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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).

Smithburger Elected Fellow of American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Pitt Pharmacy faculty member and alumna Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD '07, MS, BCPS, BCCP has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Pharmacy by the ACCP Board of Regents.

Xie Presents at Elite Conferences

Professor Wen Xie, MD, PhD  was an invited speaker at two Gordon Research Conferences. In early July, Xie spoke at a Gordon Conference on Drug Metabolism at the Holderness School in…

PittPharmacy Faculty Song Li Cancer Research Funded by NCI

Song Li, MD, PhD has received a 5 year RO1 grant from National Cancer Institute entitled “Developing Nano Technology for HER2 Directed Therapy.” This is a multiple grant with Dr. Ajay Rana from…

Faculty Member Jonkman Selected 2017-18 Fulbright Scholar

PittPharmacy's Lauren Jonkman, PharmD, MPH was selected as a 2017-18 Fulbright Scholar to support the development of primary care clinical pharmacy practice at the University of Namibia School of…

PittPharmacy Students Recognized with Script Your Future Award The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy was awarded the Creative Inter-Professional Team Event Focused Award in the Sixth Annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge at the…
Venkataramanan Presents at International Pediatric Congress PittPharmacy faculty member Raman Venkataramanan, PhD presented at the International Pediatric Transplant Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, May-June 2017.  The title of his presentation was
PittPharmacy's Shullo Co-Director of Advanced Heart Failure

Michael A. Shullo, PharmD was appointed Co-Director of Advanced Heart Failure within the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute is one of the world’s premier…

Potoski Appointed to Infectious Diseases Specialty Council

PittPharmacy faculty member Brian A. Potoski, PharmD, BCPS  has been appointed by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties as a member of the inaugural Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialty…

Pharmacy Dean Patricia Kroboth Recognized as Woman of Distinction

PittPharmacy Dean Patricia D. Kroboth was honored with the Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania's 2017 Woman of Distinction Award in Health Care on May 31, 2017. The Awards of Distinction recognizes…

PittPharmacy Faculty Ensor Accepts Lung Transplant Research Directorship

Christopher Ensor, PharmD, BCPS-CV, has been appointed to Medical Director of Lung Transplant Outcomes Research in the Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of…

PittPharmacy Wang Member of NIH Grant Team

Dr. Yong Duan and The Regents of the University of California with  PittPharmacy Associate Professor Junmei Wang, PhD are recipients of a grant from the NIH, National Institute of General…

PittPharmacy Partners with Prescription Drug Monitoring Study

Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh General Internal Medicine and Janice L. Pringle, PhD are in partnership on a research study titled Development of Educational Products for…