In celebration of KGI’s accomplishments during the 2022-2023 academic year, the Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the Postbaccalaureate Premedical and Postbaccalaureate Pre-PA certificate programs hosted award receptions and ceremonies this week to honor their students, faculty, staff, and preceptors.

Congratulations to the award winners!

HENRY E. RIGGS SCHOOL OF APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES

Student Awards

Highest Academic Performance Award

  • Masters of Business and Science: Esther Song
  • Masters of Science in Applied Life Sciences: Aishvaryaa Mohan
  • Masters of Science in Translational Medicine: Nan Jiang
  • Masters of Science in Medical Device Engineering: Syed Raza

Distinguished Service Award

  • Mary Bessell

Mission Award

  • Elizabeth Robinson

Exemplary Leadership Award

  • Nathan Danielson

Career Mentorship Award

  • Elena Nunez

Team-Based Awards

Business Plan Competition Awards

  • Synexofi: Sidhant Idgunji, Srinidhi Malavalli, Elizabeth Robinson, and Kevin Tucker

TMP Excellence in Collaboration Award

  • Kite Pharma: Liliia Bibikova, Sorinna Buo, Jennifer Joseph, Francesca Querol, and Rajdip Sen

Research Awards

MS – Technical/Lab Student Research Award

  • Mark Mora

MS – Clinical & Public Health Research Award

  • Akira Feliz

PhD Student Research Award

  • Mandar Makwana

Faculty Research Award

  • Dr. Barb Bailus

Faculty & Staff Awards 

Faculty Service Award

  • Dr. Joel West

Innovation In Teaching Award

  • Dr. Yun Liu

Excellence in Teaching Award

  • Dr. Saurav Datta
  • Dr. Angelika Niemz

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Pharmacy Student Awards 

Exceptional Student Pharmacist of the Year (P1-P3)

  • Kevin Doan, ’24
  • Adrienne Uhlyarik, ’25
  • Cindy Duong, ’26

Outstanding Leadership Award (P1-P3)

  • Adrian Alonzo, ’25

The Pharmacy Impact P4 Award

  • Jemal Hussein

Viatris P4 Award

  • Tina Doan

Recognition of PharmD Latin Honorees 

Magna Cum Laude

  • Ivy Hang
  • Catherine Ho
  • Nella Kassab
  • Jessie Lee
  • Razina Pathan

Summa Cum Laude

  • Tina Doan
  • Lisa Huang
  • Bahaar Shaw

Community Medicine Student Awards

Academic Excellence Award

  • Manni Golbarg
  • Claudia Citlali Maldonado

Impact Award

  • Jessica Abrolat
  • Raquel Mobley

Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling Student Awards

GCAT Award

  • Chloe Chatwin

Genetic Counseling Impact Award

  • Passant Shaker

MSGC Capstone Award

  • Mitra Emami
  • Katarzyna Jones 
  • Kyle Rosenthal

Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics Student Awards 

GCAT Award

  • Alisar Shanklin
  • Gelaney Cabico

Exceptional Genomic Data Analytics Student

  • Anna Capria

MSGDC Capstone Award

  • Alexandra Levy 

Faculty and Staff Awards 

Excellence in Teaching Awards

  • MSCM: Christopher Lopez
  • MSGC: Melissa Randall
  • MSGDA: Zachary Dodds
  • PharmD – P1: Dr. Jeany Jun
  • PharmD – P2: Yousef Lafi & Dr. Gregory Reardon
  • PharmD – P3: Dr. Quintin Broussard
  • PharmD – P4: Dr. Talia Puzantian

Teacher of the Year Award

  • Dr. Jeany Jun

Staff of the Year

  • Jennifer Markovski

Excellence in Research Award

  • Dr. John Krstenansky

Excellence in Professional Service Award

  • Dr. Jeniffer Hernandez

Pharmacy Student Scholarships 

CVS Foundation Award

  • Monica Minero

Walgreens Diversity and Inclusion Award 

  • Antonio Guevara
  • Catherine Ngo

Walgreens Multi-lingual Award 

  • Fadi Salib
  • Kaesorn Atthajaroon

Vietnamese Community Pharmacy Award 

  • Chloe Nguyen
  • Triny Thai

California Korean American Pharmacists Association Award

  • Brian Yun
  • Richard Chong

KGI will celebrate its class of 2023 on Saturday, May 14, 2023, at the 22nd Annual Commencement Ceremony. Stream graduation on KGI’s Facebook page at kgi.edu/facebook