vice president of pharmacy for the company, a subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks. He went on to serve as vice president and chief pharmacy officer at WellPoint, which is now Elevance Health.
Seidman is perhaps best known for leading WellPoint in becoming the first nonpharmaceutical company to petition the Food and Drug Administration to change a drug’s status. In 1998, WellPoint urged the FDA to reclassify the top-selling allergy medication Claritin, along with competitors Allegra and Zyrtec, from prescription to over-the-counter status. The FDA approved Claritin as a nonprescription drug in 2002, leading to significant savings for both payers and consumers.
FOR THE DEGREE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS
Brent Allen Beadell15
Garett Cheung
Ian “James” Davis
Michelle Chioma Kalu
Yiting Meng
Alan Bowen Shi15
HEALTH ECONOMICS
Ian J. Davis
MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
Nadia Espinoza
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Jiaqi Cheng
Guoyun Kao
Hyo Sun Kim
FOR THE DEGREE
DOCTOR OF PHARMACY
Cynthia Abramian
Nay Akeh
Jeremiah Claude Alabado
Rawan Alabdali
Angelica Aleksanyan
Misk Alrawashdeh
Michaela Andrawes1
Marissa Angelich
Arlet Artoonian
Emma Asatryan
Rachel Assad
Sarvenaz Atighetchi
Ozhen Atoyan
Diana Ayoub
Sarineh Azizian
Sona Baghdasaryan
Lilit Balian
Maryam Benjamin
Emiliano Barajas
Ilham Aden Batar
Mirna Bebawi
Arianna Stephanie Beltran Vega
Rita Bilamejian
Manuk Boyadzhyan
Alexis Nicole Brown
Jillieanne Kate Cusi Bucud
Hailey Bui
Ryan Bui
Elaine Hien Bui
Erin Mia Burgos2
Tianlun Cai
Jeanita Pece Camacho
Vyvy Xuan Cao
Shayanne Tayler Casapao
Bryan Ceballos
Megan Ying Chan
Arnold Chang
Linda Fu Chao
John H. Chea
Sara Chea3
Jiaqi Chen
Christopher Qi-Sheng Chen
Sharon Chen
Nasrin Cheragh Sahar
Stacey Cheung
Quoc Chung3
Kacie H. Chung4
An Nguyen-Thuy Dang
Shannon Patrice De Leon
Daniella Sophia Del Toro
Nicholas James Rajender Dialani
Fleuri Dindar
Alexander Duy Khoa Do
Bella Do
Eliza Ann Donovan5
Ivan Escobedo-Mendoza
Mera Eskandar
Amanda Rose Chien Esparza
Danielle Cheron Fletcher-Williams
Sharon Yan Fong
Staisha Ford-Barnett
Juliana Michelle Freisen
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Beverly Fuerte2
Cortney Wong Fukuda
Alisa Gasparyan4
Seuna Gerigoryan
Duncan Hungvinh Giang
Jasmine Gomez Lopez
Elizabeth Gusenov
Lauren Grace Ha
Azar Habibvand
Roman Hacopian
Soumar Haddad
Cameron Elaine Hallisey
Farti Hamamjian
Shannon Regina Hang
Tammy Harutunyan
Phuong Nguyen Mai Ho
Dero Hovanes
Jing Hu
Wilson Huang
Karina Elizabeth Huereca
Michael Huynh
Phoi Quan Huynh
Esmeralda Iniguez
Zachary Thomas Ison
Sarah Brent Jang
Tristin Jauregui
Bahram Karparvar
Yasamin Kazemi
Susan Keath6
Ani Keshishyan
Teny Khachadourian
Phoebe Kim
John Kim
Ayaa Kobaissi
Janet Korotki
Kevin Kay Kuang
Eugenia Kwon3
Luis Angel Larios2
Sophie Minnie Lee
Claudia Lee
Sandy Lee
Catherine Youngin Lee
Hana Lee
Devin Lee2
Tian Li
Connie Li
Vicky Lin
Thomas Luu
Venera Manukyan
Rojika Markaradi
Natalie Jessica Markaryan
Arthur Martirosian
Sema Susan Massad
Saba Moradian
Abraham Waters Navarro
Deanna Nazarian
Klancy Nersesian
Michelle Pham Ngo
Julieanne Nguyen
Karen Quynh Nguyen
Megan Nguyen
Paulina Nguyen
Tina Thinh Mai Nguyen
Vanessa Nnowalue
Olivia Ojeda
Patricia Sherry Oto
Alice Michelle Ovsipyan
