Moreland Appointed to ACCP National Resident Advisory Committee. Lindsay M.

PittPharmacy Graduate Students Receive Grants   Katherine Eichinger, MS, PharmD (photo left) was recently selected to re

Shilpa Sant Receives Cancer Research Grant for Development of Biomimetic Tissue Engineered Technologies PittPharmacy faculty member Shilpa Sant, PhD has received an award from the National Cancer Institute, (NIH) entitled “Three-dimensional organoid models to study breast cancer progression.” This…

Pringle Awarded Grant for First Responder Program PittPharmacy Professor Janice L.

PharmD Student Casal Awarded STARS Grant Morgan Casal (Class of 2019) was awarded the Kidney STARS (Students and Residents) travel grant from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to attend ASN Kidney Week in San Diego, California,…

SNPhA/NPhA Recognizes PittPharmacy Chapter  Photo Above (L to R): Hager Mohamedein (Class of 2021), Olivia Fritz (Class of 2020), Louis Williams, PhD (PittPharmacy Alumnus), Martha Ndung’u (Class of 2019), Kathy Monangai (2020) PittPharmacy…

PittPharmacy Ndung’u Honored with Diversity Award SNPhA Chapter President, Martha Ndung’u (Class of 2019) was honored with the Walgreens Chapter President Diversity Award at the July Student National Pharmaceutical Association/National…

Hernandez Receives NIH Award for the Study of Anticoagulation Use in Atrial Fibrillation Assistant Professor Inmaculada Hernandez has received a career development award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The objective of this research project is to improve clinical…

ACCP Honors Pruskowski with 2018 New Clinical Practitioner Award Jennifer A. Pruskowski, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CPE  been selected as the recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2018 New Clinical Practitioner Award.

PittPharmacy Team Reports on Expanded Role of Pharmacy Technicians The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Community Leadership and Innovation in Practice (CLIP) Center partnered with NACDS to develop a report on the benefits of the expanded role of…

Poloyac and McDermott Receive NIH Grant for New Drug Discovery in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest         PittPharmacy faculty members Samuel M. Poloyac, PharmD, PhD and Lee A.

American Geriatrics Society Awards Niznik Twice PittPharmacy graduate student Joshua Niznik, PharmD  was recently awarded two major awards at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Niznik was recipient of the…

Potoski and Falcione Members of Center of Excellence for Antimicrobial Stewardship. Faculty members Brian Potoski, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Director of the UPMC Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, and Associate Professor Bonnie Falcione, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID) received accolades

Beumer Publishes First of White Paper Series on Oncology Drug Monitoring A Therapeutic Drug Monitoring standard completed by Jan H. Beumer, PharmD, PhD, DABT and endorsed by the International Association for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring has recently been published in…

Ayers Presents at American Geriatrics Society 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Gina Ayers, PharmD, a current  PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Resident at UPMC St. Margaret, presented her poster "Outpatient Medication Burden of Patients Prior to Hospital Death" during the Presidential…