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PharmD candidate and intern pharmacist

Education

University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and University of California, San Diego

Highlights

  • PharmD student at the University of Southern California

  • Student member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Legislative & Regulatory Action Committee

  • Health services research intern at Cedars-Sinai

  • Value and access communications consultant at Xcenda

I think of our healthcare system as a kind of beautiful chaos. The more gaps and inefficiencies we uncover, the more room there is to help those who need it the most.

— Kristine Pisikian

Experience

Kristine Pisikian is a fourth year PharmD student at the University of Southern California (USC). She is passionate about working towards a more equitable healthcare system. In 2021, she completed a summer internship with Xcenda, where she later joined as a value and access communications consultant. In January 2021, she joined Cedars-Sinai as a clinical informatics and health services research intern. She has been a contributing writer for GoodRx since the beginning of 2020.

Throughout pharmacy school, Kristine has sat on the board for USC’s Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) student chapter as a first-year representative, director of managed care education, and director of professional projects. She has also served as the director of legislative affairs for USC's American Pharmacy Student Alliance. In the 2022-2023 year, she will be serving as a student liaison for AMCP National's Legislative & Regulatory Action Committee.

Education

Kristine graduated from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and cell biology. Currently, she is a fourth year PharmD graduate student at the USC School of Pharmacy.