Karen Steinmetz Pater Elected President-Elect of Allegheny County Pharmacist Association Karen Steinmetz Pater, PharmD was elected as President-Elect of Allegheny County Pharmacist Association (ACPA) in the spring of 2013. Pater will serve as president-elect for one year, and take office…

Karen Steinmetz Pater Appointed to Nonprescription Medicine Academy Steering Committee Karen Steinmetz Pater, PharmD, BCPS, CDE  has been appointed to the Nonprescription Medicines Academy (NMA) Steering Committee for a 3 year term (2013-2016).

Joshua Thorpe Receives VA R01 to Investigate Unsafe Prescribing in Veterans with Alzheimer's disease Pitt Pharmacy Associate Professor Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH, has received a $900,000 VA R01 equivalent award from the Department of Veterans Affairs for his project entitled, Dual Use of VA-Medicare…

LKS Wins National Awards Pitt Pharmacy's Lambda Kappa Sigma celebrated its 100th anniversary along with chapters from around the country and Canada at the international organization's annual convention held this…

Pharmacy Career Expo 2013 a Success The annual School of Pharmacy Career Expo was held on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at William Pitt Student Union. This event is an opportunity for pharmacy students to research and discuss their…

Heather Sakely Awarded ASHP 2013 New Investigator Research Grant Heather A. Sakely, PharmD, BCPS, has been named a 2013 recipient of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation’s New Investigator Research Grant.…

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…

Pitt Pharmacy Welcomes Class of 2017 The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy welcomes the Class of 2017 to the PharmD Program. The diverse class includes students ranging in age from 19 to 34, 18 institutions, and 12 states.…

Auction Bid for Pirate Game Benefits Grace Lamsam Pharmaceutical Care to the Underserved Program University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Phi Lambda Sigma Chapter had fun with faculty and their families at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on September 13, 2013.

Shilpa Sant Presents at Biomechanics Symposium Assistant Professor Shilpa Sant, PhD presented at the Fifth Annual Biomechanics Day Symposium at Carnegie Mellon University on September 16, 2013. Biomechanics Day is an annual symposium…

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…

School of Pharmacy Welcomes Current Graduate Students 2013 - 2014 The newest School of Pharmacy graduate students assemble for their annual group photo at the Peterson Center.

Sandra Kane-Gill to Speak at SCCM Congress Associate Professor Sandra Kane-Gill was invited to speak about strategies to manage alert overload from clinical decision support systems at the 43rd Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)…

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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…