Daniel J. Cobaugh is vice president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation. He received his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1987 and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University. Cobaugh completed an ASHP-accredited residency at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and a clinical toxicology fellowship at the Pittsburgh Poison Center. He served as coordinator of the UPMC Toxicology Treatment Program and as the director of the Finger Lakes Poison and Drug Information Center in Rochester, N.Y. He was an associate director at the American Association of Poison Control Centers, where he was responsible for implementation of the nationwide toll-free poison center number. He currently serves on the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Board of Visitors.
David P. Rotella earned a BS in pharmacy degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981 and a PhD degree in medicinal chemistry from The Ohio State University. After four years of teaching and research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Rotella spent the next 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, where he contributed to the discovery of several compounds that entered human trials. He is currently the Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Montclair State University and is continuing drug discovery research. Rotella serves the School of Pharmacy as a member of its Board of Visitors.