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Pivoting with Purpose: Meet Amanda Lamer-Rosen, PharmD ’06

March 4, 2026

After 17 years as a critical care pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, including 2.5 years on the front lines of a COVID intensive care unit, Amanda Lamer-Rosen, PharmD ’06, made a pivotal career shift to Pfizer Vaccines, where she now serves as a field medical director.

Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease Within a Decade?

March 4, 2026

USC researchers are on the cusp of a revolution in Alzheimer’s prevention. In the near future, their discoveries promise to make the devastating disease a thing of the past.

Community Health Worker Certificate Program Offered at APhA Annual Meeting

March 2, 2026

The USC Mann program prepares pharmacies to expand community health worker services under updated Medi-Cal policy.

USC Research Helps Reshape Federal Oversight of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

February 13, 2026

Major federal actions over the past week marked a policy turning point for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), one that closely aligns with the evidence-based research led by USC researchers.

Beong-Soo Kim Named 13th President of USC

February 4, 2026

A visionary leader, Kim will advance the university’s national and global excellence. He has led USC as interim president since July.

PBM Profits Obscured by Mergers and Accounting Practices, USC Schaeffer White Paper Shows

January 22, 2026

Requiring more financial transparency from PBMs would help policymakers understand how money flows through the large healthcare companies that now own them

USC Scientists Identify Promising New Target for Alzheimer’s-Linked Brain Inflammation

January 20, 2026

A multidisciplinary team has developed a selective compound that inhibits an enzyme tied to inflammation in people at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s — while preserving normal brain function and crossing the blood-brain barrier.

Dopheide Honored with 2026 Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Weaver/Penna Award

January 15, 2026

Julie Ann Dopheide has been named the recipient of the 2026 Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Warren E. Weaver/Richard P. Penna Award.

USC Mann Announces New PGY-1 Geriatrics Pharmacy Residency for 2026-27

January 13, 2026

Set to begin in the 2026-27 academic year, the new residency program is designed to prepare pharmacists for the unique challenges of serving the aging population across a variety of healthcare settings.

Lakdawalla Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Accelerating Medical Breakthroughs for American Patients and Their Families

December 12, 2025

Darius Lakdawalla, professor of pharmaceutical economics and public policy, testified on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Pivoting with Purpose: Meet Amanda Lamer-Rosen, PharmD ’06

Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease Within a Decade?

Community Health Worker Certificate Program Offered at APhA Annual Meeting

USC Research Helps Reshape Federal Oversight of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Beong-Soo Kim Named 13th President of USC

PBM Profits Obscured by Mergers and Accounting Practices, USC Schaeffer White Paper Shows

USC Scientists Identify Promising New Target for Alzheimer’s-Linked Brain Inflammation

Dopheide Honored with 2026 Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Weaver/Penna Award

USC Mann Announces New PGY-1 Geriatrics Pharmacy Residency for 2026-27

Lakdawalla Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Accelerating Medical Breakthroughs for American Patients and Their Families