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Bridging the Gaps Summer Internship Awards

PittPharmacy students Karen Quach and Nicolette Diehl (Class of 2018)  were selected to participate in the 2015 Bridging the Gaps Summer Internship.

Smithburger Published in Critical Care Medicine

Research from faculty members Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, and Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP, has been accepted for publication in Critical Care Medicine.

NIH Grant Awarded to PittPharmacy Johnston

Paul A. Johnston, PhD is the primary investigator for his research High-Throughput Discovery of Chemical Probes for HIV-1 Nef Function funded by National Institutes of Health. Nef is an…

Kane-Gill Safety Editorial Board Member

Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP was invited by the Medical Director of the Patient Safety Authority, Dr.

PittPharmacy Wins Awards at APhA Poster Presentation

 Pitt Pharmacy presented 28 out of the close to 300 posters at the recent 2015 APhA meeting in SanDiego. Two of the posters won the APhA-APPM Merit Award representing members…

PittPharmacy International Trainee Presents in Singapore Chai Ling Ong, an international clinical pharmacy trainee in the department of pharmacy and therapeutics at the School of Pharmacy, presented the first pharmacy continuing education program with high…
ASPET Travel Award to PittPharmacy Grad Student Lu

Peipei Lu, a graduate student in the biochemical pharmacology program at the School of Pharmacy, was chosen to receive the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)…

2015 Walmart Scholar: PittPharmacy Student Myers

Michelle Myers (Class of 2016) and faculty mentor Olufunmilola K. Odukoya, BPharm, PhD  were selected as recipients for the 2015 Walmart Scholars Program at the American Association of…

Atkinson Chosen Paul G. Cano Legislative Intern

From nearly 100 applicants across the country, PittPharmacy student Dylan Atkinson (Class of 2017) was chosen as the Paul G. Cano Legislative Intern through the American Society of Consultant…

PittPharmacy Woolley 2015-2016 Schweitzer Fellow

Lauren Woolley (Class of 2017) was selected as a 2015-16 Fellow through the Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows Program. Woolley  will work with FOCUS Pittsburgh to implement medication…

Smithburger Presented with ICRE Research Award

Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, was awarded the 2015 Institute for Clinical Research Education's Award for Outstanding Thesis in Clinical Research. Smithburger's thesis, Safe…

Anderson Receives Distinguished AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

Graduate student, Kacey Anderson, was awarded the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

APhA-APPM Merit Award to PittPharmacy Students

Cassandra Bloor and Kelsey Moss (Class of 2016) were awarded the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Presentation Merit Award on Monday, March…

Lingjue Li to Present ISCBFM Conference Lingjue Li, a graduate student in the clinical pharmaceutical scientists program at the School of Pharmacy, has recently received a young investigator travel bursary from the program committee of The…