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CONGRATULATIONS Sang Cho (HLEC Program, Dr. McCombs, advisor) will give a podium talk on “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Regorafenib and TAS-102 in Refracto-ry Metastatic Colorectal Cancer” at the International Society for Phar-macoecomonics and Outcomes (ISPOR) Meeting on Monday, May 21, 2018 11:00am-12:00pm held in Balti-more, MD.
Christina Runzhong Fu (PSCI Pro-gram, Dr. Hamm-Alvarez, advisor) passed her qualifying exam, which focused on Rab27a Contributes to Cathepsin S Secretion in Lacrimal Glands through Unconventional Se-cretory Pathways. Xue Han HLEC Program, Dr. McCombs, advisor) will give a podium talk on “Secondary Prevention Using Cholesterol-Lowering Medications in Patients Meeting New Treatment Guidelines: a Retrospective Cohort Analysis” at The ISPOR Meeting on Monday, May 21, 2018 11:00am-12:00pm held in Baltimore, MD.
Xiaohan Hu (HLEC Program, Dr. McCombs, advisor) will give a podium talk on “Trends in the economic value of newly approved cancer therapies” at The ISPOR Meeting on Monday, May 21, 2018 3:45pm-4:45pm held in Baltimore, MD.
David Tyrpak (PSCI Program, Dr. Andrew MacKay, advisor) presented his poster titled, “A novel Molecular tool for the study of cell signaling and Trafficking” at the Multifunctional Materials and Structures Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, Ca.
Dr. Clay Wang and MPTX graduate students Michelle Grau, Jillian Roms-dahl, Yi En Liao and Ada Blachowicz (pictured from left to right) were all invited to present posters at the 14th Annual European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG14) held in
NEWS Michelle Grau won 2 Best Poster Awards while presenting at the European Conference on Fungal Genetics!
Michelle Grau (MPTX Program, Dr. Clay Wang, advisor) received the “Best Poster Award” for her poster titled, “Activation of a silent cluster in Aspergillus nidulas through the development of a hybrid transcription factor” from the 14th Annual European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG14) held in Haifa, Israel on February 25-28, 2018. Michelle received a second “Best Poster Award” from Asperfest, which is a one-day workshop that focuses specifically on Aspergillus fungal strains. Michelle received a financial award for each of these awards. Congratulations Michelle!
Jordanna Jayne won 2nd place at the 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium!
The Graduate Student Government held its’ 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium on the UPC on February 11 and at the HSC on
February 12th. Graduate students from across the USC graduate programs submitted their abstracts to apply for the Graduate Student
Symposium; the top 46 students were selected to give 10 minute presentations on their thesis projects on their home campus. Jordanna
Jayne (CXPT Program, Dr. Beringer, advisor) received 2nd place for her presentation on “Elucidating the Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism of
Action of the Antimicrobial Cyclic Peptide, Rhesus Theta (θ)-Defensin-1.” Jordanna was one of the six School of Pharmacy graduate students
selected to present their research at this symposium: Jason Giles (MPTX Program, Dr. Haworth , advisor), Larry Rodriguez (PSCI Program, Dr.
Davies, advisor), Amelia Spinrad (Reg Sci Program, Dr. Pacifici, advisor), Rachel Reyes (CXPT Program, Dr. Davies, advisor), and Johannes van
Dijk (MPTX Program, Dr. Wang, advisor) also presented their thesis projects. Congratulations Jordanna!
Hao Gou received a travel award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology!
Hao Guo (PSCI Program, Dr. Andrew MacKay, advisor) was selected to receive the Foster Ocular Immunology Society Travel Grant in the
amount of $750 USD from The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Hao will present on “The management of
Sjogren’s syndrome-mediated dry eye with cyclosporine delivered by Elastin-like Polypeptides” at the ARVO 2018 Annual Meeting, April 29 -
May 3, 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Congratulations Hao!
PHARMACY GRADUATE ALLIANCE (PGA) CORNER
PGA hosted the Social Hour on Feb 8th!
The PGA Board will host a bowling event in April 2018; more details to follow! If you would like to contact the PGA Board, please email [email protected].
ANNOUNCEMENTS HSC PhD Career Series happening now, Various Dates, February–April 2018: The HSC PhD Career Series is for all graduate students on the Health
Science Campus and is co-sponsored by the School of Pharmacy, Keck School of Medicine, Public Health Sciences and the Graduate School. Most seminars will be held
during lunch time and lunch will be provided for all attendees. Please RSVP for workshops at http://bit.ly/2BYl41n
“Interviewing and Negotiating Job Offers” Wednesday, March 28 at 11am-1pm in the Hastings Auditorium
“Tips for Effective Networking” Thursday, April 5th at 12-2pm in PSC 112
“LinkedIn” social media presence Friday, April 13th from 11am-1pm in SSB 115/116
10th Annual USC Women’s Conference: Passion, Power & Wisdom, Thursday, March 22 to Saturday, March 24: This conference will
include a workshop presented by a USC School of Pharmacy team on health and wellness on Saturday, March 24: Nancy Pire-Smerkanich, DRSc: “We Need YOU –
Women in Clinical Trials”; Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD: “Ask Your Pharmacist – She’s a Doctor Too!”; Martine Culty, PhD: “Women and Chemicals –A Love and Hate
Relationship.” The discussion will be moderated by PhD candidate Jordanna Jayne (CXPT Program, Dr. Beringer, advisor) and PharmD candidate Irene Chen. University
Park Campus. For more information: https://alumni.usc.edu/womensconference/
UPCOMING EVENTS
BCLA’s MedTech Panel, Tuesday, April, 10 2018, 5pm–8pm: BCLA is teaming up with Easton Technology Management Center at UCLA to organize
a Medtech Panel on digital health and wearable technology. The medtech sector has been rapidly evolving in the recent years with advancements in wearable and
mobile technology. The program of the event will include short presentations, a panel discussion and a networking mixer with booth exhibitions. More information will
be available soon, but for now save this date on your calendar! UCLA Anderson School of Business, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. RSVP Here: https://
medtechpanel2018.eventbrite.com.
2nd Annual USC School of Pharmacy Alumni Awards Gala, Sunday, April 29, 5-9 pm: USC Town and Gown Ballroom. For more information , to
purchase individual tickets, or sponsor a table please visit pharmacyschool.usc.edu/gala or contact Cheryl Stanovich at [email protected] or (323) 442-1738.
Student Seminars (Wednesdays at noon in PSC-104):
March 21: Xiaojing Shi (PSCI, Zhang lab)
March 28: Tamar Cohen (CXPT, Rodgers lab)
April 4: Tao Ma (CXPT, Xie lab)
April 11: Larry Rodriguez (PSCI, Davies lab)
April 18: Zhefu Dai (PSCI, Zhang lab)
USC School of Pharmacy Office of Research and Graduate Programs Associate Dean: Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD
Newsletter Editor: Liz Aguiniga, PhD; Contributors: Rosie Soltero, Wade Thompson-Harper
Photo credit: Isaac Mora (Media Dept.), Michele Keller, Director of Communications and Marketing
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://pharmgradprograms.usc.edu/ 1985 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089