Nicole Papazian
Sharon Park
Grace Park
Se Jin Park3
Begum Shahanaj Parul
Javier Pinedo Ureno
Shengzhou Qiu
Pardis Rahimi
Baharr Jasmine Rajabi
Anantha Rajeev
Olivia Ureta Raroque
Wendy Rocha
Hoda Sadeghi Hadad Zavareh
Tahereh Sadeghi Sina
Yasmeen Nashat Saleh
Fatima Saleh
Zahra Seyedolali
Margaret Shi
Farhan Shirkhodaei
Jerrel Siazon
Sarkis Sam Sislyan
Ruihan Wan4
Bo Wang
Zezhong Wang
Yuxin Wei
Yuwei Wo
Boshen Xu
Ke Xu
Yan Xuan
Sihan Yang
Tzu-Hsuan Yen
Yizhou Yin
Tian Yuan
Jingyan Zhou
Lingrui Zhou
Meixuan Zhu
MANAGEMENT OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Eli Idris Alcantar8
Brent Allen Beadell15
Ky Anh Duong9
Ariel Diamond Ford10
Paurnima Ghotikar
Alina Idrissova
Nicolaus A. Jakowec
Jinah Kim
Cindy Lin
Puja Nakrani
Mana Rahimian
Yaseer Solan H Sabgattallah
Alan Bowen Shi15
Alicia Vogelaar
MEDICAL PRODUCT QUALITY
George Michael Martinez
Dhwanit Viral Sitwala
Sajal Verma
Jingrui Wang
Zixuan Zhou
MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
Shray Haresh Jobanputra
Sophia Michelle Provenzano
Shuxuan Shao
Ananya Udaya Salian
Aditya Mohandas Suvarna
Lishuang Wang
Guo Zhang
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Meher T. Bal
Riya Pankajkumar Chaudhary
Yining Jennifer Ding
Sai Divyash
Sneha Kumkum
Tong Lin
Aryan Mandot
Aarohi Rahul Mulay
Manasi Mahesh Natu
Ayush Navle
Darshan Parag Parekh
Rahil Nitinkumar Patel
Qianqian Peng
Parth Jayesh Shah
Sanskruti U. Sharma
Kaiyu Shen
Vamsi Krishna Tella
Shubham Anil Wakode
Yiyu Xiao
Junyu Yan
Zixian Zhang
Wenda Zhu
REGULATORY MANAGEMENT
Deepthi Rajendran Nair Sreerengam
Jinliang Wang
Michelle Zhang
REGULATORY SCIENCE
Yasamin Anjomshoaa
Ana Isabel Ayala
Bruno Baltazar11
Erdemtsatsralt Albright Batdorj
Nupur Shashank Bhade
Lakshmi Chandran
Mouboni Chatterjee
Sara Monting Chea3
Quoc Chung3
Marina Fayzullina
Yiting Angela Gong
Desiree Destinee Goodman
Yefei Huang
Yu Ning Huang
Kavya Anand Jayapalan17
Patricia Eugénie Jumelle
Joseph Kim
Kingman Kwan12
Eugenia Kwon3
Paula Andrea Lengerke Diaz13
Chih-An Lin
Cindy Lin
DingCheng Liu
Wei-Hsuan Lo
Megha Mohan Narayanan
Benazir Oluoch
Se Jin Park3
Laura Pey Rubio
Mirella Pujalt
Akriti Ratti
Lauren Ricketts
Bryan Stender
Chonghao Sun
Venkatesh Swamy FOR THE DEGREE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Saira-Jayne K. Binepal
Esther GaYoung Chung
Sarah Chung
Ariel Diamond Ford10
Yundi Gui
Kai Wong Ho
Taib Atif Isa
Nicholas Harrison James
Anjali Jha16
Chloe Isabelle Jacqueline Marchand
Alondra Angel Mariano
Charles Joseph Rumrill
Fatimah Noorii Rushaanaaz Sokeechand
Nour Yaish
Blake Zaragoza
PHARMACOLOGY
Eliana Aleman
Reem Helen Alharithi
Benjamin Bencharit
Michelle Bitus
Brandon Hojin Cho
Ryan Lawrence Chu
Michael Anthony DiLoreto
Gwyneth Thuy-Vy Do
Ky Anh Duong9
Nicolette Fajardo
Grace Katlyn Farley
Victoria Feng
Diego Isaac Hernandez
Damani Hood
Vincent Tong Kang Hsueh
Justin William Hu
Corey Guo Dong Huang
Jordan William Jaross
Benjamin Alexander Katz
Katie Joy Kim
Jason Seungwoo Kim
Michael D Y Kim
Tina En Xi Lam
Aileen Thai Le
Andrew Scott Levy
Ryan Mark Matthews
Kelsey Meador
Colin Bac Nguyen
Jennifer Han Nguyen
Jacob Michael Null
Patience Amuche Okeke
Nicole Roxana Payes
Abbe Oidem Pingol
Tiffany Nicole Rodriguez
Iris Shen
Yulia Smarovozova
Nicholas Valles
Harishwar Venkatesh
Geoffrey William Von Der Ahe Jr.
