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.

American Geriatrics Society Awards Niznik Twice

 PittPharmacy graduate student Joshua Niznik, PharmD  was recently awarded two major awards at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Niznik was…

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…

Ayers Presents at American Geriatrics Society 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting

 Gina Ayers, PharmD, a current  PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Resident at UPMC St. Margaret, presented her poster "Outpatient Medication Burden of Patients Prior to Hospital Death" during the…

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…

PittPharmacy Day at the Zoo! On Saturday, June 2nd, 72 of our closest friends joined us for PittPharmacy Day at the Zoo. Co-sponsored by the Pitt Alumni Association, this fun, family friendly event invited all members of the…

Graduate Students Awarded Fellowships

PhD candidate Katherine Eichinger, MS, PharmD was recently selected as a Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Post-Doctoral Fellow through the Institute f

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).

Tao Long Serves as ISEF Grand Award Judge

 PittPharmacy graduate student, Tao Long, was selected to serve as the grand award judge in the category of translational medical sciences of the Intel International Science and Engineering…

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…