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PittPharmacy Achieves Merit Awards from APhA   PittPharmacy's research from the Community Leadership, Innovation, and Practice (CLIP) Center was recognized at the 2018 Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Pharmacists…
McGivney Active with AACP Initiative and ACC Conferences Associate Dean for Community Partnerships Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA  has been appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) to the American…
Collaboration Between Pitt Schools Receives Grant PittPhamarcy Alumna Ashley Firm, PharmD '14  from the Physician Assistant Studies Program, PittPharmacy faculty, Luke Berenbrok, PharmD '13, MS and Lorin Grieve, PharmD '14 were awarded an…
Alumna Johnson Selected Walmart Scholars Program

Recent PharmD graduate and new alumna Heather Johnson '18 was selected for the Walmart Scholars Program.  Associate Professor Karen Pater, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, and Johnson were one of 85…

PittPharmacy Faculty Benedict and Team Honored for Outstanding Work in National Pharmacy Journal Associate Professor Neal Benedict and co-authors have been awarded the 2018 Rufus A. Lyman Award by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
PittPharmacy to Lead New Pharmacogenomics Center of Excellence

The University of Pittsburgh and Thermo Fisher Scientific have established a new Pharmacogenomics Center of Excellence in the School of Pharmacy that aims to discover and validate medication…

Venkataramanan Presents at International Cancer Research Meeting
Raman Venkataramanan, PhD, FACCP, FAAPS recently gave a presentation at the Sri Shankara Hospital and Research Center in Bangalore India. His presentation “Clinical Pharmacology Aids in the Care…
Dean Patricia Kroboth Receives APhA-ASP Outstanding Dean Award

Patricia D. Kroboth, PhD Dean, School of Pharmacy, Dr. Gordon J. Vanscoy Distinguished Service Professor, was selected as the 2018 APhA-ASP Outstanding Dean recipient.

PittPharmacy Faculty Huryn Serves as Panelist for ACS Women in Academia

 Donna Huryn, PhD recently served as a webinar panelist discussing Women in Drug Discovery and Development: How to Succeed as a Female in Academia and Industry sponsored by American Chemical…

Empey Receives University 2018 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award

Assistant Professor Philip E. Empey, PharmD, PhD is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh 2018 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award. The award recognizes the considerable impact Empey…

Pringle Awarded Grant for Drug Monitoring Training

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PittPharmacy Alumna Dombrowski Elected VP of the Educational Foundation Board The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation recently elected Sarah Dombrowski, PharmD, BCACP as Vice President of the Educational Foundation Board.
PittPharmacy's Thorpe and Niznik Awarded Grant for Dementia Project

PittPharmacy Associate Professor Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH and Graduate Student Joshua Niznik '15  have been awarded a grant from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research…

Coley Appointed Editorial Board for JACCP

PittPharmacy professor Kim Coley, PharmD, FCCP has been appointed to the editorial board for the new American College of Clinical Pharmacy journal, the Journal of the American College of Clinical…

Joshua Thorpe Awarded Best Research Paper of the Year by the Veterans Administration

PittPharmacy Associate Professor Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH is the recipient of the 2017 VA Best Research Paper of the Year Award, which honors an exceptional piece of high quality research making a…