Lewis Shao Wai Wong
Heyi Zhang
Wenjie Zhang
RESIDENTS
Catherine Aquino, PharmD
Micah Banawis, PharmD
Chelsea Blaquera, PharmD
Yijun Cai, PharmD
Alma Chavez, PharmD
Journey Cordero, PharmD
Nikki Derleth, PharmD
Keysi Ekmekciyan, PharmD
Anabelle Gantman, PharmD
Fiona Goh, PharmD
Allison Hsieh, PharmD
Shikha Khatri, PharmD
Louisa Landolt, PharmD
Maela Lazaro, PharmD
Sun Jin (Olivia) Lee, PharmD
Evelyn Mendoza, PharmD
Emily Minoda, PharmD
Stephanie Morioka, PharmD
Venoos Moshayedi, PharmD
Mary Ohanyan, PharmD
Christine Phan, PharmD
Joshua Ramos, PharmD
Jasmine Stinson, PharmD
Mikaela Tayag, PharmD
Gennifer Unell, PharmD
Anna Wang, PharmD
FELLOWS
Aalaa Abdallah, PhD, MPH, MS
Claire Arata, PhD
Meri Darragjati, PharmD
Georges Eid, PharmD
Courtney Fella, PharmD
Chioma Leslie Friday, PharmD
Trevin Inoue, PharmD
Noah Kaitz, PharmD
Maija Krumins, PharmD
Christopher Kwok, PharmD
Jacqueline Luga, PharmD
Samira Mawla, PharmD
Brendan McCarthy-Sinclair, PhD
Dalila Miele, PhD
Payal Multani, PharmD
Mimi Thelma Osei Larbi, PharmD
Morgan Paul, PharmD
Kali Pendleton, PharmD
Alvin Bao-An Phan, PhD
Mica Robles, PharmD
Jonas Street, PharmD
Hannah Van de Roovaart, PharmD
Carolina Vargas, PharmD
Megana Vatson, PharmD
Amanda Vogel, PharmD
Zhixiong Wang, PharmD
Sharyse Watanabe, PharmD
Dayoung Yi, PharmD
Michelle Zhang, PharmD
Janine Zhu, PharmD
DEAN
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, D.Sc. (Hon)
John Stauffer Decanal Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
ASSOCIATE DEANS
Steven W. Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
William A. and Josephine A. Heeres and Endowed Chair in Community Pharmacy and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Daryl Davies, PhD
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Timothy M. Chan Endowed Professor in Complementary Therapeutics and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Melissa Durham, PharmD, MACM, APh, BCACP, DAIPM
Associate Dean of Organizational Success and WellBeing and Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Kari L. Franson, PharmD, PhD, BCPP
Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Terrence Graham, EdD
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Studies and Chief International Officer
Edith Mirzaian, PharmD, BCACP
Associate Dean of Curriculum and Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Irving Steinberg, PharmD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics
Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA
Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
CHAIRS
Geoffrey Joyce, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics and Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Tien M.H. Ng, PharmD, FHFSA, FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology)
Interim Chair, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Medicine
Eunjoo Pacifici, PharmD, PhD
Chair, Department of Regulatory and Quality Sciences and Associate Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Clay C.C. Wang, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
FACULTY
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
Houda Alachkar, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Isaac Asante, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology and Clinical Pharmacy
Liana Asatryan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy (Teaching track)
Yuna H. Bae-Shaaw, PharmD, PhD Research Assistant Professor
Susan Bain, DRSc Assistant Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Melvin F. Baron, PharmD, MPA Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Paul M. Beringer, PharmD Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Talin Bchakjian, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
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Amanda Burkhardt, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
Charles Krown/Pharmacy Alumni Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Julio Palao Camarero, PhD
John A. Biles Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Allison Chacon-O’Shea, PharmD, APh
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Timothy M. Chan, PhD Professor, Dean Emeritus
Michelle Chu, PharmD, CDE, BCACP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Terry David Church, DRSc
Associate Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Dillon P. Cogan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Martine Culty, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
David Dadiomov, PharmD, BCPP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Richard H. Dang, PharmD, APh, BCACP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Julie A. Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Roger F. Duncan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Maddalena Ferranna
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Kevin L. Forrester, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Steven Fox, MD, MSc
