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OptumRx Makes Seventh Gift in
“I just felt like it Support of PHCL
was time to start The Pomona Health Career Ladder (PHCL) program received
giving back.” another gift of $10,000 this past April 2014 from our
generous partner at OptumRx (part of the Optum group).
— Ann Vu, PharmD ’07 John Jones, Senior Vice President, Professional Practice and
Pharmacy Policy with OptumRx, and a member of the
College of Pharmacy’s Dean’s Advisory Council contacted the
College of Pharmacy in late March with the good news. With
Alumna, Ann Vu, PharmD ’07, this seventh gift, OptumRx has provided key funding for the
PHCL program totaling over $67,000.
creates an annual gift “We at OptumRx definitely admire your PHCL program,”
This past May, 2014, COP alumna, Ann Vu, PharmD ’07, Jones has said, “and we want to support it when we can.”
made a special gift to the College of Pharmacy. Please check out the interactive website, “Pharmacy Is Right
For Me,” (www.pharmacyforme.org) launched by OptumRx.
She began what will now be an ongoing annual gift in support
of the College of Pharmacy’s General Scholarship Fund. OptumRx is one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in
the United States.
Ann said that she really appreciates the education she received
at WesternU, and that she is happy to help. Thank you so
much, Ann!
2014 East West Scholarship Dinner reaches new fundraising heights
On April 12, 2014, more than 30 WesternU students from 10 WesternU Senior Vice President Thomas G. Fox, PhD. Much
disciplines collectively received over $40,000 in scholarships of that money will go towards continuing to build the East
at the 8th Annual East West Scholarship Dinner in San West Scholarship Endowment Fund, which now has a value of
Gabriel, Calif. more than $300,000.
WesternU honored Jonathan Y.H. Wu, MD, PhD, President Scholarship recipients were selected on academic achievement,
and Chairman of AHMC Healthcare Inc., operator of a financial need and community service. Nine student
Southern California network of hospitals that employs more pharmacists from the WesternU College of Pharmacy received
than 2,500 physicians and treats more than 200,000 patients East West Scholarships, including the Las Familias Chan y
annually. Mah annual scholarship and the Melanie Lim Endowed
Scholarship. The Las Familias Chan y Mah scholarship is
“Let me say to our friends who are here tonight, you are
paying tribute to some very important people,” said WesternU supported by gifts each year from Dr. Eugene Chan, a long-
President Philip Pumerantz, PhD. “These students being time East West donor and Committee member, and Melanie
honored tonight will be our future healers, and they will be Mah, PharmD, a WesternU College of Pharmacy alumna,
making a difference in the quality of life in our communities.” class of 2010. The Melanie Lim Endowed Scholarship is an
endowment that was established by Soojung Kim, PharmD, in
WesternU sold a record 319 tickets to the East West 2013 in memory of her daughter, Melanie Lim.
Scholarship Dinner this year, raising over $110,000, said
Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP, Dean, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Prabhdeep Sidhu, PharmD ’15; Abdallah Dakhlallah, PharmD ’16, Minh Phuc Nguyen, PharmD ’16,
Jennifer Briggs, PharmD ’17, and Dean Robinson; Dean Robinson, Melinda Mah, Anhdao Nguyen, PharmD ’14; actor George Cheung.
26 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
“I just felt like it Support of PHCL
was time to start The Pomona Health Career Ladder (PHCL) program received
giving back.” another gift of $10,000 this past April 2014 from our
generous partner at OptumRx (part of the Optum group).
— Ann Vu, PharmD ’07 John Jones, Senior Vice President, Professional Practice and
Pharmacy Policy with OptumRx, and a member of the
College of Pharmacy’s Dean’s Advisory Council contacted the
College of Pharmacy in late March with the good news. With
Alumna, Ann Vu, PharmD ’07, this seventh gift, OptumRx has provided key funding for the
PHCL program totaling over $67,000.
creates an annual gift “We at OptumRx definitely admire your PHCL program,”
This past May, 2014, COP alumna, Ann Vu, PharmD ’07, Jones has said, “and we want to support it when we can.”
made a special gift to the College of Pharmacy. Please check out the interactive website, “Pharmacy Is Right
For Me,” (www.pharmacyforme.org) launched by OptumRx.
She began what will now be an ongoing annual gift in support
of the College of Pharmacy’s General Scholarship Fund. OptumRx is one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in
the United States.
Ann said that she really appreciates the education she received
at WesternU, and that she is happy to help. Thank you so
much, Ann!
2014 East West Scholarship Dinner reaches new fundraising heights
On April 12, 2014, more than 30 WesternU students from 10 WesternU Senior Vice President Thomas G. Fox, PhD. Much
disciplines collectively received over $40,000 in scholarships of that money will go towards continuing to build the East
at the 8th Annual East West Scholarship Dinner in San West Scholarship Endowment Fund, which now has a value of
Gabriel, Calif. more than $300,000.
WesternU honored Jonathan Y.H. Wu, MD, PhD, President Scholarship recipients were selected on academic achievement,
and Chairman of AHMC Healthcare Inc., operator of a financial need and community service. Nine student
Southern California network of hospitals that employs more pharmacists from the WesternU College of Pharmacy received
than 2,500 physicians and treats more than 200,000 patients East West Scholarships, including the Las Familias Chan y
annually. Mah annual scholarship and the Melanie Lim Endowed
Scholarship. The Las Familias Chan y Mah scholarship is
“Let me say to our friends who are here tonight, you are
paying tribute to some very important people,” said WesternU supported by gifts each year from Dr. Eugene Chan, a long-
President Philip Pumerantz, PhD. “These students being time East West donor and Committee member, and Melanie
honored tonight will be our future healers, and they will be Mah, PharmD, a WesternU College of Pharmacy alumna,
making a difference in the quality of life in our communities.” class of 2010. The Melanie Lim Endowed Scholarship is an
endowment that was established by Soojung Kim, PharmD, in
WesternU sold a record 319 tickets to the East West 2013 in memory of her daughter, Melanie Lim.
Scholarship Dinner this year, raising over $110,000, said
Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP, Dean, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Prabhdeep Sidhu, PharmD ’15; Abdallah Dakhlallah, PharmD ’16, Minh Phuc Nguyen, PharmD ’16,
Jennifer Briggs, PharmD ’17, and Dean Robinson; Dean Robinson, Melinda Mah, Anhdao Nguyen, PharmD ’14; actor George Cheung.
26 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
