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Donna Huryn, PhD is the recipient of the 2015 American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award from The American Chemical Society (ACS). The award recognizes individuals "who,…
Shilpa Sant, PhD received a Rising Star Award for Early Career Faculty from the Biomedical Engineering Society during the Biomedical Engineering Society-Cellular and Molecular…
Philip E. Empey, PharmD, PhD, BCPS presented at the 9th RiMED Symposium in Rome, Italy, Fall 2015. The Ri.MED Foundation was established in 2006 with an international partnership between the…
Every year the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) recognizes individual practitioners who have made extraordinary contributions towards improved vaccination rates within their communities.…
Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH, has been appointed associate editor for the journal Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP). Thorpe will be responsible for reviewing submitted manuscripts…
Janice L. Pringle, PhD has received support for the following projects under her direction: Implementing Screenings, Brief Intervention within Community Pharmacies sponsored by UPMC Health Plan.…
Olufunmilola Abraham, BPharm, PhD and Rebecca Wytiaz, (Class of 2018), have been awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association for their project entitled “Children’s Perceptions…
Associate Dean Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, MD, PhD, was appointed a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Science Board serving a term to 2018. Xie was appointed by Jill…
Michael A. Zemaitis, PhD received the Cardinal Health Generation Rx Champions Award sponsored by the Cardinal Health Foundation in October 2015.
James C. Coons, PharmD '00, BCPS (AQ Cardiology) was an invited speaker at the ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy, October 2015, in San Francisco, California. Coons'…
Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP participated in the XV Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Consensus Conference on Acute Kidney Injury in the Era of Big Data, September, 2015 in…
Brian A. Potoski, PharmD, BCPS was appointed to serve as the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) representative on the creation of the Infectious Diseases Society of…
Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH was awarded a R01-equivalent grant through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Thorpe will examine patterns and outcomes of intense vs. de-intensified…
PittPharmacy's Michael A. Zemaitis, PhD was appointed to the FBI Heroin Outreach Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) working group in August 2015. This group consists of representatives from…
