{"id":23172,"date":"2025-02-12T17:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T01:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=23172"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:14:28","slug":"alumnus-philanthropy-pre-health-students-place-to-recharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/alumnus-philanthropy-pre-health-students-place-to-recharge\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus\u2019 philanthropy gives pre-health students a place to recharge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Three college students sit together sipping beverages and talking\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Pre-health students gather in the new Pre-Health Scholars Den, a resource offered through USC Dornsife\u2019s Pre-Health Advisement Office. (Photo: Molly Lancaster.) \n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=alumni\">Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Alumnus\u2019 philanthropy gives pre-health students a place to recharge<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  An endowed fund established by Wesley Mizutani \u201977 expands USC Dornsife\u2019s pre-health advisory resources for students aiming to become health professionals.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Taline Rumaya<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">February 12, 2025<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 1.058837 1.0874543 2.51831502 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who dream of becoming doctors, dentists or other health care professionals face unique challenges as they navigate academic requirements, clinical experiences and professional school applications. At the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Pre-Health Advisement Office has for decades offered these students critical support \u2014 and now it has a new resource to extend this help even further, fostering connection, wellness and success.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23173\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23173 size-1x1_320\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_instorya-320x320.jpg\" alt=\"Wesley Mizutani stands in front of a USC Trojan Football poster\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_instorya-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_instorya-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_instorya-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_instorya-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/mizutani_instorya.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wesley Mizutani established an endowed fund to support pre-health students. (Photo: Courtesy of Wesley Mizutani.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Pre-Health Scholars Den<\/strong> is the first initiative to come from the Wesley Tyra Mizutani Endowed Fund, established by USC Dornsife alumnus Wesley Mizutani to provide permanent support for wellness and mental health initiatives at the Pre-Health Advisement Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always wanted to create a student-centered space where they can find both support and connection, and I believe we\u2019ve achieved that,\u201d says Molly Lancaster, executive director of the Office of Pre-Health Advisement. The den is open daily for peer advising and drop-in wellness programs, offering a welcoming environment where students can study, share experiences and find encouragement from their peers.<\/p>\n<p>The space has already hosted a spring welcome-back gathering and wellness initiatives, with <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/pre-health\/events-2\/\">more activities planned throughout the semester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Comprehensive advising for pre-health students<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIn our office, pre-health is an umbrella term that encompasses several professions, including medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, physicians assistants, nursing, optometry, physical therapy, occupational therapy and veterinary medicine,\u201d says Ailene Huang, a pre-health staff advisor. \u201cWe really want to encourage students to explore and lean into their curiosities about what type of work feels fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USC Dornsife\u2019s pre-health advising program takes a holistic approach to preparing students for health care careers. From the moment students declare an interest in pre-health, dedicated advisors help them chart their academic and extracurricular paths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here not only to support students and provide the resources they need for their health professional paths, but also to help them cultivate skills that will help them grow as people, as students and as overall professionals,\u201d says Rebeca Diaz, a pre-health staff advisor.<\/p>\n<p>The office provides one-on-one advising, workshops on topics such as preparation for the Medical College Admission Test, medical school applications, and connections to research and clinical experiences. Advisors work closely with students to ensure they not only meet academic requirements but also build meaningful relationships and leadership skills essential for a career in health care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you have questions that don\u2019t need an entire 30-minute meeting, so it\u2019s really helpful to be able to walk in and get that question answered right away,\u201d says senior Brandon Do, a student worker in the pre-health advising office.<\/p>\n<p>The program also encourages students to gain hands-on experience through research, shadowing working professionals, and service-learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShadowing at Johns Hopkins Hospital has been an influential and eye-opening experience,\u201d says junior Ethan Fayne, a pre-health peer advisor majoring in biochemistry. \u201cI saw a lot of departments there and got a better sense of the niches of medicine I\u2019m interested in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fayne says he has also been able to find mentorship through shadowing. \u201cIt\u2019s been so helpful hearing from an acting physician about their process and their advice for not getting burnt out.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A prescription for student wellness<\/h2>\n<p>The medical field can be a breeding ground for mental health issues for professionals and students alike. The pandemic brought about struggles for both Mizutani, a rheumatologist with Optum, and his daughter, then in her first year of medical school.<\/p>\n<p>The experience inspired Mizutani, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree at USC Dornsife in 1977, to make a planned endowment gift of $100,000 to the USC Dornsife Pre-Health Advisement Office to help pre-health students navigate the demanding educational path toward high-pressure careers. He hopes that wellness programming will destigmatize the need for mental health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStruggling with mental health is seen as a big taboo because we think that we\u2019re not supposed to have that kind of weakness,\u201d he says. \u201cI wanted to support programs that make mental health care more accessible for students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mizutani says the interdisciplinary opportunities he received as a USC Dornsife undergraduate were instrumental in launching his career. \u201cAll the help I\u2019ve been able to provide to people through my profession would have never been possible without the foundation that was built for me through my experiences at USC,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as a professional mentor for pre-health students at USC Dornsife, Mizutani is paying it forward by guiding the next generation of physicians through challenges such as understanding the business of medicine, changing directions while on the pre-health path and working in the growing field of managed care.<\/p>\n<h2>Training well-rounded physicians for better patient care<\/h2>\n<p>At the heart of the pre-health advising program is the belief that strong health care professionals are not only academically prepared but also deeply compassionate and service-oriented. Advisors emphasize that developing empathy and a sense of community are just as crucial as excelling in coursework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we want strong academics, but we also want health professionals to be caring, compassionate and inquisitive,\u201d says Huang. \u201cWe want practitioners who are interested in learning about the histories and complexities of various populations and how best to serve them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students are encouraged to embrace this mindset early by engaging in volunteer work and developing a strong sense of community.<\/p>\n<p>For students like Fayne, finding a supportive peer network has been invaluable. \u201cI have a group of pre-health friends who all study together and work on applications together,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s very uplifting to have that environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in a health care profession, you\u2019re always helping people who are at a very crucial juncture in their life,\u201d Huang adds. \u201cThat service orientation is something we want to encourage students to start right now, not 10\u201315 years down the road. 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