KGI News and Stories

Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences

KGI Alumnus Jason Kerr Earns Award for Helping Pharmaceutical Companies Meet Quality and Safety Standards

May 19, 2022

MS Student Yuu Ohno Secures First-Authorship for a Publication Exploring Methodology for Investigating Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology

May 9, 2022

Beyond Representation: Dr. Yun Liu’s Publication Examines Inclusivity and Multiple Dimensions of Diversity Among Board Directors

May 2, 2022

School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

PharmD Students Win National Case Competition for the Second Time, Demonstrating Creative Problem-Solving and Self-Management Skills

May 10, 2022

MSGDA Student Laurel Anderson Works with City of Hope to Precisely Track Progress of Leukemia Patients Using Computational Biology

May 6, 2022

KGI’s Rho Chi Epsilon Upsilon Pharmacy Honor Society Inducts Third Cohort

May 4, 2022

Dr. David Lawrence Announces Retirement After Playing Pivotal Role in Developing KGI’s Community Medicine Program

March 10, 2022

Changing the Future of Healthcare Delivery: The Evolution of Community Medicine at KGI

February 24, 2022

Biotech Billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Invests in KGI’s Community Medicine Program

December 7, 2021

KGI Celebrates Class of 2022 During Commencement Ceremonies

May 14, 2022

KGI Celebrates 2021-2022 Accomplishments During Awards and Recognition Ceremonies

May 13, 2022

Three KGI Faculty Named to Claremont Faculty Leadership Program

April 27, 2022

KGI Alumnus Jason Kerr Earns Award for Helping Pharmaceutical Companies Meet Quality and Safety Standards

May 19, 2022

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) alumnus Jason Kerr, MBS ’16, recently earned the Outstanding Early Career Professional (ECP) Award from the nonprofit Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), the leading global provider of […]

A KGI PharmD Alum and Student Get Engaged in Paris, Bonding Through Their Mutual Support While Pursuing Careers in Pharmacy

February 14, 2022

Richard Abaniel and Carolyn Saba, an alum and fourth-year student in Keck Graduate Institute (KGI)’s Doctor of Pharmacy program, recently got engaged with a romantic Paris proposal before the Eiffel […]

Dr. Talia Puzantian’s Publication Evaluates Effectiveness of Films for Educating Pharmacy Students on Mental Illness and Developing Empathy for Patients

February 8, 2022

Dr. Talia Puzantian, professor of clinical sciences for Keck Graduate Institute (KGI)’s School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, in collaboration with KGI alumnus Venie Pham, PharmD ’21, and George Washington […]

KGI Professor and Alumnus Publish Findings on Promising New Machine Learning Tool for Detecting and Treating Atrial Fibrillation

November 29, 2021

An estimated 5.2 million Americans are living with atrial fibrillation (AF)—an irregular, often rapid heart rate that typically causes poor blood flow—and account for 4.6 million annual emergency department (ED) […]

Blog

4 Tips for Your CASPA Application

February 17, 2021

Written by Christy Eskes, DHSc, MPA, PA-C Director of Didactic Education, Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies Program Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Congratulations on your decision to apply to […]

What Can You Do with a Public Health Degree?

January 19, 2021

What Can You Do with a Public Health Degree? Public health is more extensive than its name might suggest. The global pandemic helped highlight the policy-setting aspect of the field, […]

What is Public Health?

January 19, 2021

What is Public Health? The tragedy of a global pandemic massively increased interest in public health. As indicated by Google Search Trends data, queries for “public health” spiked to the […]

How Much Do Pharmacy Techs Make?

January 8, 2021

The $1.3 trillion pharmaceutical industry is a leading economic driver in the U.S., with nearly 300,000 people employed in everything from research to distribution. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are an […]

Summer

Medical Device Engineering Student Mary Bessell Thrives in KGI’s Supportive Environment, Navigating Learning Challenges While Playing to Her Strengths

January 18, 2022

Mary Bessell, MSMDE ’23, is not a typical master’s student, as she has already earned a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s in Product Development Engineering from USC. However, […]

BSUITE Helps Gabriel Valdez Land a Full-Time Position in the Bioprocessing Industry

September 15, 2021

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI)’s Bioprocessing Summer Undergraduate Internship Training and Education (BSUITE) program provides students with valuable real-world experience in bioprocessing which can sometimes directly lead to industry positions. This […]

KGI Introduces Virtual Healthcare Speaker Series for Summer Students

June 22, 2021

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) will offer a virtual healthcare speaker series for all applicants to KGI’s summer programs or anyone simply interested in a healthcare career. The series starts on […]

Biotech Summer Program Graduates Prepare to Launch Industry Careers

May 26, 2021

As Keck Graduate Institute (KGI)’s latest Master of Business and Science (MBS) graduates prepare to launch careers in the biotech industry, many can directly trace their journeys to participation in […]

Research

Beyond Representation: Dr. Yun Liu’s Publication Examines Inclusivity and Multiple Dimensions of Diversity Among Board Directors

May 2, 2022

While diversity has gotten much attention in recent years, less emphasis is placed on inclusion. This issue is explored in Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Finance Professor Dr. Yun Liu‘s publication […]

NIH Diversity Grant Recipient Frankey Sanchez Continues to Challenge Herself and Surpass Her Expectations

March 18, 2022

Frankey Sanchez, a Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Research Assistant for Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Derick Han, recently received a Diversity Supplement Grant from the National Institute of Health […]

Dr. Talia Puzantian’s Publication Evaluates Effectiveness of Films for Educating Pharmacy Students on Mental Illness and Developing Empathy for Patients

February 8, 2022