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Seybert Appointed to the ASHP Commission on Credentialing

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) of Pharmacy selected Amy L. Seybert, PharmD as their representative for a three-year term.

PittPharmacy Team Wins Games4Health

PittPharmacy's Olufunmilola Abraham, PhD led a team to develop Cystic FiBlaster, a game to improve medication adherence and patient safety among adolescents living with cystic…

For the Second Year, Poloyac Chairs AACP Research and Graduate Committee. Samuel M. Poloyac, PharmD, PhD is serving a relatively unprecedented second year as Chair of the Research and Graduate Affairs Committee (RGAC) of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Coons Receives United Therapeutics Grant PittPharmacy faculty member James C. Coons, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology was awarded a two-year investigator-sponsored grant from United Therapeutics for his proposal, Evaluation of Factors Influencing…
Pitt Pharmacy Alumnus, Gordon J. Vanscoy, PharmD, MBA, CACP, Receives University’s Highest Award [caption id="attachment_8979" align="alignleft" width="432"] Distinguished Alumni Fellow Gordon Vanscoy with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher[/caption] Gordon Vanscoy currently serves as the associate…
Ma Receives NIH Grant For Liver Toxicity Research Associate Professor Xiaochao Ma, PhD received a grant from the NIH titled "Pharmacoenhancers for antiretroviral therapy: safety and future development” The objectives of this application are to…
Smithburger Honored with ACCP Fellowship and Research Award Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP was awarded the 2017 American College of Clinical Pharmacy Critical Care Practice Research Network's Research Award at the American College of…
Coons Recognized ACCP Fellow Pitt Pharmacy faculty member and alumnus James C.
Kane-Gill Leads Guideline Practices for Critically Ill Associate Professor Sandra L. Kane-Gill , PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP
PittPharmacy Leads the Way with PPA Awards The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) presented members of the Pitt Pharmacy faculty and alumni with several awards during the PPA’s 2017 Annual Conference on September 23, 2017 in Pocono…
Fernandez Receives NCI Grant for Pediatric Leukemia Research The Fernandez lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy is working to prevent leukemia relapse caused by an immune response to asparginase treatment in children. The National Cancer…
Nolin Elected Regent of American College of Clinical Pharmacology Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD ’99, PhD ’03, was recently elected Regent of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. Nolin was one of four Regents elected in 2017 to serve five year terms.
Shilpa Sant Recognized 2017 Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering PittPharmacy Assistant Professor Shilpa Sant, PhD was named one of the eleven 2017 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE).