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Lucas Berenbrok, PharmD, selected as one of AACP’s 36 new aspiring leaders for their Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP)!

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) has selected Lucas Berenbrok, PharmD, as one of 36 new aspiring leaders for their Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP). The goal of…

Neal Benedict, PharmD, has been appointed to the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE) Editorial Board, the premier publication of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

The AJPE serves as the flagship journal for academic pharmacy, with a mission to document and advance pharmaceutical education both in the United States and around the world. Dr. Benedict’s…

Christian Fernandez Awarded NIDDK Grant

Exciting Research News: Xie Makes Strides Against Liver Fibrosis

Dr. Wen Xie, professor and Joseph Koslow Endowed Chair at Pitt Pharmacy, along with his team, made groundbreaking strides in the fight against liver fibrosis. Their latest study, published in…

Big Win at 2024 Pathways to Student Success Meeting

Pitt Pharmacy Professional Development and Co-Curriculum Teams won in three out of the five categories they were nominated for at the 2024 Pathways to Student Success meeting: Highest Engagement,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)…

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

Sharon Connor, PharmD, recently graduated as a University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Social Justice Fellow (HSSJ). Connor is the first person from the…

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…

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 Pennsylv