Neeloufar Fakourfar, PharmD, has been appointed President of the Orange County Society of Health-System Pharmacists (OCSHP) for the 2025 term. Fakourfar, an assistant professor at CUSP, also serves as an ambulatory care pharmacist at Providence St. Joseph Health Hospital. In her role, she will guide OCSHP to advance the role of pharmacists in healthcare, foster
When Taran Harris first stepped onto Chapman University as a Master of Science student, she couldn’t imagine how far that initial step could take her. What began as a curiosity about the complexities of protein interactions during her MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences inspired her to pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy immediately afterward. “The research experiences
Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) are proud to jointly announce a new partnership which will provide new pathways for CDU students to pursue graduate pharmacy degrees. Students who complete CDU’s Biomedical Sciences Program will benefit from guaranteed application interviews for CUSP’s Doctor of Pharmacy
Quotables (Faculty in the News) Dr. Sherry Wang‘s work was featured as a key finding and reference in the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) report titled Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality on pages 23 and 24. Publications Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Saleh Alfuraih, Dr. Lois Kim, Amy Tran, and others published “Hyperglycemia causes differential
Dustin Le, who is now a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), earned his Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) at CUSP. While at CUSP, Dustin participated in student leadership, research projects, and elective courses that directly prepared him for his future career. At CHOC, Dustin works in a 44-bed emergency
Doctor of Pharmacy student Tien Dinh has been elected as the Regional Delegate for Region 8 of the American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists. This position is a significant appointment and is the first time that a CUSP student has been elected in our young history. As a voice of student pharmacists, Tien
At the 2024 California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar, CUSP represented clinical skills, leadership, and academic influence across California. A duo of PharmD candidates, Trisha Lu and Jaqueline Nguyen, represented CUSP at the Clinical Skills Competition. Their success secured them a spot at the national level, where the two will continue to represent CUSP
Quotables (Faculty in the News) Dr. Jerika Lam and Dr. Reza Taheri co-authored and were quoted in the Patient Safety Movement Foundation October newsletter, titled “Safeguarding Health: The Critical Role of Pharmacists in Patient Safety.” The article recognizes the significant role of pharmacists in patient safety in celebration of October being Pharmacist Month: Safeguarding Health:
“My experience with Dr. Totonchy in the lab led to me developing skills that directly earned me a role. I think my case is a great example of how Chapman got me my job!” -Nancy Palmerin, M.S.P.S. ‘21 Nancy Palmerin, who is now an Immunotoxicologist with Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals, earned her Master’s of Science
Grants Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang received an award with an amount of $249,999 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) Program for her project titled “Bias Assessment in Machine Learning (ML) models for opioid Prescribing.” Awards and Recognitions Dr. Laressa Bethishou was elected