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May 21, 2019
PittPharmacy Graduate Students Move Forward with Summer Internships
Several PittPharmacy graduate students will be spending their summer throughout the country and with various companies to expand their research skills.
May 14, 2019
AFPE Gateway to Research Awarded to Cinicola
Joshua Cinicola (Class of 2022) received an American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Gateway to Research Award. His proposal was titled "Development of an Extended Release Film…
May 8, 2019
Wytiaz Receives PPAG Young Investigator Award
Rebecca Wytiaz (left) receiving PPAG Award
PittPharmacy Alumna Rebecca Wytiaz '18 was recently awarded the Young Investigator Award by the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) at the PPAG…
May 1, 2019
Kane-Gill Member of KDIGO Steering Committee
Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP, participated in the steering committee, co-leading the breakout group on nephrotoxins, for the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)…
April 30, 2019
Allergy Medicine Repurposed for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Vinayak Sant
Through The Stanley Medical Research Institute, Pitt Department of Psychiatry faculty member, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD and his team of co-investigators will test the usefulness…
April 24, 2019
SNPhA Blue Stars Red Carpet Winner!
PittPharmacy’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association, (SNPhA), won the 2019 Cultural Program of the Year Award for their Black History Cultural Showcase. They received the honor at the…
April 16, 2019
PittPharmacy Graduate Students Awarded AFPE Fellowships
Karryn Crisamore
Graduate student Karryn Crisamore, PharmD, was recently selected as the recipient of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Herb and Nina Demuth Memorial…
April 11, 2019
Smithburger Leads SCCM Taskforce
PittPharmacy Associate Professor Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP, FCCM was appointed as Chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine's "Choosing Wisely the Next 5" Campaign…
April 8, 2019
Winning Legacy Continues at APhA-ASP Annual Meeting
Šejla Jukic (Class of 2021) showed her patient counseling skills and placed as one of the top 10 finalists in National Patient Counseling Competition representing PittPharmacy at the APhA-ASP…
April 5, 2019
Coons Appointed to ACC Work Group
PittPharmacy faculty member Jim Coons, PharmD, FCCP, BCCP was appointed to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Simulation Work Group. This committee enhances actionable knowledge by creating…
April 2, 2019
Horn Elected Vice-Chair ISHLT Pharmacy and Pharmacology Council
Edward T. Horn, PharmD, BCCCP, was elected as Vice-Chair for the Pharmacy and Pharmacology Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).
March 28, 2019
Johnson Receives Pharmacy Specialty Inaugural Appointment
Heather J. Johnson, PharmD, BCPS has been designated to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Specialty Council Inaugural Appointment
March 27, 2019
Inactive Ingredients - Not in This Case
Sravan Kumar Patel, MS, PhD, a PittPharmacy Instructor of Pharmaceutical Science with the Lisa Rohan research group was recently interviewed by NBC news about inactive ingredients in medications…
March 26, 2019
PharmD Students Published in Infectious Disease Journal
SSHP project leaders of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Professional Project, Mohamed Kashkoush (Class of 2021) Diana Mansour and Julia Heo (Class of 2020), were recently published to the online…
March 21, 2019
Novel Medicine Formulation Helps Injured Nerves Fire Again.
Professor Raman Venkataramanan
Graduate student Firuz Feturi
Upper extremity nerve injuries are a common problem affecting more than 2% of trauma patients and l