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College of Pharmacy: Ray Symposium

About the Ray Symposium

Max RayThe Ray Symposium, an annual speaker series, honors Max D. Ray, MS, PharmD, Dean Emeritus of the 国产黑料U College of Pharmacy. As Professor and Dean from 1996-2006, he created a stimulating educational environment that fostered excellence and professionalism.

 

His professional career was divided almost equally into pharmacy practice, association management, and education. A major focus of his work throughout his career was seeking ways in which to improve the value of pharmacy to society.

 

Today, the Ray Symposium celebrates the multifaceted role that pharmacists play in improving the lives of patients and the health of their communities.

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2025 Ray Symposium Women In White Coats

The 19th Annual Ray Symposium – March 20, 2025, 12:00 -1:00 p.m. (virtual presentation)

Olivia Campbell is the New York Times bestselling author of Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine and Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History. She is also an editor at Dotdash Meredith and Everyday Health, a thesis advisor for Johns Hopkins University’s science writing program, and a regular contributor to National Geographic. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, History.com, The Guardian, Scientific American, Aeon, STAT News, Undark, and New York Magazine, among others.

鈥淲omen in White Coats鈥 tells the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, changing how women received health care. In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness. With gripping storytelling based on extensive research and access to archival documents, Women in White Coats tells the courageous history these three women made by becoming doctors, detailing the boundaries they broke of gender and science to reshape how we receive medical care today.
  • Ray Symposiums

    Rear Admiral (retired) Scott GibersonRear Admiral (retired) Scott Giberson

    CEO of AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (USA)
    鈥淏e Infectious. Navigating through an Era of Plagues, Politics, and Public Health鈥
    April 25, 2024聽 聽


    April 28, 2022聽 聽Photo of Daniel Kraft, MDDaniel Kraft, MD
    Physician-Scientist and Innovator
    鈥淐atalyzing the Future of Health and Medicine: What鈥檚 Next?鈥
    April 27, 2023


    Portrait of Asaf BittonAsaf Bitton, MD, MPH
    Executive Director of Ariadne Labs
    鈥淗ealth Systems Improvement – Scaling for the Globe鈥
    April 28, 2022聽 聽


    Aaron KesselheimAaron Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH
    Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
    鈥淒rug Regulations in the 21st Century- The FDA,聽 Policy, and Politics?鈥
    April 22, 2021聽 聽


    Katherine Eban
    Investigative Journalist
    鈥淭he Hidden World Behind America’s Low-Cost Drugs鈥
    April 30, 2020聽 聽


    Cato T. Laurencin, featured speakerCato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD
    University Professor, The University of Connecticut
    鈥淎ddressing the Future of Health in America: Diversity, Racism and Health Disparities鈥
    April 18, 2019


    Alan L. LeshnerAlan I. Leshner, PhD
    CEO-Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Former Executive Publisher, Science
    鈥淐ommunicating Science Effectively鈥
    April 19, 2018听听


     Dana Goldman, PhD

    Dana Goldman, PhD
    Professor,聽Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair and Director for the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
    鈥淩e-Thinking Value in an Era of Health Reform鈥
    April 20, 2017聽 聽


     Michael W. Kalichman, PhD

    Michael W. Kalichman, PhD
    Professor, Director of the UCSD Research Ethics Program
    鈥淪cience, Truth and the Public Trust鈥
    April 21, 2016聽 聽2016 Ray Symposium Presentation


     Ellen Peters, PhD

    Ellen Peters, PhD
    Professor of Psychology, Director of the Behavioral Decision Making Initiative, The Ohio State University
    鈥淣umeracy and Health: A Tyranny of Numbers鈥
    April 30, 2015聽 聽2015 Ray Symposium Presentation


    Eileen Crimmins, PhDEileen Crimmins, PhD
    AARP Chair in Gerontology, USC Davis School of Gerontology
    鈥淪horter Lives, Poorer Health鈥
    April 17, 2014


    Patricia B. Crawford, Dr. PH, RDPatricia B. Crawford, Dr. PH, RD
    Director, Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and Health Cooperative Extension Nutrition Specialist
    鈥淎ccelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention鈥
    April 18, 2013


    Joshua S. Benner, PharmD, ScDJoshua S. Benner, PharmD, ScD
    President and CEO, RxAnte, Inc. and Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institution
    鈥淩eforming Health Care: Policy, Politics, and Patient Care鈥
    April 12, 2012


    William E. Evans, PharmD William E. Evans, PharmD

    Director and CEO, St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital
    鈥淭he Promise of Genomics 鈥 What Lies Ahead?鈥
    April 21, 2011


    Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD

    Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD
    President of The Institute for Safe Medication Practices
    鈥淪afe Medication Practices 鈥 Preventing Errors鈥
    April 15, 2010


    David B. Reuben, MDDavid B. Reuben, MD
    Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology (MPGMG) and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at UCLA Center for Health Sciences鈥淩etooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce鈥
    April 9, 2009


    Brian Smedley, PhDBrian Smedley, PhD
    Research Director and Co-founder of the Opportunity Agenda
    鈥淓liminating Disparities鈥
    April 17, 2008


    Lyle BootmanionLyle Bootman
    Co-editor, 2006 National Institutes of Medicine Report
    鈥淧reventing Medication Errors鈥
    April 19, 2007


  • Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support.

    Individual Sponsors:

    Dr. Max R. Johnson

    Dr. Jonathan Chan

    Rebecca Cupp, RPh

    Dr. Lilia Xu