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PittPharmacy Wins Awards at APhA Poster Presentation

 Pitt Pharmacy presented 28 out of the close to 300 posters at the recent 2015 APhA meeting in SanDiego. Two of the posters won the APhA-APPM Merit Award representing members…

Shullo Invited ISHLT Chair and Presenter

PittPharmacy faculty member Michael A. Shullo, BS in Pharmacy '95, PharmD '97 is an invited chair for a research session entitled Kinetics, Coagulation, and Cardiology - Pharmacy of MCS and…

PittPharmacy Coley Appointed PPA Editorial Board

Kim C. Coley, BSPharm '87, PharmD, FCCP was appointed to the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association editorial board for the journal Pennsylvania Pharmacist. Coley will serve a two-year term…

McGivney to Present at APhA National Meeting

PittPharmacy faculty member Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD '98, FCCP, FAPhA will present at the American Pharmacists Association Meeting in San Diego, Calif. on  March 29, 2015.

PittPharmacy Somma-McGivney 2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Awardee

Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA was awarded the 2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Pittsburgh…

PittPharmacy Faculty Skledar Published in AJHP

Susan J. Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, Alumna Shelby Corman '02, and PittMedicine faculty member Thomas Smitherman, MD collaborated to publish a manuscript Addressing innovative off-label…

Drug Take Back Day a Huge Success

PittPharmacy student Justin Saver (class of 2018) along with Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, School of Pharmacy, University Pharmacy, and the University of Pittsburgh Police…

PPA Grant Awarded to Community Practice Resident McCormick

Kyle McCormick, PharmD '14, has been awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association for project entitled Patient Activation as a Measure of Medication List Accuracy.

Nolin Leads Inaugural Kidney Health Initiative Project

Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD ’99, PhD ’03, chaired an inaugural Kidney Health Initiative (KHI) workgroup to propose recommendations for the standardized assessment of pharmacokinetics and development…

Nolin Awarded Five Year NIGMS Grant

PittPharmacy faculty member Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD ’99, PhD ’03, was awarded a new 5-year NIH R01 grant through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his work Drug…

PittPharmacy Faculty 2015 SCCM Safety Awardees

Pamela L. Smithburger and Sandra Kane-Gill were awarded the 2015 Society of Critical Care Medicine's Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section's Medication Safety Award for their project, A…

Bacci Article Published in JAPhA

The article Implementation of Targeted Medication Adherence Interventions within a Community Chain Pharmacy Practice: The Pennsylvania Project written by PittPharmacy Adjunct Professor Jennifer…

PittPharmacy Hosts 6th Annual AAPS Symposium

The Annual Pittsburgh AAPS Student Research Symposium was held at the  O'Hara Student Center on October 17, 2014 co-hosted by PITT's AAPS Student Chapter and Duquesne…