Los Angeles Times - USC School of Pharmacy

THE VANDERVEEN YEARS
2005
R. Pete Vanderveen becomes dean on September 1.
2006
Vanderveen merges four departments into two and reinstates
position of associate dean for research.
School is featured on cover of USA Today’s business section on
expanding role of the pharmacist and the impact on patient
outcomes and costs.
Vanderveen addresses hundreds of pharmacy educators from
Asia and Australia at fourth National Conference on Pharmacy
Education in Taiwan in June.
Vanderveen leads delegation to discuss pharmacy initiatives
on Capitol Hill.
2010
Op-ed penned by Vanderveen appears in The Wall
Street Journal.
USC’s SNPhA named chapter of year.
Vanderveen earns California Pharmacists Association’s Bowl
of Hygeia Award, while Mel Baron wins School’s second
Pinnacle Award.
Vanderveen, Michael Wincor, Steven Chen and Kathleen Hill
Besinque speak at International Pharmaceutical Federation
World Centennial Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences in Amsterdam.
2013
Vanderveen is named APhA’s Dean of the Year.
School establishes USC International Center for Regulatory
Science, led by Frances Richmond.
2008
School establishes nation’s first professional Doctorate in
Regulatory Science.
School launches a major Diversity Initiative led by Walter Cathey.
2007
School launches USC Medication Therapy and Safety Initiative.
School receives American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Best Practices Award for community service outreach.
Vanderveen receives National Association of Chain Drug Stores’
Great Communicator Award.
School climbs to No. 2 spot in National Institutes of Health (NIH)
funding for pharmacy schools.
School wins NCPA chapter of the year for fourth consecutive year.
APhA student chapter wins second consecutive chapter of the
year recognition.
Vanderveen is featured in cover story of Drug Topics.
Kathleen Johnson is named inaugural holder of William A. and
Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy, nation’s first
such chair.
Schaeffer Center’s inaugural conference attracts a who’s who of
health policy experts.
Jane and Gale Bensussen Research Floor is named.
School’s chapter of Student National Pharmaceutical Association
(SNPhA) gains official recognition from USC.
School hosts Health Resources and Services Administration
Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
regional meeting.
Roberta Diaz Brinton’s Alzheimer’s research is featured in The
New York Times Magazine and brings California first lady Maria
Shriver to the School, with coverage on Good Morning America
and ABC News.
USC Trustee establishes Daniel Tsai Fund for Translational
Research in Pharmacy.
School hosts medication safety conference with sponsors
including the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.
School co-sponsors national “Provider Status Conference,” with
APhA, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations and
California Pharmacists Association.
Vanderveen, pharmacists and alumni featured in a Kaiser
Health News report; story also covered in USA Today.
Vanderveen provides keynote address at American College of
Clinical Pharmacy conference in Vietnam.
Directed by Roberta Diaz Brinton, USC Science,
Technology and Research (STAR) Program for underrepresented students celebrates 25th anniversary.
School adds new managed care residency, bringing number of
residency programs offered to 11.
2009
Three USC students are awarded prestigious Schweitzer
fellowships.
Quintiles International Lecture Series holds inaugural conference in
Beijing in June.
USC student chapter earns APhA’s National Patient Care Award.
In 2012–13, students host 25 health fairs and screen
6,100+ community members.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation chooses USC
for one of 12 grants nationwide to expand community pharmacy
residency program.
Vanderveen authors influential opinion piece on Politico.
Enrique Cadenas named a Chevalier (Knight) of National
Order of Merit of France.
Roberta Diaz Brinton is named inaugural holder of R. Pete
Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development,
established by several Board of Councilors members and other
friends of the School.
2015
Rho Chi Society moves national headquarters to USC.
Vanderveen serves as 2015 Koch Lecturer at University of
Pittsburgh’s Alpha Omicron chapter of Rho Chi
in March.
School launches international travel health program with Good
Neighbor Pharmacy.
President Obama awards Roberta Diaz Brinton with Presidential
Citizens Medal.
Vanderveen named inaugural chair of Amgen’s Pharmacy
Deans Council.
USC Schaeffer Center hosts major health economics
conference, attracting more than 800 participants.
School launches Medication Therapy Management Call Center.
School of Pharmacy partners with USC Price School of Public
Policy to create Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy
& Economics.
Vanderveen presents at Dubai International Pharmaceuticals
and Technologies conference in March.
Steven Chen earns APhA Foundation Pinnacle Award, making USC
the only school to hold three Pinnacle Awards.
Allergan Chairman Emeritus and USC Life Trustee Gavin
Herbert and his wife, Ninetta, establish USC Margaret and
John Biles Leadership Center and USC John Biles Speaker
Series on Leadership.
School launches new PharmD/MS in
Global Medicine with Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Jason Doctor receives $11.4 million award from the NIH —
largest NIH grant in School’s history — to reduce unnecessary
antibiotic prescriptions.
School launches certificate programs in regulatory science.
2014
USC Schaeffer Center, under leadership of Dana Goldman,
garners $25 million in grants.
Vanderveen and Michael Wincor ink exchange agreements,
discuss challenges in pharmacy education, and present to faculty
and students across Taiwan in October.
External research support to Titus Family Department increases
by 136%.
School opens Transplant Pharmacy Service for transplant
patients following hospital discharge.
School opens a third pharmacy, near new USC Engemann Student
Health Center.
School ranks among top 10 pharmacy schools by U.S.
News & World Report, No. 1 private school.
Vanderveen launches series of fireside chats, giving students
chance to speak informally with leadership.
$100 million
School scores $12 million healthcare innovation grant from Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Leonard D. Schaeffer endows Schaeffer Center with
$25 million gift.
School is named chapter of the year by APhA Academy of Student
Pharmacists, Rho Chi and National Community Pharmacists
Association (NCPA).
School launches $100 million fundraising initiative.
2012
Cover story in Pharmacy Today highlights School’s work in
safety-net clinics.
School earns first of three Pinnacle Awards from American
Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation for safety-net work.
Vanderveen elected Distinguished Fellow of
National Academies of Practice.
School has six clinical trials underway.
School co-sponsors international nanomedicine symposium with
J. Andrew MacKay as co-chair.
California Senate Bill 493, giving pharmacists healthcare provider
status, is signed into law in October.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
presents USC with its inaugural award for Transformative
Community Service.
Los Angeles Times’ health section, working with the School,
features multiple stories on expanding roleof pharmacist.
School establishes new PhD in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics.
2011
Clinical research company Quintiles establishes Quintiles Chair in
Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation and the
Quintiles International Lecture Series.
Vanderveen oversees major restructuring of School’s
administration.
School hosts safety-net conference, attracting attendees from
some 30 peer institutions.
Los Angeles Times runs front-page story in April on
expanded role of pharmacist, featuring USC pharmacists.
Inaugural Widney Society event, honoring donors of $1 million or
more to USC, features 10 School of Pharmacy benefactors.
Between 2011 and 2012, School’s external funding grows
by 89%, with 108% increase in total federal awards.
Vanderveen steps down as dean on June 30 and into role
of senior adviser to USC Schaeffer Center.
School launches new Master of Science in Healthcare
Decision Analysis.