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Potoski Appointed to Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Council

Potoski, far left, pictured with members of the 2022 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Council.

Pitt Pharmacy Shines Bright at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX


With one of the largest sections of student and faculty attendance, PittPharmacy APhA-ASP Students - earned FIVE awards at the conference.  The students competed for these national…

Pitt's Annual Health Sciences Symposium is Getting a New Name

The Pittwire recently featured Gordon J. Vanscoy (PHARM ’84, BUS ’91G), and his wife, Bethann, in a story about the renaming of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences annual symposium…

Potoski Serves as Presenter at ASHP Midyear Meeting

Pitt Pharmacy professor Brian Potoski,  PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, served as faculty chair and presenter of two presentations at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, held virtually in December…

Juhl Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Juhl (right), receiving the award from Dean Donald Letendre of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy 
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…

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…

Pitt Pharmacy Team Awarded HOPA Grant

A team made up of Pitt Pharmacy Research Scientist Katherine M. Eichinger, PharmD, PhD, MS (PhD ’19), graduate student Keito Hoshitsuki, PharmD (PharmD ’17) and Associate Professor Christian…

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 Thomas Nolin, PharmD (’99), PhD (’03…

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 a

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 E

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.”