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This Week@WesternU 
July 6-9, 2021
WesternU names Dr. Sylvia Manning as Interim President

The WesternU Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Sylvia Manning as the Interim President of the University. She has an extensive record of outstanding leadership in higher education, including serving as the University of Illinois at Chicago Chancellor.

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Dr. Sunil Prabhu named WesternU College of Pharmacy Dean

WesternU has named Sunil Prabhu, BPharm, PhD, FAACP, as the new dean of the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Prabhu joined the College of Pharmacy in 1996 in its inaugural year.

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From the College of Pharmacy:
Dr. Rachel Ryu has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, a journal focused on various aspects of metabolic syndrome including pathophysiology and treatment of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, stroke, fatty liver, cancer, and other related disorders.
WesternU Alumni Book Club
Q&A with Michele Harper, author of The Beauty in Breaking.
9 a.m. (PT) Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Hosted by: WesternU Alumni Association.
Welcome
Please welcome the following recent hires to WesternU:

COP: Ani Avoundjian, Post-Graduate Year 1 Pharmacy Resident
Dominique Zatarain, Post-Graduate Year 1 or 2 Pharmacy Resident
Christina Nguyen, Post-Graduate Year 1 Pharmacy Resident
Danielle LaFleur-Do, Post-Graduate Year 1 Pharmacy Resident
Eunhee Kim, Post-PharmD Fellow
Jungyeon Moon, Post-PharmD Fellow
CPM: Chandler Hubbard, Assistant Professor
IT: Diane Abeyta, Administrative Assistant III
Congratulations to the following dedicated employees for their milestone years of service here at Western University of Health Sciences:

25 years
Matthew Katz, Sponsored Programs and Contracts Management
Sunil Prabhu, COP

20 years
Mark Iannuzzo, COP
Alicia Prosser, Pumerantz Library
Wanda Kincade, Pumerantz Library

15 years
Ronald Terra, CVM
Gerald Thrush, COMP
Dawn Stone, CGN
John Kellogg, IT

10 years
Bradley Andresen, COP
James Borke, CDM
Grant Burdick, CDM
Hubert Chan, CDM
Pinakin Davey, CO and Research & Biotechnology
June Guerrero, Career and Professional Development
Simon Hong, CDM
Steven Lam, COMP
Kon Leung, CDM
Brian Loveless, COMP
Jerry Minsky, CDM
Trang Nguyen, CDM
Christal Pham, WesternU Health
David Sanchez, COP
Steven Sanders, CDM
Ruth Trudgeon, CGN
Dorcas Tsang, CO
Steven Yeung, COP

5 years
Bulmario Gonzalez, CDM
Hendrik Szurmant, COMP
Thierra Nalley, COMP
Jacquelyn Clark, COMP-Northwest
WesternU in the news

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