Smithburger to Co-Chair Critical Care Summit

 Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP will be a co-chair for the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Quality Summit to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, September 17 and…

Shilpa Sant Receives Cancer Research Grant for Development of Biomimetic Tissue Engineered Technologies

 PittPharmacy faculty member Shilpa Sant, PhD has received an award from the National Cancer Institute, (NIH) entitled “Three-dimensional organoid models to study breast cancer progression.”…

Pringle Awarded Grant for First Responder Program

 PittPharmacy Professor Janice L. Pringle, PhD received a grant to develop Online Learning Communities: Mobile Application for Physicians and First Responders from the PA Department of Health…

Hernandez Receives NIH Award for the Study of Anticoagulation Use in Atrial Fibrillation

Assistant Professor Inmaculada Hernandez has received a career development award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The objective of this research project is to improve clinical…

ACCP Honors Pruskowski with 2018 New Clinical Practitioner Award

 Jennifer A. Pruskowski, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CPE  been selected as the recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2018 New Clinical Practitioner Award.

PittPharmacy Team Reports on Expanded Role of Pharmacy Technicians The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Community Leadership and Innovation in Practice (CLIP) Center partnered with NACDS to develop a report on the benefits of the expanded role of…

Poloyac and McDermott Receive NIH Grant for New Drug Discovery in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

 PittPharmacy faculty members Samuel M. Poloyac, PharmD, PhD and Lee A.

Potoski and Falcione Members of Center of Excellence for Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Faculty members Brian Potoski, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Director of the UPMC Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, and Associate Professor Bonnie Falcione, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID) received accolades in…

Beumer Publishes First of White Paper Series on Oncology Drug Monitoring A Therapeutic Drug Monitoring standard completed by Jan H. Beumer, PharmD, PhD, DABT and endorsed by the International Association for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring has recently been published in…

Kane-Gill Guest Editor for Pharmacotherapy Publication Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP is the guest editor for the Pharmacotherapy July 2018 themed issue on innovations in medication safety. Innovations in medication safety in all patient care…

ACCP Student Award Winner PittPharmacy's Zhang

Hongfei Zhang, MS was selected as a Student Award Winner by the 2018 Annual Meeting Committee of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP) based on her research work titled "Altered…

Ruby Selected Chair-Elect to AACP Geriatric Special Interest Group

Christine Ruby, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASCP was recently elected as Chair-Elect for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Geriatric Special Interest Group (SIG).

Potoski Appointed to ASHP Council

Associate Professor Brian Potoski, PharmD, BCPS was appointed to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Council on Therapeutics. ASHP's Council on Therapeutics focuses on ASHP…

PittPharmacy's Meyer Appointed National President of Rho Chi Society

Susan M. Meyer, PhD, associate dean for education, was installed as national president of The Rho Chi Society on March 18, 2018, at the Society's annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Meyer will…