NINTH IN THE NATION! We are proud to announce that Pitt Pharmacy has risen four spots in the ranks of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Pharmacy Schools!

Edward T. Horn, PharmD, has been appointed as Associate Director of Cardiac Transplantation in the UPMC Advanced Heart Failure Program. Horn has served as a clinical pharmacist in cardiac transplant and mechanical circulatory support since 2018 and will continue to support the Artificial Heart Program. Horn is recognized as an expert…

Step Out to Stop Diabetes is the American Diabetes Association’s Premier Walk Nearly half of all American adults have diabetes or prediabetes. Over 37 million people in the US have diabetes. About 96 million American adults have prediabetes. Every year, 1.4 million Americans…

Pitt Pharmacy Awarded AMA Grant for Collaborative Work with Schools of Health Sciences The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, is one of five universities that will each receive a $…

Pitt Pharmacy Good as (Blue and) Gold in Student Award Season Pitt Pharmacy students have earned several prestigious academic and competitive awards during the Spring 2023 semester. Two third-year students received grants, and three third-year students were…

Pitt Pharmacy Dean Amy Seybert has been elected 2023 President of the ACPE Board of Directors. Pitt Pharmacy Dean Amy Seybert has been elected 2023 President of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Board of Directors. ACPE is the national agency for accreditation in pharmacy…

Two Pitt Pharmacy Alumnae Attain Fellowships Former University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy students have been recognized for a decade of exemplary work in their field. Dr. Desiree Kosmisky has been named a Fellow of the American College…

The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy was selected to become the next Certara Academic Center of Excellence The purpose of the Academic Centers for Excellence is to partner with premier academic institutions to educate the next generation of scientists and solve pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD)…

Pitt Pharmacy Team Receives Large PreMIP Grant to Advance Pharmacogenomics Implementation The project, entitled, “Implementing Risk-Based Preemptive Pharmacogenomic (PGx) Testing in Employee Health,” aims to generate real-world clinical utility data on the value of preemptive PGx panel…

Berenbrok Selected as Recipient of 2023 Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award Lucas Berenbrok, PharmD, MS, BCACP, TTS, was recently announced as the 2023 recipient of the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award. This national award recognizes an early-career pharmacist…

Connor Selected Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Social Justice Fellow

Johnson Receives Clinical Practice Award, Elected Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Pitt Pharmacy faculty member Heather Johnson, PharmD, BCPS, was recognized by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) earlier this fall when she was awarded with a Clinical Practice Award (…

McGraw Receives National Award at Kappa Psi Mountain East Province Assembly Katie McGraw (Class of 2024) received a national award at the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity Inc. Mountain East Province Assembly.

Students Shine Bright at APhA-ASP Midyear Meeting From (L to R): Yousuf, Stephanie, Mandy, Samantha, and Hailey Five PharmD students attended the American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Midyear Regional…

Carroll Receives Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award from PPA Joni Carroll, PharmD ('15), BCACP, TTS received the 2022 Pharmacist Mutual Insurance Company "Distinguished Young Pharmacist" Award at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association's (PPA) 2022 Annual…