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Dana P. Goldman, PhD
Dean, Sol Price School of Public Policy and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Public Policy, and Economics and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director’s Chair
Lisa W. Goldstone, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Director, Residency Programs
William C. Gong, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Executive Director, Fellowship Programs
Hovik Gukasyan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tatyana Gurvich, PharmD, BGCP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Sarah F. Hamm-Alvarez, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Emily Han, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Ian S. Haworth, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Stephanie Hsia, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Michael Jakowec, PhD Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Boshen Jiao, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Jeany Kim Jun, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, APh
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Director of Collaboration and Community Outreach
Rory Kim, PharmD, BCACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Radhika Venkatraman Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Teaching Track)
C. Benson Kuo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD
Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Public Policy and Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation
Jing Liang, MD, PhD
Reseearch Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Lawrence Liberti, PhD
Associate Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Cynthia Lem-Lee Lieu, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Stan Gee Louie, PharmD Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Zhipeng Lu, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Brian Ma, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
J. Andrew MacKay, PhD
Gavin Herbert Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Emi Minejima, PharmD, BCIDP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Scott A. Mosley, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
William Padula, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Tam Phan, PharmD, AAHIVP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Nancy Pire-Smerkanich, DRSc
Assistant Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Dima M. Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD
Hygeia Centennial Chair Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Gauri Rao, PharmD, MS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Director of the Quantitative Drug and Disease Modeling Center
Frances J. Richmond, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Regulatory and Quality Sciences
Rebecca Romero, PhD Lecturer, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
John A. Romley, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Winter Roth, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Seth Seabury, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics
Paul Seidler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmocology and Pharmaceutical Science
Wei-Chiang Shen, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jean Chen Shih, PhD
Emeritus University Professor and Boyd P. and Elsie D. Welin Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bangyan L. Stiles, PhD Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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A Message from the Alumni Association
Dear Members of the USC Mann Class of 2025,
On behalf of the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, it is our pleasure to congratulate you on your graduation. Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life with the Trojan Family!
We encourage you to stay involved with your Trojan community. The Alumni Association supports students, alumni and the School at large. We host a number of in-person and virtual events including the School’s Alumni Awards Gala, networking mixers, the PharmD Scholarly Project Symposium, and more. Our programs provide an opportunity to connect with fellow alumni, share memories and maintain connections to the University and to the School.
We look forward to your continued involvement with USC Mann and the Alumni Association.
Congratulations on your achievement. FIGHT ON!
-USC Mann Alumni Engagement Board
Vincent Capati, PharmD ’14, MS ’14
Megan Estes, MS ’13, PhD ’14
Jorge Farias, PharmD ’13, MS ’16
Chris Farina, MS ’16
Maria Kootsikas, PharmD ’86
Carolyn Lem, PharmD ’76
Jessica Lin, PharmD ’13
Daniel Liu, BS ’22
Susie Park, PharmD ’00
Divya Pathania, PhD ’13
Komal Patel, PharmD ’04
Michael Pazirandeh, PharmD ’11
Catherine Salvatori, PharmD ’93
Chris Salvatori, PharmD ’93
Charles Stark, PharmD ’82
Andy Thai, PharmD ’11
Amy Tran, MS ‘17, PhD ’22
Dorothy Wong, PharmD ’86