The 2026 Gala will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena, Los Angeles.
2026 Alumni Award Recipients
Danielle Colayco & Kevin Komoto
Community Service Award
Duane Saikami
Distinguished Alumni Award
Penny Cai
Honorary Alumni Award
Neal Storm
Innovation in Regulatory Science Award
Vaishali Patel
Innovation in Pharmacoeconomics Award
Vincent Lee
Research Achievement Award
Heno Yousefi
Young Alumni Award
Highlights from the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala
Past Honorees
Community Service Award
2025: David Seto, PharmD ’15
2024: Raffi Svadjian, PharmD ’03, MBA
2023: Vaccination Volunteers
2022: Reda Alhoussayni, PharmD ’00, MBA
2019: Ken Thai, PharmD ’02
2018: Lisa Gunther Lum, PharmD ’86
2017: Roslyn Blake, PharmD ’92
Dean's Medallion Award
2025: David Makhani, PharmD ’87
2024: Robert Popovian, PharmD ’93, MS ’96
2023: Richard Dang, PharmD ’13
2022: Edward Martin Lieskovan, PharmD ’85, MBA ’90
2019: Leonard D. Schaeffer
2018: Dong Koo (D.K.) Kim
2017: Rita Shane, PharmD ’78
Distinguished Alumni Award
2025: Vinson Lee, PharmD ’06
2024: Steven Dohi, PharmD ’84
2023: David Truong, PharmD ’07, MS ’07
2022: Linh Lee, PharmD ’01
2019: Sohail Masood, PharmD ’88
2018: Irv Sitkoff, PharmD ’54
2017: Charles Leiter, PharmD ’83
Honorary Alumni Award
2025: Alex Kang, PharmD, MBA
2024: Ramesh Upadhyayula, BPharm, RPh, APh
2023: Jimmie L. Overton, PharmD
2022: Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP
2019: Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS
2018: Shushma Patel, MBA, RPh
2017: Michael Hochman, MD, MPH
Pharmaceutical Health Economics Award
2024: Annie Ogostalick, PharmD ’97, MS ’00
2023: Jeffrey S. McCombs, PhD
2022: Robert Popovian, PharmD ’93, MS ’97
2019: Parvez Mulani, MA Economics ’00, PhD ’03
2018: Craig Cheetham, PharmD ’78, MS ’97
2017: Yong Yuan, MA Economics ’96, PhD ’98
Regulatory Science Award
2024: Mary Ellen Cosenza, PhD, MS ’08
2023: Duane Mauzey, DRSc ’12
2022: Weicheng Wu, MS ’03, PhD ’04
2019: Martin (Marty) Solberg, MS ’08, DRSc ’11
2018: Susan McCune, MD
2017: Peter Lassoff, PharmD ’86
Research Achievement Award
2025: Jie Shen
2024: Eric Forssen, PharmD ’77, PhD ’81
2023: Charles W. Stark, PharmD ’82
2022: Hovik Gukasyan, PhD ’04
2019: Li-Jiuan (Rita) Shen
2018: Jason (Jiansheng) Wan, PhD ’91
2017: Eric Q. Wu, MA ’00, MSc ’02, PhD ’03
Young Alumni Award
2025: Jessica Abraham, PharmD ’11
2024: Michael Pazirandeh, PharmD ’11
2023: Lilia Xu, PharmD ’12
2022: Grace Cheng, PharmD ’13
2019: Debrina Johnson, PharmD ’13
2018: Gustavus A. Aranda Jr., PharmD ’04, MS ’06
2017: Danielle C. Colayco, PharmD ’08, MS ’10
Lifetime Achievement Award
2025: Josephine & William Heeres, PharmD ’63
2017: Mel Baron, PharmD, MPA
Innovation in Pharmacoeconomics Award
2025: Ben Cohen, PhD ’20
Innovation in Regulatory Science Award
2025: Frances Richmond, PhD