Jaclyn Tripptree ’16Pharm.D. & Kyle Tripptree, PA-C ’17P
The desire to have successful careers in a healing profession led siblings Jaclyn Tripptree ’16Pharm.D. and Kyle Tripptree, PA-C ’17P to St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Chez Valenta ’11P
Before leaving New Zealand in 2004, Chez Valenta taped a map of the United States to her wall and threw a dart at it. “Wherever it hit,” she said, “was where I was going to go.” It landed in the middle of the Hudson River.
Mark Hanna
Even though Mark Hanna comes from a family of healthcare professionals, it was a unique set of circumstances at a job in high school that put him on a path toward a career in the pharmacy industry.
Jasjit Kaur Multani, M.P.H., M.L.S.(ASCP)CM, ’12P
Jasjit Kaur Multani, M.P.H., M.L.S.(ASCP)CM, ’12P prefers to learn by doing. As a result, when she was reviewing potential college programs, the practical aspects of the Bachelor of Science degree program in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS) in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences attracted her attention.
Vikas V. Dukhande, Ph.D.
In his quest to study the connection between diabetes and a rare form of epilepsy known as Lafora disease (LD), an assistant professor at St. John’s University has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research that may lead to more effective treatments for millions of diabetes sufferers.
For the Pirachas, Pharmacy Is a Family Affair
What is better than having one member of the Piracha family among College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences alumni? Having four family members, of course!
Alando Hall ‘08P
For Alando Hall, the Vincentian mission of St. John’s University sparked a strong desire to help others.
Allison Raich Potar ‘07Pharm.D.
"I'm the team's drug expert for patients and their families. I love my role because I really get to know them."
Success Grows with "World-Class" Education, says St. John's Alumna
While working full-time in the forensic biology lab at New York City’s office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Shernae Scott ’16G commuted to St. John’s Queens campus to earn her M.S. in Biological and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in only three years.
Zachary Reale '18Pharm.D.
How did you first become involved with service at St. John’s? After I was accepted to the Catholic Scholars Program at St. John’s, it was my hope that the values and focus on service would help me...
Andriy Vintonyak ’12P
For Andriy Vintonyak ’12P, caring for others has been the hallmark of his education as well as his career.