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PittPharmacy Faculty and Student Awarded PPA Grant

Olufunmilola Abraham, BPharm, PhD and Rebecca Wytiaz, (Class of 2018), have been awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association for their project entitled “Children’s Perceptions…

Atkinson Liaison for Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society

Dylan Atkinson (Class of 2017)  has been named the Region 2 Regional Liaison for Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society.

PittPharmacy Student Nolt Selected National and International Organizations Representative

Valerie Nolt (Class of 2016) has been selected to serve as an international representative on the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation Development Fund Committee. The goal of…

Fancher Receives Prestigious and Competitive SLAS Award

PittPharmacy graduate student Ashley Fancher has received a Tony B. Academic Travel Award to attend the 2016 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)  conference in San Diego,…

Atkinson Selected NACDS Representative on Capitol Hill

Dylan Atkinson (Class of 2017) has been selected to represent the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy at the 2016 National Association of Chain Drug Stores' (

PittPharmacy Students Win PPA Government Relations Award

 The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently presented the University of Pittsburgh with the Government Relations Award during PPA’s Annual Conference held at the Holiday Inn…

PittPharmacy Students Win PPA Achieving Independence Award

The University of Pittsburgh won the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association’s 2015 Achieving Independence Competition during the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association's (PPA) Annual Conference held…

PittPharmacy Participates in Crucial Catch Day

Students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy participated in CRUCIAL CATCH DAY, a breast cancer awareness day, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Wadsworth Hall in the Oak Hill…

SNPhA Chapter Walks for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

PittPharmacy's SNPhA chapter participated in the JDRF One Walk For a World Without Type 1 Diabetes on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The walking team included pharmacy students,…

AMCP Gold Medal Winner Jennifer Baird

Jennifer Baird (Class of 2016)  was one of twenty-one individuals awarded a gold medal for her abstract submission to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus conference. Baird …

PittPharmacy Students Advance to ACCP Competition Finals

PittPharmacy's ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Team of Aaron Devanathan, Cameron Ninos and Neil Turco (Class of 2016 and Pharmacotherapy Scholars Program) have made it through the 4 online…

Pharmacy Student Sophia Yang Accepts JrCOSTEP Position

 Update: September 8, 2015 Sophia Yang has been selected as a Junior Commissioned Officer Student Training Program (JrCOSTEP) of the U.S. Public Health Service with the Indian Health Service…

Beta Kappa Chapter of Kappa Psi Outstanding Chapter of the Year

PittPharmacy's Beta Kappa Chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. was awarded Outstanding Chapter of the Year, the fraternity's highest accolade to collegiate chapters, at the…

Smithburger Awarded National LKS Award

Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS was awarded the 2015 Lambda Kappa Sigma Advisor Award during the 2015 National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.  The award is presented by LKS…

Life Science Leader of Tomorrow Graduate Student Venkata Krishnan

Pitt Pharmacy graduate student Harini Venkata Krishnan is one of four winners in the 2015 Global Academic Competition for Life Science Leaders of Tomorrow. This competition was held by…