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PittPharmacy's Achieving Independence Team Wins Again PittPharmacy won the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association’s 2016 Achieving Independence Competition during PPA’s Annual Conference held at the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia- King of Prussia on September…
Bress Appointed Diversity Committee Member Kathryn Bress (Class of 2018) was appointed as the graduate and professional student representative for the University of Pittsburgh's Year of Diversity Steering Co
2016 JHF Jonas Salk Fellowship Granted to Gray Matthew Gray (Class of 2018) was recently selected as a Fellow to participate in the 2016 JHF Jonas Salk Fellowship program.
Mandel Receives Education and Training Award PittPharmacy's Julie Mandel (Class of 2018) has received a travel award by the Education & Training Practice & Research Network of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (ACCP) to…
Casal Appointed ACCP Committee Member PittPharmacy's Morgan Casal (Class of 2019)  has accepted an appointment to serve on the national American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Practice Affair Committee for 2017. …
PittPharmacy Awarded Cancer Institute Grant   
Watterson Presents at 17th Midwest Social and Administrative Pharmacy Conference PittPharmacy's Taylor Watterson, (Class of 2017), presented her research “Implementing Medication Synchronization in a Chain Pharmacy: Can Pharmacy Interns Play a Role?” as a podium presentation on…
Li Wins Top Overall Safar Symposium Poster Award PittPharmacy graduate student Lingjue Li was awarded the Top Overall Poster at the 14th Annual Safar Symposium, held at the University Club on May 16-17, 2016.
Saver Selected Pharmacy Quality Alliance-CVS Health Foundation Scholar PittPharmacy student, Justin Saver (Class of 2018), has been selected as a 2016-17 Pharmacy Quality Alliance-CVS Health Foundation Scholar. This scholarship program, in its inaugural year,…
PittPharmacy Wins Script Your Future Again! PittPharmacy Class of 2018 won a national award in the annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Competition for the second year in a row.  The award was presented at the 2016
Hesselbein Global Academy Accepts PittPharmacy Student Huang Linda Huang (class of 2018) has been accepted as a member to the University of Pittsburgh Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement.
PittPharmacy Graduate Student Hagos Presents at AAPS/ITC Workshop Fanuel Hagos presented at the at the 2016, Joint AAPS/ITC Workshop on Drug Transporters in ADME, held in Baltimore, Md. in April.
PharmD Student Presents Research on Opioid Misuse at National Meeting PittPharmacy student Justin Saver (class of 2018) recently presented at the annual Pharmacy Quality Alliance meeting at Arlington, Virginia in May 2016. Healthcare executives from health plans, PBMs…
Drug Take Back Day a Huge Success Due to PittPharmacy Students

150 individuals dropped off drugs to be properly disposed at the University Pharmacy on April 21, 2016.

237.5 lbs collected at this site

Totaling to 870 lbs from the last 3 events.…