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Volume 7 • Issue 1 | WINTER 2016
Features Departments
4 20th Anniversary 2 Dean’s Message
With a group of 14 faculty and staff members, and a charter class of 68 students, WesternU’s College of
Pharmacy opened its doors in August 1996. Twenty years, and 1,893 alumni later, the College of 18 Students in Action
Pharmacy is looking back at our history, while continuing to deliver innovative, student-centered
curriculum designed to educate pharmacists who will serve the health care needs of society for today and 23 The Office of Experiential Education
for the future. Part 1 of a 2-part retrospective.
30 Alumni Updates
8 Alumni return to the College as professors and mentors:
profiles of Megan Nguyen, PharmD ’00 and Donald Hsu, PharmD ‘03 32 Continuing Education
12 College of Pharmacy is ranked No. 3 among private colleges in obtaining 34 Faculty News
grant research funding
Photo: Original College of Pharmacy faculty and
14 Research spotlight: David Min, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP staff Krishna Kumar, PhD, Kim Tallian, PharmD,
16 White Coat Ceremony and Dean’s Welcome Dinner Sam Shimomura, PharmD, Julie Avila, Joanne Yasuda,
PharmD, Pat Chase, PhD, Renee Coffman, PhD,
26 Dr. Sam Shimomura Establishes First Faculty Endowed Scholarship Ariane An, PharmD, Pamela Ramsey, Angi Sligh,
Nancy Hattori, Sunil Prabhu, PhD, founding dean
28 Tribute to Caring Gala Dinner Honors Molina Healthcare Harry Rosenberg, PhD, Mahtab Jafari, PharmD
WesternU, College of Pharmacy 1
Features Departments
4 20th Anniversary 2 Dean’s Message
With a group of 14 faculty and staff members, and a charter class of 68 students, WesternU’s College of
Pharmacy opened its doors in August 1996. Twenty years, and 1,893 alumni later, the College of 18 Students in Action
Pharmacy is looking back at our history, while continuing to deliver innovative, student-centered
curriculum designed to educate pharmacists who will serve the health care needs of society for today and 23 The Office of Experiential Education
for the future. Part 1 of a 2-part retrospective.
30 Alumni Updates
8 Alumni return to the College as professors and mentors:
profiles of Megan Nguyen, PharmD ’00 and Donald Hsu, PharmD ‘03 32 Continuing Education
12 College of Pharmacy is ranked No. 3 among private colleges in obtaining 34 Faculty News
grant research funding
Photo: Original College of Pharmacy faculty and
14 Research spotlight: David Min, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP staff Krishna Kumar, PhD, Kim Tallian, PharmD,
16 White Coat Ceremony and Dean’s Welcome Dinner Sam Shimomura, PharmD, Julie Avila, Joanne Yasuda,
PharmD, Pat Chase, PhD, Renee Coffman, PhD,
26 Dr. Sam Shimomura Establishes First Faculty Endowed Scholarship Ariane An, PharmD, Pamela Ramsey, Angi Sligh,
Nancy Hattori, Sunil Prabhu, PhD, founding dean
28 Tribute to Caring Gala Dinner Honors Molina Healthcare Harry Rosenberg, PhD, Mahtab Jafari, PharmD
WesternU, College of Pharmacy 1
