All three WesternU medical programs - the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, COMP-Northwest, and the College of Podiatric Medicine - had 100% residency placement for the Class of 2025. CPM has had 100% residency placement for 12 consecutive years. All three programs joined medical students across the country in celebrating Match Day on March 21, 2025. | | WesternU COMP celebrates 100% residency placement for the Class of 2025 | |
WesternU COMP has 100% residency placement for the graduating Class of 2025.
COMP held its Match Day celebration at Doubletree by Hilton in Ontario, California on March 21, 2025. Class of 2025 students and their family and friends gathered together as they joined medical students across the country in opening the envelopes containing their match information. The moment was punctuated by shouts of surprise and joy, and plenty of hugs.
Read the full story and view the photo gallery: WesternU COMP celebrates 100% residency placement for the Class of 2025 | WesternU News
Read more about COMP-Northwest's Match Day here, which was featured in last week's newsletter.
| | WesternU College of Podiatric Medicine celebrates 12th consecutive year of 100% placement rate | |
Match Day is a personal journey of dedication, determination, discipline and effort. For the graduating podiatric medical students in Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM), the journey now has a destination.
The CPM Class of 2025 celebrated Match Day on March 21, 2025 at the Mountain Meadows Golf Course in Pomona, California, surrounded by family, friends, faculty, and staff. The class extended a remarkable streak for CPM – the 12th consecutive year of achieving a 100% residency placement rate.
Read the full story and view the photo gallery: WesternU College of Podiatric Medicine celebrates 12th consecutive year of 100% placement rate | WesternU News
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WesternU College of Pharmacy’s Ray Symposium
illuminates the impact of pioneering women doctors
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Today, when a woman announces her intention to go into medicine, she is greeted with cheers and praise, congratulations and admiration. Back in the Victorian Era, however, the reaction was exactly the opposite.
The 19th annual Ray Symposium, organized by Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Pharmacy and held online March 20, 2025, featured New York Times bestselling author Olivia Campbell, who wrote Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine.
Her book focuses on three of the first women to earn medical degrees: Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman MD practicing in America; Elizabeth “Lizzie” Garrett Anderson, the first licensed woman physician practicing in England; and Sophia Jex-Blake, the first woman MD practicing in Scotland.
Read the full story: WesternU College of Pharmacy’s Ray Symposium illuminates the impact of pioneering women doctors | WesternU News
Watch the Ray Symposium (with WesternU SSO): https://mediaweb.westernu.edu/Mediasite/Play/7ed8ea4bd60c49579f0eaef433472c481d
| | California Pharmacists Association honors WesternU College of Pharmacy student and dean emeritus | | |
The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) will honor two members of the WesternU College of Pharmacy family with prestigious awards.
CPhA named fourth-year College of Pharmacy student Quyen Nguyen (left) as the 2025 Student Pharmacist of the Year and WesternU COP Dean and Professor Emeritus Daniel Robinson, PharmD, FASHP, (below) as the 2025 Pharmacist of the Year. They will receive their awards at the Western Pharmacy Exchange April 4-6, 2025 in San Diego, California.
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“The College of Pharmacy proudly celebrates two individuals who have received coveted awards from the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) for 2025,” said COP Dean Sunil Prabhu, BPharm, PhD. “First, Dean Emeritus Robinson receiving the ‘Pharmacist of the Year’ is a testament to his lifelong efforts to improve the role of the pharmacist in our state. Having previously received the CPhA Lifetime Achievement Award a few years ago, it goes to show that Dr. Robinson’s impact on our profession still continues to be strong.
“For Quyen to receive such an honor of being the ‘Student Pharmacist of the Year’ tells me that we are doing things right at this College,” Prabhu added. “She has made the College and our University extremely proud. As she graduates in May of this year, Quyen’s achievement will serve as an inspiration to future cohorts of our student pharmacists. It is indeed a great feather in her cap and the recognition by CPhA of her commitment to the profession of pharmacy and her selfless efforts to promote the profession is proof of that.”
Read the full story: California Pharmacists Association honors WesternU College of Pharmacy student and dean emeritus | WesternU News
| | WesternU College of Veterinary Medicine to welcome thousands of visitors to Open House April 5 | |
Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Veterinary Medicine will once again welcome thousands of visitors to its annual Open House on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The event, on the WesternU California campus at 309 E. Second St., Pomona, is set to run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature immersive experiences and educational opportunities for visitors of all ages.
Click to read the full story: WesternU College of Veterinary Medicine to welcome thousands of visitors to Open House April 5 | WesternU News
Click to visit the CVM Open House website and to register: Annual Open House | College of Veterinary Medicine
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MSPA Class of 2026 student Valerie Leung participated in a Team USA Selection Event, winning the gold medal for the adult women’s third-degree division.
Her win has qualified her to represent the United States at the Taekwondo World Championships in Barcelona, Spain this summer. Representing Team USA at the World Championship is a rare and prestigious opportunity that reflects her exceptional work ethic, discipline, and commitment.
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College of Health Sciences Associate Professor Angela Gutierrez, PhD, MPH, is co-lead, along with Dr. Courtney Thomas Tobin, of The Multimorbidity Outcomes, Solutions, and Interventions for African American Communities (M.O.S.A.I.C.) Initiative, a three-phase, community-engaged research collaborative in partnership with the South Central Prevention Coalition (SCPC) and other local organizations to advance health equity by addressing multimorbidity in Black communities.
This initiative brings together community members and advocates, clinicians, policymakers, and researchers in Southern California to:
- Understand and address multimorbidity patterns across the lifespan.
- Translate findings by blending arts-based approaches and technology to create compelling health communication materials and innovative tools like the MOSAIC Virtual Toolkit with our Risk and Resilience Calculator.
- Develop culturally relevant, reproducible methods for bridging the gap between research evidence and real-world impact in Black communities.
Click the image above to read more.
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Sébastien Fuchs, MD, PhD, from COMP’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, co-authored an editorial manuscript with 25 members of the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) from academic institutions nationwide.
The manuscript, published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine, underscores the critical role of vaccination in improving public health. Titled "The American Federation for Medical Research Maintains Commitment to Decades of Support of Vaccine and Vaccination Research to Improve Public Health," the editorial highlights the AFMR's 85-year legacy of advocating for biomedical research since its founding in 1940. This message serves as a call to continue supporting and advancing cutting-edge research in the United States. One of the AFMR’s missions is to “Educate the public and government leaders about medical research and the importance of its support.” (https://afmr.org).
The full manuscript can be accessed here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10815589251327504. (PMID 40022538)
Dr. Fuchs currently serves as the Chair of the Western Section of the American Federation for Medical Research.
| | Studio portraits, Tuesday, April 22 | | |
Public Affairs and Marketing is holding an open studio portrait day in Pomona:
9 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, April 22
Please sign up for a timeslot that works for your schedule if you would like a new studio portrait.
We will schedule additional portrait days for those who cannot come to the studio on this day.
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Please welcome the following recent hires to WesternU:
COP: Alexis Hernandez, Research Assistant
HR: Adriana Pa'alani, Assistant Manager of Benefits
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