Wen Xie Invited Speaker at AAPS Meeting Faculty member Wen Xie, MD, PhD was an invited speaker at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) annual meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, on November 10-14, 2013.  Xie spoke…

Raman Venkataramanan Presents at NIH Conference School of Pharmacy faculty member Raman Venkataramanan presented at the 14th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies at the National Institutes of…

Pharmacy Career Round Table 2013 Connects Present with Future The School of Pharmacy P1 students (Class of 2017)  had the opportunity to listen, ask questions and learn about the different areas of pharmacy during the annual Career Roundtables held on October…

Lori Schmotzer Serves on SAC Transportation Committee School of Pharmacy staff member Lori Schmotzer has been elected as a member of the Health, Safety, Technology and Transportation Committee for the University of Pittsburgh, Staff Association Council…

Wen Xie Invited Member of Molecular Endocrinology Editorial Board Faculty member Wen Xie MD, PhD, has been invited to serve as a member of the editorial board for Molecular Endocrinology, a leading endocrine journal published by the Endocrine Society.  Xie’s term…

RxTravaganza 2013: A Night of Camaraderie and Celebration School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty, students and friends celebrated 135 years of success and friendship on October 26, 2013 at the Cathedral of Learning.  Honors were given to Zane Gates '90 and…

Melissa McGivney Selected Fellow of the American Pharmacist Association Associate Professor Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD '98, FCCP, will be recognized as a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) at their upcoming Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida in…

Poster Presentation at the 2013 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition Graduate student Omar Almazroo is the presenting author of  Longitudinal Changes in the Expression of Renal Transporters following Living and Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation. The poster is to…

Raman Venkataramanan Presents at ICMAOI Raman Venkataramanan, PhD has been invited to give a podium talk at the 14th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI), Lister Hill Center…

Homecoming 2013 a Successful Gathering for All Pitt Pharmacy alumni and friends celebrated Homecoming 2013 on September 27, 2013 at the William Pitt Union. Networking and camaraderie were evident througout the night. The evening ended with a…

Pharmacy Student Amanda Jaber Representative at 2014 NACDS RxIMPACT Day Amanda Jaber, (Class of 2015), has been selected as the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy representative to the 2014 National Association of Chain Drug Stores NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol…

Neal Benedict Publishes In American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Faculty member Neal Benedict, PharmD has recently published Promotion of Self-directed Learning Using Virtual Patient Cases in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education assessing the…

Alumnus Clyde Cressler Awarded Franchise of the Year Clyde Cressler BS '69, founder of Care Capital Management in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and his wife, Carol, were awarded the 2013 Franchisee of the Year by the Medicine Shoppe Organization.  This…

Wen Xie Speaks at International ISSX Meeting Director of the Center for Pharmacogenics Wen Xie, MD, PhD  was an invited speaker at the 10th International ISSX (International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics) meeting held in Toronto, Canada…

Pharmacy Graduate Students Awarded Jonas Salk Fellowship Graduate students Hari Kaluri, Kacey Anderson, and Tao Long were selected to participate in the Jonas Salk Fellowship for 2013-2014. The Jonas Salk Fellowship is a unique educational program that…