Last Friday, our Recruitment and Outreach team, alongside Dr. Han, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, OTD faculty, Dr. Sanchez and Dr. Salama, proudly represented KGI at the 16th Annual Mt. Sac Health Professions Conference - Many Paths, One Purpose. Throughout the day, our team connected with a wide range of pre-health students, sharings insights into our programs and pathways.
We would like to personally thank Dr. Han, Dr. Salama, and Dr. Sanchez for their engaging presentations and for participating in the tabling session to connect directly with interested students. It was a successful event and we’re excited for the future students we met!
Your future as a Beaker Bee starts here 🐝
Grateful for an incredible evening hosting our PPA Educational Dinner in collaboration with Sanofi! 💚
We had the opportunity to learn about early intervention in Type 1 diabetes, including the role of teplizumab (Tzield) in pediatric patients. Thank you to our speakers, Dr. Tadeh Vartanian and Dr. Moinuddin Mokhashi, for leading this discussion.
For the 2025–2026 school year, PPA focused on reviving the SoCal Pediatric Pharmacy Group. One of our main goals has been to strengthen connections across the pediatric pharmacy community and create a space where pharmacists can collaborate and network.
This event brought together pediatric pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, KGI preceptors, clinical faculty, and students to build connections and foster meaningful conversations.
Thank you to our advisors, our dedicated executive board, and everyone who attended and made this evening a success! 🧸💊
Last week we hosted our Induction Ceremony to welcome our new members! 💚💛
Congratulations to our new initiates and executive board! We hope to continue to see everyone exemplify great leadership in pharmacy🥼
Big achievements for our Beaker Bees 🐝
Adriana Hamar '27 earned a nationally competitive conference registration grant from the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP). This award recognizes her strong application, personal statement, and faculty endorsement – highlighting her leadership and commitment to mental health and wellbeing.
Earlier this week, Adriana attended the AAPP Annual Meeting in Seattle, where she presented her accepted therapeutic case report abstract, “I Didn’t Know It Was Addictive: Severe Kratom and 7-Hydroxymitragynine Dependence in a Young Adult.”
“Presenting at the conference was an incredibly rewarding experience,” she shared. “I had the opportunity to connect with healthcare professionals and students, educate others on kratom and its potential risks, and received encouraging feedback on the importance of raising awareness. This experience reinforced the value of sharing knowledge within the healthcare community.”
We’re proud to see our students leading important conversations in healthcare 👏
Everyone’s career path is different, and that’s what makes the journey so meaningful. 💡
For Beaker Bee Shaherezada Ismatova '26, it began when she realized she wanted to impact thousands of patients at a time. It led her to discover pharmacy and KGI’s innovative approach to the field. Watch this episode of "Found My Why at KGI" to hear how Shaherezada explored the unique career pathways in pharmacy and how KGI is helping her achieve her goals.
Head over to the link in our bio to find all of our degrees and programs💥
KGI showed up for @ishp_cshp ’s Installation Banquet and Industry Night last week! What a wonderful event full of pharmacy, friends, and a casino royale theme!
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At KGI, our programs are designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and real-world experience needed to tackle the most pressing challenges facing society today.
Our PharmD Class of 2025 are exemplars of this — with 86% of the class passing the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) on the first try since their graduation last May, according to the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education's calendar year report.
We are proud of KGI PharmD graduates and can't wait to see how they change the biotech and healthcare industries. 🐝
Six third-year @KeckGrad students from KGI's SPHS—Syed Ahmed, Raymond Ching, Paulina Tran, Felicia Lee, Andrew Sparacino, and Andrea Roman—presented their research at the American Managed Care Pharmacy National Conference, which was held from March 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas. This is the highest number of KGI students ever to attend the conference and the first time that KGI students have given poster presentations—four in total, centered around Major Depressive Disorder and schizophrenia.
📲 Read more at kgi.edu/news.
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Thanks to Steven Doan, Marc Refuerzo, Rizza Anabelle De Luna, and the 16 additional @keckgrad student volunteers who helped make last month's San Gabriel Valley Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists banquet a success! 👏
KGI Professor Dr. Daniel Kudo was among the 100 attendees, including many pharmacy school deans from USC, Chapman, UCI, and Loma Linda. @KGIpharmD students worked hard to organize the event and get 16 pharmaceutical companies to sponsor the evening, a banquet to install the new executive board for pharmacists for the San Gabriel Valley Chapter.
Your new PharmD family is just a click away! Email [email protected] or visit cshp.org to find out how to get involved.
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Meet a member of the @KeckGrad Alumni Advisory Council! 👋
Carolyn Saba-Abaniel, PharmD '22, obtained her BS in Chemistry from Azusa Pacific University. Before pharmacy school, her work experience constituted chemistry, manufacturing, and control roles within the pharmaceutical industry, including quality assurance, quality control, and research and development. While at KGI, Saba-Abaniel concentrated on clinical and medical affairs. Saba-Abaniel is now completing her two-year post-doctoral Health Economics and Outcomes Research Fellowship with Jefferson College of Population Health/Teva Pharmaceuticals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while completing an MS in Applied Health Economics and Outcomes Research.
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Meet a member of the @KeckGrad Alumni Advisory Council!
Bijou Kim, PharmD '22, graduated from KGI with a concentration in Health Information Technology. At KGI, she served as one of the student liaisons for the Inland Empire Society of Health-System Pharmacists, which is one of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists affiliates.
Before completing the PharmD program, she received her training and credential in teaching from the University of California, Riverside, and holds a BA in Political Science. While utilizing her pharmacy and teaching expertise, she strives to build upon her experience, knowledge, and skills, personally and professionally. She enjoys reading, writing, and experimenting with new cooking recipes in her spare time.
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