Success Stories

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.

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!