2025
The 2025 Gala will take place on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena, Los Angeles.
2025 Alumni Award Recipients
Jessica Abraham
Young Alumni Award
Ben Cohen
Innovation in Pharmacoeconomics Award
Josephine & William Heeres
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alex Kang
Honarary Alumni Award
Vinson Lee
Distinguished Alumni Award
David Makhani
Dean’s Medallion Award
Frances Richmond
Innovation in Regulatory Science Award
David Seto
Community Service Award
Jie Shen
Research achievement award
Highlights from the 2024 Alumni Awards Gala
Past Honorees
Community Service Award
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
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
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
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
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
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
2017: Mel Baron, PharmD, MPA