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PittPharmacy Awarded Cancer Institute Grant

Professor Raman Venkataramanan, PhD, Assistant Professor Christopher Ensor, PharmD, BCPS,Transplant Pharmacy Fellow Cody Moore, PharmD, BCPS, and PhD Candidate Rujuta Joshi, BS, are the recipients…

Yang Awarded NIH Career Development Grant for Ovarian Cancer Personalized Therapy

PittPharmacy faculty member Da Yang, MD, PhD was awarded a grant funded by NIH under the RPCI-UPCI’s SPORE in Ovarian Cancer to research ovarian cancer personalized therapy. As the most lethal…

Pringle a Leading Participant in Office of National Drug Control Policy Webinar

PittPharmacy Associate Professor Janice L. Pringle, PhD will be a leading participant in the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) webinar broadcasting on Friday, August 5, 2016, 2:00-3:…

Thorpe’s Data Analytics Research Featured at National Health Policy Conference

Several “big data” research projects led by PittPharmacy associate professor Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH were presented at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting June 24-28 in Boston, Mass.…

ASHP Task Force Selects Smithburger

Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS was selected to be a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Task Force to update and revise the goals and objectives for critical…

PittPharmacy's Beumer Receives DABT Designation

Jan H. Beumer, PharmD, PhD has received the designation of Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT). DABT exams are held once a year simultaneously in 5 locations in the world and…

Faculty Member Skledar Appointed National PQA Panel

Susan J. Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP has been re-appointed to the national 2016-17 Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Measure Update Panel. This panel has the responsibility to review the PQA-…

PittPharmacy Faculty Ensor Receives Grant for Novel Lung Transplant Medication Study

Assistant Professor Christopher R. Ensor, PharmD, BCPS-CV is the co-primary investigator, along with his colleague John McDyer, MD, who recently received an investigator-sponsored trial grant from…

PittPharmacy Presents at ISHLT Annual Meeting

  Update: April 19, 2016  Associate Professor Michael Shullo PharmD will serve as a Symposium Chair for a session at the ISHLT 36th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions to be held…

Associate Dean Meyer Elected Rho Chi Society National President-elect

Delegates to the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Rho Chi Society elected Susan M. Meyer, PhD, associate dean for education and professor, PittPharmacy, as national president-elect. Meyer will serve a…

Neal Benedict 2016 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awardee

Associate Professor Neal Benedict, PharmD  was awarded the 2016 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award recognizing his impact on the teaching mission of the Department of Pharmacy and…

Lauren Jonkman 2016 Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Awardee

Assistant Professor Lauren Jonkman, PharmD ’06, received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service award recognizing her outstanding public service here and abroad. Jonkman has committed…

Dean Kroboth Awarded American Association Advancement of Science Fellowship Patricia Kroboth, dean and Dr. Gordon J.