Courtney Tse
Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Pharmacy major Courtney Tse typically spent about four hours commuting between her home in Brooklyn, NY, and the Queens, NY, campus of St. John’s University. Upon...
Santo Costa ’68P, ’71L
Santo Costa ’68P, ’71L is a man who has discovered the transformative power of the written word. For more than 40 years, he held various senior executive positions in the pharmaceutical industry, and...
Jennifer Fiebert ’09Pharm.D., née Greco, and Lee D. Fiebert ’09Pharm.D.
When Jennifer Fiebert ’09Pharm.D., née Greco, and Lee D. Fiebert ’09Pharm.D. entered St. John’s Doctor of Pharmacy program as first-year students, they knew they would acquire the skills needed for...
Diana Esposito ’18P
A physician assistant in orthopedic surgery, Diana Esposito ’18P never imagined she would be on the front lines of a worldwide pandemic.
Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH
Vibhuti Arya, Pharm.D., MPH, Associate Clinical Professor at St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was recently appointed to assume the helm of worldwide efforts by the...
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!