PHARMACY - Key Persons


Abbey Swackhamer - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Abbey Tallman - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Abby Tarun - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Alberto De La Rosa

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Global Health Committee

Alexander Leidolf - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Alice Shao

Job Titles:
  • Fundraising Chair

Allison Chan - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Amarachi Kanu

Job Titles:
  • Historian

Amy Huang

Job Titles:
  • Historian
  • President - Elect

Andres Garcia - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Angelene Roberts - President

Job Titles:
  • Historian
  • President

Anthony Pattin

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Ashley Brigham

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Coach

Ashley Woodruff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
Ashley Woodruff, PharmD, was awarded the 2023 Adult Medicine Practice and Research Network Mentoring Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in recognition of her outstanding mentorship of our students and postgraduate trainees.

Ashutosh Patel

Job Titles:
  • Social Media and Marketing Committee Chair

Austin Grzechowiak - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Professional Development Committee Chair

Ben Colin

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Brandon Fajardo

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect
  • External Engagement Chair
  • Legislative Chair

Brent Boleslav - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Brian Tsuji

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee

Brianna Bialy

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Britney Yip

Job Titles:
  • Programming Coordinator

Bryan Flores - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

C. K. David Chu

C. K. David Chu, PhD, and his wife, Jane Chu, established the David Chu Lectureship at UB in 2011.

Calvin Meaney

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor
Calvin Meaney, PharmD, was named a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) for his teaching and research on the optimization of drug therapy through the application of quantitative clinical pharmacology. He was also named a 2023 Outstanding Reviewer for ACCP's Pharmacotherapy Journal for consistently providing high quality reviews.

Caroline Bosmajian - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Caroline Mak - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Event Coordinator
  • Treasurer

Charly Schmitz

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect

Chelsey Case - President

Job Titles:
  • Events Coordinator
  • President

Chris Daly

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Christine Stumm

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Director of Registrar and Enrollment Services
  • Interprofessional Education ( IPE )
  • Student Organizations

Christopher Louie

Job Titles:
  • Social Chair

Christopher Mayer

Job Titles:
  • Historian
  • Course Coordinator

Christopher Yau

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Membership VP

Clara Liparisa

Job Titles:
  • Professional Chair

Collin Clark

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor
  • Global Health
  • Translational Research

Corrina Quach

Job Titles:
  • Membership Coordinator
  • President - Elect
  • Secretary

Dan Van Oss - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Dean Pollack Welcome

It is an honor and a privilege to serve in my role as dean. I look forward to working with our faculty, staff, students, alumni, partners and friends to ensure our school remains a welcoming place, where both personal and professional development are nurtured, laying a strong foundation for future success.

Dennis Liu - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Derek Rossetti

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect
  • Professionalism VP

Dhaval Shah

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Dr. Youngjae You

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Director of Graduate Studies

Eddie Kuang

Job Titles:
  • Community Outreach Coordinator

Edward Bednarczyk

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Emily Diep - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Eric Raine

Job Titles:
  • Director of National Engagement

Erin Slazak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee

Fred Doloresco

Job Titles:
  • Dean 's Alumni Ambassador Mentor Program

Gerhard Levy

UB Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Pharmaceutical Sciences Gerhard Levy was a pioneer and leading contributor in the areas of pharmacokinetics and clinical pharmacokinetics.

Gina Prescott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Faculty Advisor
  • Health System Pharmacy Administration

Gurcharan Grewal - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Gustavo Gonzalez - President, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Treasurer

Hillery Downey

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect

Imran Muhammad

Job Titles:
  • International VP

Irene Reilly

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Jabra Altarazi - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

James Gallo

Job Titles:
  • Business Management

James O'Donnell

Job Titles:
  • Nuclear Science

Jane Chan

Job Titles:
  • Course Coordinator

Jasmine Yeoh - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Secretary

Jennifer Rosenberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Associate Dean for Student Success and Engagement
  • Experiential Education

Jessica Hockler

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Affairs Committee Chair

Joan Wang

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Vide President / Event Coordinator

Jonathan Navratil

Job Titles:
  • Lead Programmer Analyst

Julia Beutel

Job Titles:
  • Volunteer Chair

Kaitlyn Healy

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Kaity Healy - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Kalpesh Desai

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Karina Babina - VP

Job Titles:
  • Event Coordinator
  • President - Elect
  • Vice President

Katelyn Hilko

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Coordinator

Katherine Beikirch - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Kathleen Boje

