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Kirisci Serves as Editor in International Journal Levent Kirisci, PhD served as an editor for a special issue in the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine titled Introduction to Metrics in Person Centered Medicine Resea
Huryn Accepts Summer Fellowship in Italy Research Professor Donna Huryn, PhD has been awarded a senior visiting fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Alma Mater Studiorum
PittPharmacy's Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Project at Harbor Lights

PittPharmacy class of 2018 students, Dilafruz Khakimova and Brittany Lewis, conducted an interactive workshop related to opioid overdose prevention and naloxone at the Salvation Army Harbor Light…

Feturi Receives First Place in 2017 Best Poster Medical Device Category Firuz Gamal Feturi, BS was awarded first place for her poster presentation in the medical device catego
PittPharmacy's Coley PPA Editorial Chair Kim Coley, PharmD, FCCP, was appointed as Chair of the editorial board for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association's Pennsylvania Pharmacist publication.
PittPharmacy Graduate Students Receive Fellowships

Sheila Grab,BS, a PittPharmacy graduate student, received a TL-1 pre-doctoral fellowship award from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute of the University of Pittsburgh (CTSI).

Professor Venkataramanan Recognized as AAiPS Distinguished Scientist

Raman Venkataramanan, PhD received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS), at the annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, November…

Smithburger Accepts Role As Critical Care Medicine Liaison Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS has been appointed liaison between the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the National Quality Forum (NQF)
PittPharmacy Student Badzik Accepted to PQA Rotation Marissa Badzik (Class of 2018) was accepted to a highly competitive Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotation with Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) in Washington, DC.  She will be…
Skledar Appointed to Pharmacy Quality Alliance Panel

PittPharmacy Professor Susan Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) national Quality Measure Update Panel for 2017-18. As Co-Chair,…

Hernandez In Top 4 For Research Consideration

A research idea submitted by PittPharmacy's Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD was one in four selected among 200 submissions for a AHA/PCORI researcher and clinician challenge.

PittPharmacy's Empey Receives NIH Grants

Assistant Professor Philip Empey, PharmD, PhD is the co-investigator with primary investigator Steven Reis, MD for their research titled Precision Approach to HealthCare enrollment Site (PA CARES…

Thorpe Selected for RSAP Editorial Advisory Board

PittPharmacy Assistant Professor Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH has been selected to serve on the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP).

PittPharmacy Members Receive PPA Grants The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) has awarded grants to members of PittPharmacy for their research in various areas.
A SNP in Time This feature was originally published in PittPharmacy. A SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) here, a SNP there, and, pretty soon, you have the potential for personalizing medication use or “…