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Zemaitis Appointed to National and State Drug Committee

PittPharmacy's Michael A. Zemaitis, PhD was appointed to the FBI Heroin Outreach Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) working group in August 2015. This group consists of representatives from…

PittPharmacy Alumna Bondar Wins ACCP Award

Alumna Anna Bondar, PharmD '15  was selected as the winner of the Best Student Poster at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Global Meeting on Clinical Pharmacy in October…

Nolin Keynote Speaker at NephroPharmacology 2015

Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD (’99), PhD (’03), FCCP, FCP, FASN was the keynote lecturer at the European NephroPharmacology 2015 meeting held October 10, 2015 in Heidelberg, Germany.

Donihi Receives Speak Up for Patient Safety Award

Amy C. Donihi, PharmD, BCPS was selected as a 2015 recipient of the Richard L. Simmons Speak Up for Patient Safety Award at UPMC.

Walk With Me

This story originally appeared in PittPharmacy: Finally—the fourth floor entrance to Salk Hall has reopened! On my way out of Salk Hall, I pass the Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy Museum and walk…

PittPharmacy Students Win PPA Government Relations Award

The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently presented the University of Pittsburgh with the Government Relations Award during PPA’s Annual Conference held at the Holiday Inn…

PittPharmacy Students Win PPA Achieving Independence Award

The University of Pittsburgh won the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association’s 2015 Achieving Independence Competition during the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association's (PPA) Annual Conference held…

PittPharmacy Participates in Crucial Catch Day

Students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy participated in CRUCIAL CATCH DAY, a breast cancer awareness day, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Wadsworth Hall in the Oak Hill…

Kane-Gill Presents at Multiple National and International Conferences Associate Professor Sandra L.
Bastian Completes OBGYN Fellowship

Jamie Bastian, PharmD recently completed her OBGYN Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy.  Bastian is the first fellow from this program which is…

PittPharmacy Gets Ready for the Season  
PittPharmacy and Sun Yet-sen University Experience   PittPharmacy Senior Associate Dean Randy Smith led a team of graduate students to attend the International Symposium for Graduate Students on Pharmaceutical Sciences held
Kane-Gill Awarded AHRQ Grant Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP was awarded a 3-year R18 grant through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
SNPhA Chapter Walks for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

PittPharmacy's SNPhA chapter participated in the JDRF One Walk For a World Without Type 1 Diabetes on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The walking team included pharmacy students,…

AMCP Gold Medal Winner Jennifer Baird

Jennifer Baird (Class of 2016)  was one of twenty-one individuals awarded a gold medal for her abstract submission to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus conference. Baird …