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Friday, November 11, 2021
Beumer Receives Multiple Awards, Eligible for Nearly $10 Million Over Five Years from NCI Contract
Pitt Pharmacy professor Jan Beumer, PharmD, PhD, DABT, was awarded a new National Cancer Institute (NCI) contract for Preclinical Drug Development Research. Beumer is a faculty member in our…
Tuesday, November 11, 2021
Coons Receives ASHP Foundation Collaborative Care Grant
Pitt Pharmacy professor Jim Coons, PharmD ('01), FCCP, FACC, BCCP was recently awarded a Collaborative Care grant from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation and American…
Monday, November 11, 2021
Skledar Appointed Chair of ASHP Pharmacy Educators Advisory Group
Sue Skledar (Pharm '88; MPH '91), BS, MPH, FASHP, Professor and Director of Experiential Learning and Continuing Professional Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, was…
Tuesday, October 10, 2021
Pitt Pharmacy Team Awarded HOPA Grant
A team made up of Pitt Pharmacy Research Scientist Katherine M.
Wednesday, October 10, 2021
Pitt Pharmacy Team Publishes Study in Lancet Oncology
A team of Pitt Pharmacy researchers, including graduate student and primary author Morgan Casal, PharmD (’19), and faculty members Jan Beumer, PharmD, PhD, and
Friday, September 9, 2021
Kane-Gill Awarded Two NIDDK Grants
Pitt Pharmacy professor Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP, was recently awarded two grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Friday, August 8, 2021
Smithburger, Durkin, and Vanderneck Receive Preceptor of the Year Awards
Pitt Pharmacy students selected three of our valued preceptors for 2020-2021 with the Preceptor of the Year Award, which is an annual award from the…
Tuesday, August 8, 2021
Ma Awarded NIH Grant
Pitt Pharmacy Associate Professor Xiaochao Ma, PhD, was awarded an NIH R01 grant for his work titled, “The ABCG2 transporter in protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) disposition: From toxicity to therapy.”
Friday, August 8, 2021
Skledar Receives Teacher of the Year Award
Sue Skledar (Pharm '88, MPH '91), RPh, MPH, FASHP, Director of Experiential Learning and Continuing Professional Development, and Professor, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, received the 2021 Stanford…
Friday, June 6, 2021
Nolin Invited as Participant in NKF-ASN Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases
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Tuesday, June 6, 2021
Pringle Co-Authors Article Published in New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst
In 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services partnered with the Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy to provide technical…
Friday, April 4, 2021
Faculty and Student Featured in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
Dana Abraham (PharmD Student, 4th year), Dr. Jennifer Pruskowski (faculty), and Dr. Inmaculada Hernandez were featured in the February 1st, 2021 issue of American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy…
Wednesday, April 4, 2021
Hall Appointed to State Task Force to Increase Number of Pharmacists Engaged in Patient Care
Dr. Deanne Hall has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists (PSHP) Ambulatory Care Task Force. This group is leading PSHP's efforts to re-write the Pennsylvania…
Wednesday, April 4, 2021
Flip the Pharmacy Wins Top Honor Nationwide
Flip the Pharmacy is a nationwide, community pharmacy practice transformation effort, sponsored by the Community Pharmacy Foundation and led by CPESN USA, to transform community pharmacies from a…
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Kane-Gill Elected President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine for 2022
Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP is President-Elect of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the largest non-profit medical organization…
