Pharmacy

Taheri, Reza, PharmD, MBA 
Dean, School of Pharmacy 
Executive Masters of Business Administration - University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Minnesota
B.A., Microbiology - University of Minnesota

d’Assalenaux, Richard, PharmD

Director of Assessment
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Southern California
B.S., Biological Sciences - University of California Irvine

Dykhne, Marina, PharmD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice   
Doctor of Pharmacy - Western University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy 
B.A., Chemistry - California State University Northridge

Farris, Fred, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences   
Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry - Purdue University 
B.S., Chemistry - Central State College

Giri, Namita, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences - University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri 
M.S., Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar (MP), India  
B.S., Pharmacy -  Shri G.S. Institute of Pharmacy, Indore (MP), India

Hass, Deborah, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice   
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Florida 
B.S., Pharmacy - University of Iowa

Hurley, Keri, PharmD, MPH 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - Touro University 
Master of Public Health - Touro University  
B.S., Cellular and Molecular Biology, Sonoma State University   

Islam, Mohammed, PhD, RPh 
Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University 
M.S., Pharmacy - University of Dhaka 
B.S., Pharmacy - University of Dhaka

Kassan, Adam, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Doctor of Philosophy, Cell Biology
 - University of Barcelona 
European Masters, Biomedicine - University of Barcelona 
B.S., Clinical Laboratory Science - Lebanese University 
B.A., English Literature - Lebanese University  

Lee, Su, PharmD, M.S., BCPS-AQID 
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Minnesota 
M.S., Pharmaceutics - Seoul National University 
B.S., Pharmacy - Seoul National University

Louie, Jessica, PharmD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Southern California  
B.S., Biological Sciences - University of Southern California

McBane, Sarah, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, FCCP, FCPhA 
Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  
B.S., Biology and Chemistry - Guilford College

Morataya, Glenn, PharmD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Doctor of Pharmacy - Touro College of Pharmacy, NY 
B.S., Chemistry- University of California, Irvine

Nohria, Rahul, PharmD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy  

Olotu, Busuyi, BPharm, MSPharm, PhD  
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Doctor of Philosophy - University of Texas, Austin 
M.S., Pharmacy - University of Texas, Austin 
B.S., Pharmacy - Obafemi Awolowo University

Oganesyan, Aida, PharmD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - Western University of Health Sciences 
B.S., Biology - University of California, Irvine

Pondrom, Michael, PharmD, BCCP 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist
Doctor of Pharmacy - 
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
B.S., Pharmacy - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Rosenberg, Ettie, PharmD, Esq.
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Southwestern University School of Law 
Juris Doctorate - Southwestern University School of Law
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Southern California

Sabnis, Gauri, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Doctor of Philosophy - University of Maryland, Baltimore 
B.S., Pharmacy - University of Pune, India

Sherman, Mark, PhD 
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedicinal Chemistry  - University of Southern California
B.A., Chemistry - Miami University
B.S., Botany - Miami University

Sousa, Kyle, PhD 
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Biochemistry - Karolinska Institute 
B.S., Microbiology - Pennsylvania State University

Sylvies, Rick, PharmD 
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Philosophy - University of Southern California

Thai, Diem, PharmD 
Assistant Dean, Experiential Education 
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of Maryland
B.S., Biology - University of Southern California

Van, Catherine, PharmD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - Western University of Health Sciences  
B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of California, Irvine

Verdell, Amber, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
University of Tennessee 
Doctor of Pharmacy  - University of Tennessee 
B.S., Science Minor in Mathematics - Middle Tennessee State University   

Vinluan, Celeste, PharmD, BCPS 
Director, Experiential Education

Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Doctor of Pharmacy - Virginia Commonwealth University  
B.S., General Biology - University of California, San Diego

Wisseh, Cheryl, PharmD 
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice 
Doctor of Pharmacy - University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy  
B.S., Biology - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Zaro, Jennica L,, PhD 
Assistant Dean of Assessment and Scholarship 
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- University of Southern California 
B.S., Chemistry - Stockton University, New Jersey