Pharmacy Career Round Table 2013 Connects Present with Future The School of Pharmacy P1 students (Class of 2017)  had the opportunity to listen, ask questions and learn about the different areas of pharmacy during the annual Career Roundtables held on…

RxTravaganza 2013: A Night of Camaraderie and Celebration School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty, students and friends celebrated 135 years of success and friendship on October 26, 2013 at the Cathedral of Learning.  Honors were given to Zane Gates '90 and…

Melissa McGivney Selected Fellow of the American Pharmacist Association Associate Professor Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD '98, FCCP, will be recognized as a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) at their upcoming Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida in…

Homecoming 2013 a Successful Gathering for All Pitt Pharmacy alumni and friends celebrated Homecoming 2013 on September 27, 2013 at the William Pitt Union. Networking and camaraderie were evident througout the night. The evening ended with a…

Alumnus Clyde Cressler Awarded Franchise of the Year

Clyde Cressler BS '69, founder of Care Capital Management in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and his wife, Carol, were awarded the 2013 Franchisee of the Year by the Medicine Shoppe…

Alumnus Robert Maher Jr. Recipient NASPA Excellence in Innovation Award

The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently recognized Robert Maher Jr. BS '93, PharmD '97, CGP, as the winner of the NASPA Excellence in Innovation Award sponsored by Upsher-Smith…

Stephanie McGrath: Distinguished Young Pharmacist Awardee The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently presented faculty member Stephanie Harriman McGrath, PharmD '07, with the Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Companies Distinguished Young Pharmacist…

Dean Patricia Kroboth Recognized 2013 ACCP Award Winner School of Pharmacy Dean Patricia D. Kroboth was awarded the Bristol-Myers Squibb Mentorship in Clinical Pharmacology Award during the 2013 annual meeting of the American College of Clinical…

Beta Kappa is Chapter of the Year!

University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Kappa Psi chapter Beta Kappa was awarded Collegiate Chapter of the Year during the national meeting in St. Pete Beach, Florida this past summer. All…

PA State Representative Seth Grove Visits University of Pittsburgh State Representative Seth Grove (R-York) visited the University of Pittsburgh on August 28, 2013 to discuss his proposed House Bill 776, which would give pharmacists the green light to immunize…

Alumnus Michael Smith '11 Elected ACCP Secretary/Treasurer School of Pharmacy Alumnus Michael A.

Kim Coley Selected as PCORI Reviewer Professor Kim C. Coley, PharmD, FCCP has been selected to serve as a scientific reviewer for the August 2013 cycle of Addressing Disparities funding applications for the Patient-Centered…

2013 Outstanding Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Awardee: Brian A. Potoski Associate Professor Brian A. Potoski, PharmD '99, BCPS  was selected by the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) as recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Practice in…

Susan Skledar Recipient of 2013 ASHP Award Susan Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, associate professor, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, will be recognized at the 2013 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting as the…

Alumnus Stephen Rappaport Awarded ASHP Grant Stephen H. Rappaport, PharmD, has been awarded a 2012-2013 ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Resident Practice-Based Research Grant.  Rappaport is a PGY1 Pharmacy Resident at the University of…