Winning Legacy Continues at APhA-ASP Annual Meeting Šejla Jukic (Class of 2021) showed her patient counseling skills and placed as one of the top 10 finalists in National Patient Counseling Competition representing PittPharmacy at the APhA-ASP…

Coons Appointed to ACC Work Group PittPharmacy faculty member Jim Coons, PharmD, FCCP, BCCP was appointed to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Simulation Work Group. This committee enhances actionable knowledge by creating…

Horn Elected Vice-Chair ISHLT Pharmacy and Pharmacology Council Edward T. Horn, PharmD, BCCCP, was elected as Vice-Chair for the Pharmacy and Pharmacology Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

Johnson Receives Pharmacy Specialty Inaugural Appointment Heather J. Johnson, PharmD, BCPS has been designated to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Specialty Council Inaugural Appointment  

Inactive Ingredients - Not in This Case Sravan Kumar Patel, MS, PhD, a PittPharmacy Instructor of Pharmaceutical Science with the Lisa Rohan research group was recently interviewed by NBC news about inactive ingredients in medications…

PharmD Students Published in Infectious Disease Journal SSHP project leaders of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Professional Project, Mohamed Kashkoush (Class of 2021) Diana Mansour and Julia Heo (Class of 2020), were recently published to the online…

Novel Medicine Formulation Helps Injured Nerves Fire Again. Professor Raman Venkataramanan Graduate student Firuz Feturi Upper extremity nerve injuries are a common problem affecting more than 2% of trauma patients and l

PittPharmacy Students Awarded at Skills Competition PittPharmacy students Melanie Umbaugh and Jessica Mattox (Class of 2021) were awarded third place in the Kroger/Student National Pharmaceutical Association Clinical Skills Competition at the…

Huryn Leads Pharm Sci in Prestigious AAAS Donna M. Huryn, PhD was elected Chair-elect of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her term began February 2019.

Smithburger Receives ACCM Fellowship Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP, FCCM, was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 48th Annual Congress…

ASHP New Drug Update Competition Winners PittPharmacy students Julia Heo and Varsh Prakasam (Class of 2020) were recently awarded second place in the ASHP New Drug Update Competition held fall of 2018.

PPA Educational Foundation Elects New Board Member The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation recently elected Victoria Blake to a one year term as a student member of the Educational Foundation Board. The Foundation is a…

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Alum Chris Antypas Highlighted in Consumer Reports PittPharmacy Alum Chris Antypas ’09 was recently featured in the Consumer Reports article “Get More from Your Pharmacy” discussing value and personalized approach of independent pharmacy services.

Nolin Leading Medication Therapy Management in NIH Funded Study of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD (’99), PhD (’03), is collaborating with investigators from PittMed and Vanderbilt University on a 5-year NIH grant to evaluate the effectiveness of an electronic health…