Spring/Summer 2024 Pitt Pharmacy Magazine Is Now live!

Pitt Pharmacy Earns National Recognition for Advancing Community Pharmacy!

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!

Berenbrok Releases Interactive Map Visualizing US Pharmacy Closures Over the Last Decade A project by the School of Pharmacy in collaboration with the American Pharmacists Association highlights the importance of healthcare access in local communities.

2024 Tara E. Cook Memorial Teaching Award Recipient Maria Lowry, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP was awarded the Tara E. Cook Memorial Teaching Award on June 5, 2024. Honorees for this award are nominated by either trainees or peers and the award is presented by…

Aaron Devanathan has been awarded a DP1 grant award from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute (NHLBI)! His grant - titled Multiomics and Antiretroviral Drug Exposure for assessing Metabolic Effects (MADE-FOR-ME) - will examine the interplay of antiretroviral pharmacology and metabolic effects that…

Amy Calabrese Donihi was awarded the Distinguished Associate Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Amy Calabrese Donihi, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, FCCP was awarded the Distinguished Associate Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) on May 11, 2024 during the AACE Annual…

Three preceptors honored with the Scott R. Drab Preceptor of the Year Award. Join us in congratulating our 2023-24 Pitt Pharmacy Preceptors of the Year! Three of our preceptors were honored with the Scott R. Drab Preceptor of the Year Award. Honorees are nominated by our…

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)…