Talin Bchakjian
Talin Bchakjian has joined the USC Mann School as assistant professor of clinical pharmacy, with a joint appointment as clinical assistant professor of family medicine in the physician assistant program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Bchakjian received her PharmD degree in 2020, and completed her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies in ambulatory care […]
Maral Mousavi
Maral Mousavi is assistant professor of biomedical engineering and pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences. Mousavi joined the department of biomedical engineering at USC in 2019 as an assistant professor. She received her B.S. from Sharif University of Technology and completed her PhD studies at the University of Minnesota. Before joining USC, Maral was a postdoctoral fellow […]
Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPP
Dr. Stephanie Hsia is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Director of Experiential Assessment at USC Mann. As director of experiential assessment, Dr. Hsia works closely with USC Mann faculty, staff and students to design, enhance, implement and oversee experiential assessment strategies. Dr. Hsia also collaborates with external preceptors and partners to align experiential […]
Winter Roth, PharmD, BCPP
Winter Roth, PharmD, BCPP is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco and completed both her PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency and PGY1 Pharmacy Residency in Ambulatory Care (Psychiatry Track) at USC Mann. She maintains her […]
Syed Ahmed, PhD
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)
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
Boshen Jiao, PhD, MPH
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
Michael Walter 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, Dr. 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 […]
Vsevolod Katritch, PhD
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
