PittPharmacy Scott Drab 2014 PPA Pharmacist of the Year

The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently presented Scott R. Drab, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM with the 2014 Pharmacist of the Year Award during PPA’s 2014 Annual Conference held on…

Jonas Salk Fellowship Recipient Chelsea Henderson: JHF Health Care Participant On September 22, 2014 the Jewish Health Care Foundation welcomed 42 multidisciplinary graduate students who will deploy systems thinking to tackle issues in

PittPharmacy Students Win ACCP Poster Competition

Update October 15, 2014: Our students won the best poster at ACCP! Class of 2015 students Nick Farina, Kevin Ordons, Rachel Filiaggi, Marissa Csovelak and Melissa Shook are finalists for their…

PittPharmacy Faculty Sean Xie Awarded NIH Grant Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, EMBA, PhD, was awarded a $5.4 million NIH center grant to establish a National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center of Excellence for Computational Chemogeno

PittPharmacy Alumna Lichvar ACCP Travel Awardee Alicia Lichvar, PharmD '13  was awarded the 2014 American College of Clinical Pharmacy GI/Liver/Nutrition PRN Travel Award.

APhA President Osterhaus Meets Students On September 19,2014 Matthew Osterhaus, President of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) visited PittPharmacy.

Kane-Gill ACCP Platform Presentation Finalist Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP  is a co-investigator on the study "The impact of a clinical pharmacist managed acid suppression program on inappropriate therapy in general ward patients…

Wen Xie Invited Speaker Tamburro Liver Symposium Wen Xie, MD, PhD was an invited speaker at the Tamburro Liver Symposium held in Louisville, Kentucky, September 11-12, 2014.

Statewide OD Prevention Website Launched

Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has received funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to develop an overdose…

Pringle Study: Community Pharmacist Intervention Boosts Drug Adherence, Reduces Health Costs

 According to a new study, “The Pennsylvania Project: Pharmacist Intervention Improved Medication Adherence And Reduced Health Care Costs” led by PittPharmacy faculty member Janice L. Pringle, PhD…

Alshogran Selected ASN Kidney STARS Program PittPharmacy PhD Candidate Osama Alshogran has been selected to participate in the STARS program at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) K

Donihi ACCP PRN Chair-Elect PittPharmacy faculty member Amy Donihi, PharmD, BCPS was elected chair-elect of the ACCP Endocrine & Metabolism Practice and Research Network for the 2014-2015 term.

Pater Elected AACP Special Interest Group Leader Karen Steinmetz Pater, PharmD, BCPS, CDE was recently elected as Chair Elect for the AACP Self-Care and Non-Prescription Medicines Special Interest Group.

Johnston Awarded NIH Grant to Investigate Melanoma Therapies

PittPharmacy faculty member Paul A. Johnston, PhD was awarded a grant funded by NIH under the UPCI's SPORE in Melanoma and Skin Cancer. The project title is Identifying Synergy between APE1 DNA…

Huryn Editor for ACS Publication PittPharmacy faculty member Donna Huryn, PhD was appointed Associated Editor for ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters publishes brief communications on exper