Faculty and Guest Lecturers

Lectures from leading healthcare industry executives offered across all program courses provide unique access to critical insights from experts in their respective fields.

John Stofko, MBA, MPH

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics

Daniel Tomaszewski, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics

Ken S. Wong, PharmD, MPH

Ken S. Wong, PharmD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics
Division Director

Adjunct Faculty & Guest Instructors

Cody Arbuckle, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chief Technology Officer, Anivive Lifesciences

Hormoz Moaven, PhD, MS
Adjunct Professor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Senior Principal, Deallus Consulting

John Park, PharmD, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

US Commercial Director, Biomarkers & Diagnostics Oncology, Amgen

Amit Patel, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Partner, Medical Marketing Economics

Jason Shafrin, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Senior Managing Director, Center for Health Economics & Policy, FTI Consulting

Brielan Smiechowski, MS
Guest Instructor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Managing Partner, BS Strategy

Sophie Snyder, PhD
Guest Instructor, Course Coordinator
USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Associate Director, Market Access Policy Strategy at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Guest Lecturers

Sabrina Aery
Executive Director, Value and Access Strategy, Innovation and Capabilities at Bristol Myers Squibb

John Applegate, MBA
Chief Financial Officer at Zehpyr AI

Micheline Awad
Director of Regulatory Affairs, Advertising and Promotions at Neurocrine

Meghna Chowdary, MBA
Senior Vice President, Commerical Strategy at ArriVent Biopharma

Gilles de Prevoisin
Senior Manager at Kite Pharma

Shetal Desai, PharmD
Director, University of Irvine

Joseph DiCesare
Senior Advisor, Genesis Research

Kelly DiTrapani
Vice President of Medical Affairs at Avidity Biosciences

Jose Manuel Garnica
Biopharmaceutical industry thought leader in Value & Access and Health Economics

Cindy Giambrone, PharmD
Director, Performance Improvement and ACO Pharmacy Risk, MemorialCare

Matthew Gitlin, PharmD
Managing Director, BluePath Solutions

Jason Gomberg, FSA
Principal & Consulting Actuary, Milliman

John Guarino, MS
President, Managing Partner, Peregrine Market Access

Andrew Hull, MBA
Head of Marketing, Ultraviolet Devices, Inc. (UVDI)

Sharon Kaur Jhawar, PharmD, MBA, BCGP
CVP & Chief Pharmacy Officer at SCAN Health Plan

Rich Kim
Director at Amgen

Ted Kossakowski
Founding Partner at Broth Agency

Kevin Leininger, MBA
Founder and President at r40ai

Michele Libonati, MS
Owner, GritBio Strategic Consulting

David Miller, PhD
CEO and Chair at Genesis Research Group

Tosh Nagate, DVM, PhD, MBA
Founder & President, e-Projection K.K.

Mark Noguchi
Advisor, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.

John O’Brien, PharmD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC)

Martin Peters, PhD
Director and General Manager at Amazon

Sean Robbins
Managing Partner, LatticePoint

Kathrin Schalper, PhD
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Epizyme

Benjamin Schatzman, PharmD
Principal, Global Pricing and Market Access, ICON plc

Shivu Sharma, MS
Head of Product & Portfolio Strategy, Instil Bio

Bob Shelley
Vice President, U.S. Health Systems at Kite Pharma

Mark Shinmoto, PharmD
Chief Pharmacy Officer, Ventegra

Siavoche Siassi, MBA, MPH
Vice President, Commercial Strategy and Portfolio Development at Altimmune, Inc.

Douglas Tischler
Founding Partner at Broth Agency

Cristie Upshaw Travis, MSHHA
Advisor, Memphis Business Group on Health

Amy Jia Wang, MPH
Head of Business Development at Vera Therapeutics

Michael Yee, PharmD
Senior National Account Director, Argenx

Elizabeth Yi, PhD
Founder Partner at Broth Agency