APSA

The American Pharmacy Student Alliance (APSA) is a professional student alliance between five independent professional organizations: APhA, ASHP, CPhA, CSHP, and IPSF. As the largest organization at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy, APSA offers a variety of benefits to its members, such as leadership opportunities, patient care projects, conference scholarships, professional/legislative involvements, etc. A gateway to local, state, and national organizations, APSA acts as liaison between USC Mann student pharmacists and the profession at large. If you are looking to advance yourself professionally and to move our profession forward, APSA will provide you the resources, network, and a team of dedicated board members to guide you every step of the way.

Vision statement: To develop student pharmacists into future leaders so that they will advocate, unite, and advance the profession of pharmacy

Mission statement: To provide opportunities and empower students to develop the person, the passion, and the profession

ABOUT OUR PARENT ORGANIZATIONS:

American Pharmacists Association (APhA)

APhA is the first and largest professional association of pharmacists in the United States. Within APhA, the USC Mann APhA-ASP (Academy of Student Pharmacists) chapter is under APSA. APhA-ASP’s mission is to be the collective voice of student pharmacists, to provide opportunities for professional growth, and to envision and actively promote the future of pharmacy. APhA at large is the voice of the profession. It is the only professional organization that has members in all fields of pharmacy practice, including pharmacists, technicians, and interns. APhA represents pharmacists from diverse fields including pharmacists working in hospitals, community, industry, academia, management, and pharmacists in various specialized fields.

For more information, visit http://www.pharmacist.com

California Pharmacists Association (CPhA)

CPhA is our state association, representing all pharmacists in California. CPhA, founded in 1869, is the largest state association representing pharmacists. CPhA represents pharmacy professionals from all practice settings. Their mission is to promote, expand and defend the profession of pharmacy and the role of pharmacists in California. Additionally, the goal of the organization is to be an unified pharmacy profession that is recognized as preeminent in patient care.

For more information, visit http://www.cpha.com 

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)

ASHP is a 30,000 member national professional association that represents pharmacist who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of health care systems. ASHP believes that the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medicines. Assisting pharmacists in fulfilling this mission is ASHP’s primary objective. The society has extensive publishing and educational programs designed to help members improve their professional practice.  ASHP is also the national accrediting organization for pharmacy residency programs.

At the USC Mann chapter, ASHP students enjoy discounts to attend the Midyear Clinical Meeting, the largest showcase of residency and fellowship programs in the country, information on residencies throughout the U.S. and opportunities to network with pharmacists across the country. Students who are interested in pursuing a residency or fellowship should definitely consider joining ASHP!

For more information, visit http://www.ashp.org

California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP)

CSHP is a professional society of pharmacists and associates who serve patients and the public by promoting wellness and best use of medications. The mission of CSHP is to serve as an organization through which the membership pursues its common professional goals, provide leadership for the profession, and support for its members; they also represent its members before private and public agencies and health care professional organizations.

At the USC Mann chapter, CSHP students enjoy the benefits of networking with health-system pharmacists, residency round-tables, leadership opportunities, and much more. If you are thinking about pursuing a career in hospital pharmacy, ambulatory care, long-term care, or other health system settings, joining CSHP is a must! Don’t miss out on career opportunities or residency opportunities… become a member of CSHP!

For more information, visit http://www.cshp.org 

International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF)

IPSF is an international federation for student pharmacists, affiliated with APhA-ASP.  By joining APhA-ASP, you become a member of IPSF. Some of the advantages of membership include: (1) Student Exchange Program: Ever wanted to study pharmacy abroad?  This summer program gives you the opportunity to see the profession from another nation’s perspective; (2) Smoking Cessation Project: Raise public awareness of the world’s leading preventable cause of death; (3) Book Appeal: Help underserved student pharmacists across the globe obtain much-needed textbooks

For more information, visit http://www.ipsf.org

Patient Care Projects
Operation Immunization, Operation Diabetes, Operation Heart, Healthy Living/Alternative Medicine, Smoking Cessation, Project Hypertension, Body Fat Analysis, Cholesterol Awareness, SHARE Program, OTC/Medication Safety, Poison Prevention/AWARE, Generation Rx, Asthma Awareness, Infectious Disease Awareness, Pain Management, Indian Pharmacist Association, Women’s Health, Pediatric Health

Email
[email protected]

Website
http://uscapsa.org/

Upcoming Events
http://uscapsa.org/mastercalendar/

Position	First Name	Last Name	USC Email	Officer Email
APhA/CPhA President	Harrison	Cheng	[email protected]	[email protected]
ASHP/CSHP President	Kristin	Wong	[email protected]	[email protected]
APhA/CPhA President Elect	William	Chung	[email protected]	[email protected]
ASHP/CSHP President Elect	Vivian	Lan	[email protected]	[email protected]
CPhA Board of Directors Representative	Madeline	Flores	[email protected]
Director of International Affairs	Simran	Doshi	[email protected]
Director of Financial Affairs	Kalvin	Duong	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Financial Affairs	Diana	Ly	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Membership	Cindy	Nguyen	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Professional Affairs	John Raphael	Yumul	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Public Relations	Caitlyn	Alforque	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Legislative Affairs	Mark	Hanin	[email protected]
Director of Local Associations – CPhA	James	Yee	[email protected]
Director of Local Associations – CSHP	Samantha	Lu	[email protected]
Director of Patient Care Projects	Vivian	Vu	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Operation Immunization	Lucy	Minasian	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Operation Immunization	Benlian	Gasia	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Operation Diabetes	Erik	Temourian	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Operation Diabetes	Nattali	Kazma	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Operation Heart	Melanie	Ngo	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Healthy Living/Alternative Medicine	Carolina	Wadwa	[email protected]
Directors of Smoking Cessation	Paulina	Bagdasarian	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Smoking Cessation	Claudia	Derzakaeyan	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Project Hypertension	Grace	Yao	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Project Hypertension	Danielle	Vigilante	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Body Fat Analysis Project	Sona	Bagheri	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Body Fat Analysis Project	Ryan	Cho	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Cholesterol Awareness	Yang (Paris)	Sun	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Cholesterol Awareness	Jenny Thuy	Vo	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of SHARE Program	Lukas	Prelooker	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of OTC/Medication Safety	Elizabeth	Briggs	[email protected]
Directors of Poison Prevention/FUENTE	Junyi	Deng	[email protected]	[email protected]
Directors of Poison Prevention/FUENTE	Bryan	Nguyen	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Generation Rx	Ruth	Ho	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Asthma Awareness	Kavan	Chau	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Infectious Disease Awareness	Chudi	Okafor	[email protected]
Indian Pharmacist Association (IPA) Representative	Veer	Patel	[email protected]
Director of Women’s Health Initiative	Charlene	Collado	[email protected]	[email protected]
Director of Pediatric Health Initiative	Patricia	Villaviza	[email protected]
Director of Pain Management	Shayla	Do	[email protected]	[email protected]
Faculty Advisor	Dr. Richard	Dang	[email protected]
Faculty Advisor	Dr. William	Gong	[email protected]

FIRST-YEAR REPRESENTATIVES

Position	First Name	Last Name	USC Email	Officer Email
First-year Representative	Kayla	Klussman	[email protected]	[email protected]
First-year Representative	Gelaine	Esperacion	[email protected]	[email protected]