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PittPharmacy Faculty Beumer Receives Prestigious NCI Contract

Jan H. Beumer, PharmD, PhD was awarded a National Cancer Institute (NCI) contract for Preclinical Drug Development Research.  The NCI contract is one of only five in the country.  The…

Stevenson Presents Pharmacogenomics Study for Annual Conference in China

PittPharmacy faculty James M. Stevenson, PharmD, MS, BCPP presented at the Chinese Society of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Conference in Xiamen, China, May 2017. His presentation, entitled Pharmacist-…

PittPharmacy Faculty Seybert and Tarter Members of Opioid Misuse Prevention Team

Dr. Gerald Cochran in the Social Work Academic Program and PittPharmacy faculty members Amy L. Seybert, PharmD and Ralph E. Tarter, PhD have received a grant through the National Institute on Drug…

Berenbrok and Johnson Present Studies in China

PittPharmacy faculty members Lucas A. Berenbrok, PharmD  and Heather Johnson, PharmD, BCPS presented at the National Continuing Education Training Workshop for Pharmacists and Clinical…

PittPharmacy wins AACP 2017 Award for Excellence

PittPharmacy’s “Readiness Assessment” is the recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2017 Award for Excellence in Assessment. The Readiness Assessment was developed by…

Carolyn Thorpe Appointed RSAP Associate Editor

Assistant Professor Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH, has been appointed Associate Editor for Medication Use and Health Systems Policy for the peer-reviewed journal, Research in Social and…

NIH Research Team Includes McDermott

Lee McDermott, PhD is part of the research team with David Ryan Koes in Computational & Systems Biology on a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for the study Methods, Tools, and…

Rubin Receives AACP/ Walmart Scholarship

PittPharmacy student Mara Rubin (class of 2018) and faculty mentor Olufunmilola Abraham, PhD, MS, BPharm, were selected as recipients for the 2017 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (…

Alzheimer's Association Grants Hernandez Research

PittPharmacy faculty member Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD received an award through the Alzheimer's Association for her research titled Claims Data Mining to Predict Side Effects of Anti-…

Kirisci Serves as Editor in International Journal

 Levent Kirisci, PhD served as an editor for a special issue in the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine titled Introduction to Metrics in Person Centered Medicine Research. This…

Huryn Accepts Summer Fellowship in Italy

Research Professor Donna Huryn, PhD has been awarded a senior visiting fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. Huryn will be spending the…

PittPharmacy's Coley PPA Editorial Chair

Kim Coley, PharmD, FCCP, was appointed as Chair of the editorial board for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association's Pennsylvania Pharmacist publication.

Professor Venkataramanan Recognized as AAiPS Distinguished Scientist

Raman Venkataramanan, PhD received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS), at the annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, November…

Smithburger Accepts Role As Critical Care Medicine Liaison

Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS has been appointed liaison between the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the National Quality Forum (NQF). Smithburger’s appointment comes as a…

Skledar Appointed to Pharmacy Quality Alliance Panel

PittPharmacy Professor Susan Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) national Quality Measure Update Panel for 2017-18. As Co-Chair,…