Winter Roth, PharmD
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Syed Ahmed, PhD
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Syed Kaleem Ahmed trained as an organic and medicinal chemist; he has 16 years of post-Ph.D. experience. His research interests focus on development of antiviral, anticancer, PROTACS, central nervous system agents as well as Fluorine-18 and Carbon-11 labeled radiotracers for imaging of brain disorders, cancer diseases using positron emission tomography (PET). After obtaining PhD degree […]
Patricia A. Chase, RPh, MS, PhD, PhD (honorary)
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Patricia (Pat) Chase is student leadership coordinator and adjunct professor of pharmacy practice at the USC Mann School. In this position, she develops innovative programs for USC student pharmacists who are in leadership positions in professional organizations. She served as the 2014-2015 President of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). From 2006-2016, she served […]
Jason Shafrin, PhD
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Boshen Jiao, PhD, MPH
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Boshen Jiao, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research focuses on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis, health outcomes research, and value-based pricing and insurance design. His work aims to support medical decision-making and guide health policies across various disease […]
Michael Jakowec, PhD
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Michael Jakowec, PhD, joined the faculty of the USC Mann School’s Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy as professor of clinical pharmacy (teaching track) in May 2024. Previously, Jakowec was professor of research neurology at Keck School of Medicine of USC. The primary focus of research in Dr. Jakowec’s laboratory is to better understand the […]
Vsevolod Katritch, PhD
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Dr. Katritch is a computational biologist and computational chemist focused on development and application of 3D molecular modeling and bioinformatics tools to explore structure, function and pharmacology of membrane proteins and specifically of the GPCR superfamily. Dr. Katritch received Ph.D. in Biophysics & Molecular Biology from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Following postdoctoral training […]
Vadim Cherezov, PhD
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Vadim Cherezov is a Professor of Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience Bridge Institute’s Department of Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in biophysics in 1997 from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and completed his postdoctoral studies in the Prof. Caffrey group at The Ohio State University. Research […]
Pinchas Cohen, MD
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Pinchas Cohen, MD, is the dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, executive director of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, and holder of the William and Sylvia Kugel Dean’s Chair in Gerontology. He is an expert in the study of mitochondrial peptides and their possible therapeutic benefits for diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and other […]
Pin Wang, PhD
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The Wang laboratory focuses on an emerging field of “immunobioengineering” with the aim of employing engineering tools and principles to quantitatively understand the immune system in health and disease and to develop novel molecular and cellular immunotherapies by precisely modulating disease-specific immune responses. The ongoing research research projects include: 1) exploring various strategies to engineer […]
Peter Stephen Conti, MD, PhD
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Dr. Conti is a tenured Professor at the University of Southern California with academic appointments in the Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and medical degree from Cornell University. His Ph.D. in Biophysics was completed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is board certified […]
Patrick M Colletti, MD
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Patrick M Colletti MD FACNM FSNMMI is Professor of Radiology, Medicine, Biokinesiology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nuclear Medicine Program Director and Division Chief at the University of Southern California. He is board certified in radiology, nuclear radiology, and nuclear medicine. He has worked with MRI for 23 years since he became Chief of MRI at […]
Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, MD, PhD, MSPH
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Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, MD, PhD, MSPH, has joined the Keck School of Medicine as the inaugural Executive Director of the Joint USC/CHLA Cell Therapy Program. He began his post Jan. 4. Abou-el-Enein will also serve as Director of the new cGMP facility for cell and gene therapy that is under construction in the Norris Research Tower […]
Matthew Thomas Borzage, PhD
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Matthew Borzage, PhD, is a faculty researcher at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with an interest in neurodevelopment focused on the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and blood in the brain. He is Associate Professor of Research Pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine of USC where he completed his doctoral thesis in biomedical engineering, with a focus […]
Kwang Jin Kim, PhD
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Kwang-Jin Kim, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine at the University of Southern California – Keck School of Medicine. He also has secondary appointments in the Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering at USC. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics Engineering from the Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, […]