The USC School of Pharmacy marked its 111th Commencement on the afternoon of May 11 before an audience of more than 2,200 family members, friends, faculty and staff.
Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, presided over the event in the tented Broad … Read More »
On May 11, the Keck School of Medicine of USC celebrated the success of its 105 newly minted graduates from the Global Health and Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies undergraduate programs. Held in the elegant Town and Gown ballroom … Read More »
Upon sending the newest group of healers into the world, the final instructions from the leaders of the Keck School of Medicine of USC were not about illnesses or treatments, but compassion, curiosity and humanity.
More than 150 doctor of medicine … Read More »
When Siddhartha Mukherjee took the stage at the USC 2018 commencement this morning, he shared a tip with a new generation of Trojans.
“I wish someone had told me at my own commencement that the one and only requirement of graduation … Read More »
At USC, Darryl Nousome, PhD, studied how genetic and environmental factors affect our eyes. Now, he’s putting his doctorate in epidemiology to use, studying how genetic mutations affect cancer risk.
Why did you choose your degree program?
I have always been interested … Read More »
Vanessa Arientyl was born in Quebec, the daughter of Haitian immigrants. Her first language was French and she learned English at the age of 6, when she moved with her family to New Jersey.
Arientyl recalls an entry in her fifth-grade … Read More »
Ruth Barber Goodson likes to say that she was destined to graduate from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Her parents, both of whom attended the Keck School, met on their very first day, while viewing red blood cells … Read More »
Kaushik Parvathaneni figured out early on he wanted to work in medicine.
As a teen in high school in Seattle, he reached out to University of Washington faculty, asking if he could help with cancer research. He ended up studying a rare … Read More »
Jordan Despanie adheres to the Jewish concept of Tikkun olam – literally to “repair the world” through acts of kindness that help alleviate suffering.
The Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD candidate, who will receive his degree from the USC School of Pharmacy on … Read More »
Yeva Manukyan’s passion to serve in the field of oral health was shaped early on by her role model, her mother. Assisting her mother, who is a dentist, to plan mission trips to Armenia, the country from which they emigrated, … Read More »
Having moved from Iran with little money and no English, Roujin Khorramisavoji was willing to work long and hard to take advantage of the opportunities in the United States that she never had back home. Though she always knew she … Read More »
As a South Korean citizen born in Pakistan and now living in the United States, Janet Kim has developed a unique identity and global perspective. Recognizing the disparities in health among people in Karachi, Pakistan, pushed her closer to viewing … Read More »
After spending one winter break on a service trip to Angola and Ghana in the sixth grade, Cassidy Muir’s perspective was forever changed. The service trip, and the others that followed thereafter, shaped her into a person dedicated to helping … Read More »
A graduate of the Master of Science in Global Medicine program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Ara Bakian hails from Newport Coast. He began volunteering at local dental clinics during his undergraduate years at the University of … Read More »
Annie Yang will graduate this May with both a Master of Science in Global Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Yang earned both degrees as part … Read More »
A two-time Trojan, Ani Misirian became interested in global health after completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Armenia. During her year abroad, she volunteered in different health-related nonprofit organizations and witnessed firsthand how various economic and sociocultural issues contribute … Read More »
Edwin Enwia always enjoyed the medicine in his 10 years as a paramedic and firefighter. He would arrive on scene, conduct his assessment and drop the patient off at the hospital. However, Enwia felt frustrated that he often had no … Read More »
When Roneisha Joyner was applying for physical therapy schools across the nation, she noticed there weren’t a lot of people in the profession who looked like her.
It’s an observation borne out by the data. A little more than 5 percent … Read More »
Luke Snyder remembers the moment he realized the power of physical therapy.
He was a high-school, cross-country runner in Thousand Oaks when he began suffering from knee pain. In physical therapy, his therapist had him doing hip strengthening exercises — something … Read More »
When Esther Leon’s grandfather suffered a severe stroke, the then-9-year-old girl wanted nothing more than for him to get better so he could again take her to the park like they always used to.
Maybe out of a sense of helplessness, … Read More »