Three programs at the USC Mann School have been awarded a combined $86,600 in USC Good Neighbors grants for 2026-28. The awards will support community partnerships that introduce local high school students to pharmacy careers, deliver health and wellness programming to youth and families, and expand medication safety education and chronic disease screening in South Los Angeles.
- Southern California Outreach for Pharmacy Education (SCOPE) was awarded $34,000. Led by Melissa Durham, associate professor of clinical pharmacy, the program partners with Los Angeles Unified School District high schools to introduce students to pharmacy education and careers in the health professions.
- ClubCare, a health and wellness initiative of the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley in partnership with Future Hope Pharmacy in Boyle Heights, received $27,600. Students from the USC chapter of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) deliver health and wellness programming to youth and families. David Dadiomov, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy, serves as faculty advisor to the AAPP chapter.
- The USC Mann School’s South Los Angeles Community Wellness, Medication Safety, and Cardiometabolic Disease Detection and Management Program received $25,000. Led by Raffi Svadjian, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy and executive director of USC Pharmacies, the program will provide community services at the recently opened USC Pharmacy and Wellness Center.
Funded entirely by contributions from USC faculty and staff, the USC Good Neighbors Campaign has raised more than $31 million since its founding in the early 1990s, supporting more than 1,100 grants that strengthen the neighborhoods surrounding USC campuses.