ASHP Student Leadership Award Recognizes Anna Bondar Anna Bondar, Class of 2015, is one of twelve 2013 American Society of Hospital System Pharmacists Student Leadership Award recipients nationally. The ASHP Student Leadership Award Program…

Kyle McCormick, Class of 2014, Appointed One of Six New PPA Board Directors The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association has appointed Kyle McCormick (2014) as the Academy of Student Pharmacists Director for a two year term. The newly appointed Directors will work with…

Philip Empey Awarded Grant For Traumatic Brain Injury Research Assistant Professor Philip E. Empey, PharmD, PhD, BCPS was awarded a Central Research Development Fund (CRDF) grant from the University of Pittsburgh to support his project, Evaluating the role of…

Pharmacy Students Awarded Jewish Healthcare Foundation Fellowships Five School of Pharmacy students, class of 2015, were selected as Fellows in the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's Patient Safety Fellowship.  Lauren Cirrincione, Cara Mazzarisi, Rachel Jansen,…

Graduate Student Research Retreat 2013 The School of Pharmacy annual graduate student research retreat was held on June 21, 2013 at the O'Hara Student Center. The working retreat provided the opportunity for graduate students to showcase…

First Pharmacy Exchange Students in China PharmD candidates Cathy Cao and Katie McGuire (class of 2015) share their unique experience in China. Follow our students as they journey to Shanghai, the first exchange in which the School of…

Joshua Thorpe Awarded VA Center Grant Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH, associate professor in Pharmacy & Therapeutics, was awarded a pilot grant from the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. The project, Developing a Typology…

Carolyn Thorpe Awarded VA Center Health Grant Faculty member and principle investigator Carolyn Thorpe has been awarded a pilot grant from the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and VISN 4 VA Healthcare Network, entitled,…

Susan Skledar Recipient of 2013 ASHP Award Susan Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, associate professor, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, will be recognized at the 2013 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting as the…

Associate Professor Scott Drab Media Consultant on Prescription Drugs Scott R.

Faculty Members Carolyn Thorpe and Joshua Thorpe Receive RUPHI Grant Assistant Professor Carolyn T.

Carolyn Thorpe Awarded Grant For Diabetes and Aging Project Assistant Professor Carolyn T.

Associate Dean for Education Susan M. Meyer Serves on Multiple National Committees Susan M. Meyer, PhD, served as the US Conference Co-Chair for Collaborating Across Borders IV and co-chaired the Executive Committee and the Program Planning Committee. Convened by the American…

Faculty Member Billy Day Appointed Editor-In-Chief Billy W. Day, PhD Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Molecular Pharmacology on June 18, 2013.

Pharmacy Students Begin Innovative Pharmacotherapy Scholars Program The pioneering cohort of University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy P4 students, Rachel Byerly, Pam Lyons, Lukas Martin and Evan Williams began the first day of the Pharmacotherapy Scholars Program…