Pharmacy Innovation Lab Story

The Pharmacy Innovation Lab (PIL.LAB) is a think tank solving pharmacy’s problems of tomorrow, today. We’re re-imagining pharmacy. Originally started as a course, “Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy” evolved from group discussions about current issues, problems, and solutions to a setting where practical application is used to address these topics in the “Pharmacy Innovation Lab” (PIL). Today, the PIL is an association of School of Pharmacy faculty/students, others University of Pittsburgh School students, retail chains, hospitals, long-term care pharmacies, and patients working together to identity problems and innovate solutions.

Mission:

Re-Imagine a better world through health fostered by an activated consumer and a connected provider.

Vision:

Create experiences that maintain and improve health through combining creativity and compassion in healthcare across all people involved with it.

Alumni:

Our Alumni Span a variety of fields and settings.

Elizabeth Garcia, PharmD

PharmD 2018
Deputy Director of HIV Clinical Technical Assistance at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Ukwen Akopji, PharmD

PharmD 2015
Co-Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
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Kyle McCormick, PharmD

PharmD 2014
Owner, Blueberry Pharmacy
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Lab Affiliates:

Advisors and more

Ameer Ali, PharmD – Co-Director Emeritus
Randy Smith, PhD – Lab Chief Positivity Officer, Senior Associate Dean, PittPharmacy

Associated Faculty

Sharon Connor, PharmD – University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Tim Huang, PhD – Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information
Dmitriy Babichenko, PhD – Clinical Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Computing and Information
Ahmad Tafti, PhD – Director, Pitt HexAI Lab, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Rishi Saripalle, PhD –Associate Professor, Illinois State University School Information Technology
Ardalan (Adri) Mirzaei – Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD – Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago