The USC School of Pharmacy will honor nine outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the pharmacy profession at the Annual Alumni Awards Gala on Sunday, May 7 at USC Town and Gown Ballroom. The honorees are:
Distinguished Alumni Award
Charles Leiter, PharmD, Vice President of Business Development, Leiter’s
Dean’s Medallion Award
Rita Shane, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mel Baron, PharmD, MPA, FACA, FCPHA, FAPhA, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, USC
Community Service Award
Roslyn Blake, PharmD, CEO, MB Ellison, Inc., COO, Bob Blake & Associates, Inc.
Innovation in Pharmacoeconomics Award
Yong Yuan, PhD, Director, Global Health, Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol Meyers Squibb Co.
Young Alumni Award
Danielle C. Colayco, PharmD, MS, President & CEO, Komoto Family Foundation
Research Achievement Award
Eric Q. Wu, PhD, Managing Principal Analysis Group
Innovation in Regulatory Science Award
Peter Lassoff, PharmD, Vice President and Head, Global Regulatory Affairs, Quintiles IMS
Awards will be presented at the Annual Alumni Awards Gala on Sunday, May 7 at USC Town and Gown Ballroom (665 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089), Sunday, May 7. To purchase tickets, visit usc.edu/esvp and use code: pharmacygala.