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Kerry Empey Awarded NIH Grant for Maternal Vaccine Kerry M. Empey, PharmD, PhD, in collaboration with Calder Biosciences, Inc., has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant to develop a…
Hernandez Elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology

PittPharmacy Assistant Professor Inma Hernandez, PharmD, PhD  has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology based on outstanding credentials, achievements and community…

Immunology/Transplantation PRN Junior Investigator Awardee Carlo Iasella

 Carlo J. Iasella, PharmD '15, MPH, BCPS  will be receiving the Immunology/Transplantation PRN Junior Investigator Award at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting…

Yang Receives NIH Grant for Cancer Research

Da Yang, MD, PhD was awarded an NIH grant to study how a newly discovered gene (EPIC1) links to the breast cancer onset and progression. EPIC1 belongs in the class of non-coding RNA genes and is…

PittPharmacy Member Coons Chair-elect ACCP Cardiology Practice Research Network

 PittPharmacy faculty member Jim Coons, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology was elected as Chair-elect of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Cardiology Practice and Research…

PittPharmacy Presents at 2018 FIP International Pharmaceutical Federation World Congress
PittPharmacy faculty, staff, and students traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to present…
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…

Rice Appointed to ACCP Advisory Committee PharmD student Mikhaila Rice (Class of 2019) was appointed to serve on the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) National Student Network Advisory Committee as a Member-at-Large.
PittPharmacy Graduate Students Receive Grants

Katherine Eichinger, MS, PharmD (photo left) was recently selected to receive a NIH Loan Repayment (LRP) award for Pediatric Research through the National I

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…

PharmD Student Casal Awarded STARS Grant

 Morgan Casal (Class of 2019) was awarded the Kidney STARS (Students and Residents) travel grant from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to attend ASN Kidney Week in San Diego,…

SNPhA/NPhA Recognizes PittPharmacy Chapter  Photo Above (L to R): Hager Mohamedein (Class of 2021), Olivia Fritz (Class of 2020), Louis Williams, PhD (PittPharmacy Alumnus), Martha Ndung’u (Class of 2019), Kathy Monangai (2020)…
PittPharmacy Ndung’u Honored with Diversity Award SNPhA Chapter President, Martha Ndung’u (Class of 2019) was honored with the Walgreens Chapter President Diversity Award at the July Student National Pharmaceutical Association/National…