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Faculty Advisor

Kaylee Atehortua

Job Titles:
  • Internal Engagement Chair

Kaylee Aterhoura

Job Titles:
  • Social Chair

Kevin Pham

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Kiera Chibuzor - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Secretary

Klaudi Lekaj

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect

Kristin Gniazdowski

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Resource Management

Kwok Hing (Clark) Chen

Job Titles:
  • Fundraising Chair

Kyle O'Grady

Job Titles:
  • Database Administrator

Laura M. Dawidowicz

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Advancement

Leigh T. Yates

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Advancement

Lexy Delanoy - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Liem Nguyen - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

LouLou Khoury - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Lynn M. Grigsby

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate

Madison Blesy

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Mansi Shah - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Marsha Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Continuing Education ( CE )

Mary Kruszynski

Job Titles:
  • Business and Operations Coordinator

Mary Riedy

Job Titles:
  • Advising Chair
  • Faculty Advisor

Maya Chilbert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee

Maya Holsen

Job Titles:
  • Community

Megan Callahan

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Michelle Grasso - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance

Michelle Whiteman

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Milagros Riquelme

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Milanovic, Harris

Job Titles:
  • Mis

Natalia KyriaKopoulos - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Nhan Nguyen - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Historian
  • Treasurer
  • Health Campaign Coordinator

Nicholas Fusco

Nicholas Fusco, PharmD, was inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice for his work in interprofessional collaboration, innovative teaching accomplishments and scholarship.

Nicholas Smith

Job Titles:
  • Internal Medicine

Nicole Albanese

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Assistant Dean for Student Success and Engagement
Nicole Albanese, PharmD, was appointed assistant dean for Student Success and Engagement and will provide leadership in the areas of recruiting and admissions, onboarding and academic advisement, registrar, career development and our new learning and engagement communities.

Nicole Castoro

Job Titles:
  • Course Coordinator

Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Nicole Kayrala

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect
  • Fundraising Chair
  • Policy VP

Nicole Pizzutelli

Job Titles:
  • Director for Student Success and Engagement

Nicole Siwarski - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Secretary

Nidhi Soman

Job Titles:
  • Director of Social Media and Marketing

Niki Pizzutelli

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Communications, Marketing, Social Media, Web Content
  • Faculty Advisor
  • Staff Advisor

Nusrat Samiya Mithila

Job Titles:
  • Fundraising Chair

Olivia Brasser

Job Titles:
  • Lead Content Chair

Parisa Halaji - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Patrick Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Event Coordinator

Priya Duraisamy - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Priya Karintholil - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Priyanka Jangied

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Rachel Poole

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Specialist

Rachel Romanowski - President, VP

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Policy Chair

Rebecca Brierley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Assistant Dean and Director, Communications and Alumni Relations

Rho Chi

Job Titles:
  • Consulting - Therapeutics Review
  • Consulting Session Information
Select Rho Chi Consulting Session as the reason for your appointment. Rho Chi Consultants: Rho Chi is a national pharmacy honor society that provides academic support. On the basis of their academic standing (top 20% of their class), students are invited to membership in their second year of study.

Ricky Zheng

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Robert Peterson - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Robert Straubinger

Job Titles:
  • Nephrology

Robert Wahler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Faculty Advisor

Salome Mawi

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Sam Lazarus - President

Job Titles:
  • Event Coordinator
  • President

Samantha Nebelecky

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Communications

Sara Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • Historian

Sara Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Member of the Global Health Committee
  • Director of Undergraduate Advisement and Recruitment

Sarah Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Community Engagement Committee Chair

Sarah Frontera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee

Scott Monte

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Sean Kawa - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Selvi Chhabra - President, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Treasurer

Shelby Chan - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Shirley Huang - President, VP

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Interprofessionalism VP

Sophia Osmond - President, VP

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Vice President

Stephanie Flint - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications
  • Secretary

Syrena Than

Job Titles:
  • Service Chair

Tahreem Kamal - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Director of Finances and Fundraising

Thomas Awad - VP

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Vice President

Thomas Steele

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Advisor

Tim Le

Job Titles:
  • President - Elect
  • External Secretary

Tyler Bingham

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment & Advisement Coordinator

Weihua Jiang - Treasurer, VP

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Vice President

William Jusko

William Jusko, PhD, was honored in a special issue edition of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences for his long-term contributions to the advancement of pharmaceutical sciences and his work in the evolution of PK-PD modeling.

William Prescott Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Global Health Committee

Yana Prokopechko - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Ying Xu

Job Titles:
  • Neurology

Zachary Larson

Job Titles:
  • Membership Committe Chair