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PittPharmacy Associate Dean Meyer Co-Director CIPE

The University of Pittburgh's Health Policy Institute and its primary clinical partner, UPMC, have created the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CIPE) to foster the development…

PittPharmacy Students Advance to ACCP Competition Finals

PittPharmacy's ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Team of Aaron Devanathan, Cameron Ninos and Neil Turco (Class of 2016 and Pharmacotherapy Scholars Program) have made it through the 4 online…

PittPharmacy and Tsinghua University Research Partnership

Huijun Chen, a student from Tsinghua University in China completed her research work at the School of Pharmacy and returned to her university in August 2015. Chen is the first student to…

Postdoctoral Trainee Shaik Receives Best Poster and Travel Award

Postdoctoral Associate Imam Shaik, PhD was recognized with one of the Best Poster Presentations at the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association 2015 Postdoctoral Data & Dine…

Pharmacy Student Sophia Yang Accepts JrCOSTEP Position

 Update: September 8, 2015 Sophia Yang has been selected as a Junior Commissioned Officer Student Training Program (JrCOSTEP) of the U.S. Public Health Service with the Indian Health Service…

AAPS Presents Award to Exemplary Researcher Sean Xie

During the Opening Session of the 2014 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, AAPS President Marilyn E. Morris, Ph.D. presented the ground-breaking…

American Society of Transplantation Grant Awarded to Moore Cody Moore, PharmD '14 was recently awarded a travel grant from the American Society of Transplantation to attend the 2015 Fellows Symposium in Grapvine, Texas, September 25-27, 2015.
Beta Kappa Chapter of Kappa Psi Outstanding Chapter of the Year

PittPharmacy's Beta Kappa Chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. was awarded Outstanding Chapter of the Year, the fraternity's highest accolade to collegiate chapters, at the…

Associate Dean Meyer to Chair National Center Nexus Learning System Advisory Committee

Susan M. Meyer, PhD will serve as the inaugural chair of the National Center Nexus Learning System Advisory Committee -- the advisory committee for the Interprofessional Continuing Education…

Smithburger Awarded National LKS Award

Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS was awarded the 2015 Lambda Kappa Sigma Advisor Award during the 2015 National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.  The award is presented by LKS…

Empey Awarded National Innovative Teaching Award for Test2Learn™

Philip E. Empey, PharmD, PhD, BCPS was awarded the 2015 Innovations in Teaching Competition Award from the American Association of College of Pharmacy (AACP) for his innovative approach…

Skledar to Serve on ASHP Selection Panel

Susan J. Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP  has been selected by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) to serve on the national selection panel for the 2015…

Life Science Leader of Tomorrow Graduate Student Venkata Krishnan

Pitt Pharmacy graduate student Harini Venkata Krishnan is one of four winners in the 2015 Global Academic Competition for Life Science Leaders of Tomorrow. This competition was held by…

PittPharmacy Rohan Receives Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant

Faculty member Lisa C. Rohan, PhD was awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation entitled Assessment of Films for Multi-purpose Prevention Technology (MPT) Development.…

Graduate Winners at Regional Research Forum 2015

Members of PittPharmacy graduate program were well represented at the recently held Regional Research Forum 2015 at Morgantown, West Virginia.