Melissa McGivney, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, was awarded a Chancellor's Special Distinguished Service Award as a part of the Pitt COVID-19 Medical Response Office and for leading the University's mass vaccination efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pitt CoVax Mass Vaccination efforts have engaged 1,771 volunteers University-wide while delivering over 30,000 COVID-19 doses through mass vaccination efforts at the Petersen Events Center, with community partners, and at the newly established Pitt CoVax Vaccination Center in partnership with University Pharmacy.
McGivney is Associate Dean for Community Partnerships, and Professor in the Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics at the School of Pharmacy.