Joined August 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Rajan Vaidya on his new position at the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA)! bit.ly/2vXUzYS #kgialumni #kgi
Congrats to PharmD students Ali Hasan, Bianca Ogues, Dacloc Brandon Nguyen, Sona Patel, and Sandra Sanchez for receiving a $300 scholarship for professional development! Read more 📲 bit.ly/PharmD-Scholarship
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KGI has announced plans for a new medical school! The proposed KGI School of Medicine aims to meet the increasing demand for primary care physicians in Southern California. Read more: goo.gl/9fBHx7
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Did you hear? KGI is proud to announce the naming of its School of Applied Life Sciences as the Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, effective immediately! Full story 📲 bit.ly/2LS88PV
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Did you hear the news? KGI President Sheldon Schuster announced this week that KGI’s pharmacy school has been renamed the KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences! #keckgrad #pharmd #geneticcounseling #dataanalytics #dnagenetics
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Thank you to alum Kambiz Yazdi '16 for speaking to students at today's Industry Talk!
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Sarah Sine, MEng '18, will be speaking on Friday during a lunch seminar series at our Bioprocessing Summer Undergraduate Internship Training and Education Program. #alumni #kgialumni #keckgrad #bioprocessing #engineering
Kambiz Yazdi '16 is a Senior Associate at @Amgen and will be giving an Industry Talk at KGI next week. Come and hear the unique perspective of an alum working at one of the largest biotech companies in the industry!
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KGI Alumni, do you live in the Bay Area? We are 1️⃣ month away from our special Networker 🙋 on August 2 in San Mateo. RSVP today! bit.ly/2JF1yuY
For Harish Dharuri, MBS ‘02, his experience at KGI involved several firsts, including a visit to America; a graduating member of KGI’s inaugural class of 2002; and helping launch KGI’s first biotechnology company spin-off. ➡️Read more about Harish: bit.ly/2t4SObq
In the field of biotechnology consulting, women in leadership positions are somewhat of a rarity. Nida (Moosa) Khan, MBS ’06, is among these exalted few. 📲 Read the full story on Nida: bit.ly/2HZqgop
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KGI alumna Pratyusha G Roy has held several roles in marketing and product management in the biotechnology industry since graduating in 2012. Now, she's at leading genomics and biotechnology company @23andMe 📲 Read more: bit.ly/2JU7nVp
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Stephanie Sakamoto, MBS ’13, and Ashley Rhoades, MBS ’16, left KGI seeking careers in regulatory affairs. They’re off to a strong start after participating in a regulatory affairs rotational program at @GileadSciences! 📲 Read the full story: bit.ly/2t2mS7n
Bay Area alumni: mark your calendars for our special networker on August 2 at B Street & Vine Restaurant in San Mateo. Register today! 📲 bit.ly/2JF1yuY
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🎓 Tom Lester, MBS ’04, has been working since 2012 to change the grim outcome for children and their families affected by CLN2. 📲 View the full story of this BioMarin employee at bit.ly/2JyL9LH
Rebecca Schell ‘16 to students: “KGI prepares you well to know something about many aspects of the industry. The next step is your industry experience.”
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Save the date and join us in honor of Women's History Month with a special panel discussion on how to help women succeed in the STEM workplace! Boxed lunches will be served. #STEM #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay 📅 Thursday, March 22 at noon in KGI Founder's Room
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On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate all of the inspiring and extraordinary women of Keck Graduate Institute — past, present and future!
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KGI alum Andrew Wood, MBS ‘16, spoke about “FDA Advisory Committee Meetings: the Hail Mary of the pharmaceutical industry” at today’s Industry Talk #keckgrad #kgialumni #industrytalks #pharmaceutical #fda
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