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Horn, DeCaria, and McCormick Receive Preceptor of the Year Awards

Join us in congratulating our 2021-22 Pitt Pharmacy Preceptors of the Year! From our student nominations, three of our preceptors were honored with the 2021-22 Scott R. Drab Preceptor of the…

Pitt Pharmacy Graduate Students Move Forward with Summer Internships

Several Pitt Pharmacy graduate students will spend their summer engaging in various opportunities to expand upon their research skills.

Dr. Andrew Haddad, a 2021 graduate of the PharmD…

Lowry Presents at AAHPM Annual Assembly

Maria Lowry, PharmD ('15), BCPS, BCGP represented Pitt Pharmacy and UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute at the American Academy of Hospice and…

Potoski and Grieve Selected for Rho Chi Innovation in Teaching Award

Brian Potoski, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, was selected as the co-recipient of the 2022 Innovation in Teaching Award by the University of Pittsburgh Alpha Omicron Chapter of Rho Chi.

Potoski Appointed to Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Council

Potoski, far left, pictured with members of the 2022 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Council.

Hallisey and Mapel Selected as Pitt Pharmacy Recipients of AACP Preceptor of the Year Award

Peter Hallisey, PharmD., and Joan Mapel, PharmD. (PHARM '92), were chosen as the Pitt Pharmacy recipients of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Preceptor of the Year…

Pitt's Annual Health Sciences Symposium is Getting a New Name

The Pittwire recently featured Gordon J. Vanscoy (PHARM ’84, BUS ’91G), and his wife, Bethann, in a story about the renaming of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences annual symposium…

Seybert Elected Vice President of ACPE

Amy Seybert, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, CHSE, was elected Vice President of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (A

Potoski Serves as Presenter at ASHP Midyear Meeting

Pitt Pharmacy professor Brian Potoski,  PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, served as faculty chair and presenter of two presentations at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, held virtually in…

Coons Receives ASHP Foundation Collaborative Care Grant

Pitt Pharmacy professor Jim Coons, PharmD ('01), FCCP, FACC, BCCP was recently awarded a Collaborative Care grant from the American Society of Health-System Pharma

Skledar Appointed Chair of ASHP Pharmacy Educators Advisory Group

Sue Skledar (Pharm '88; MPH '91), BS, MPH, FASHP, Professor and Director of Experiential Learning and Continuing Professional Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy,…

Pitt Pharmacy Team Awarded HOPA Grant

A team made up of Pitt Pharmacy Research Scientist Katherine M.

Pitt Pharmacy and University Pharmacy Collaborate with Pharmacy Partners to Combat COVID

University Pharmacy and Pitt Pharmacy served as a Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Hub for CPESN USA in April, 2021.  Patrick Pugliese, (PHARM '11), Director of Pharmacy at University Pharmacy,…