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Vinayak Sant Awarded Grant to Investigate Iron Deficiency

Vinayak Sant, PhD received a grant by North American Hoganas to develop color masked iron powder. The objective is to evaluate feasibility of masking the black color of ultrafine iron powder using…

PittPharmacy Student Yang Awarded APhA Scholarship

 Sophia Yang (class of 2016) was awarded the George F. Archambault Scholarship during the 2015 APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, Calif. on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The…

Lambda Kappa Sigma Sponsors Successful NOCC Event The Delta Chapter of Lambda Kappa Sigma at the University of Pittsburgh raised over $2,000 to benefit the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) on Friday, March 27, 2015.
Wen Xie Invited Speaker ASPET Meeting

PittPharmacy faculty member Wen Xie, MD, PhD was an invited speaker at the Experimental Biology (EB)/American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Annual Meeting held in…

Shullo Invited ISHLT Chair and Presenter

PittPharmacy faculty member Michael A. Shullo, BS in Pharmacy '95, PharmD '97 is an invited chair for a research session entitled Kinetics, Coagulation, and Cardiology - Pharmacy of MCS and…

PittPharmacy Post Doc Jiang Podium Presenter Center for Pharmacogenetics Postdoctoral Fellow Mengxi Jiang was chosen for a podium presentation at the recent Endocrine Society annual meeting he
Kerry Empey Awarded NICHD Grant

PittPharmacy faculty member Kerry M. Empey, PharmD, PhD has received an R03 grant awarded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), NIH. The…

PittPharmacy Coley Appointed PPA Editorial Board

Kim C. Coley, BSPharm '87, PharmD, FCCP was appointed to the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association editorial board for the journal Pennsylvania Pharmacist. Coley will serve a two-year term…

McGivney to Present at APhA National Meeting

PittPharmacy faculty member Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD '98, FCCP, FAPhA will present at the American Pharmacists Association Meeting in San Diego, Calif. on  March 29, 2015.

PittPharmacy Students Awarded CPNP Grants Natalie Valentino (Class of 2015) and Rebecca H.
Evankovich Awarded Nationality Rooms Scholarship

Andrea M. Evankovich, (Class of 2017), was awarded a Nationality Rooms Scholarship from the Polish Room Committee. Evankovich will be part of the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation…

PittPharmacy Somma-McGivney 2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Awardee

Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships Melissa A. Somma McGivney, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA was awarded the 2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Pittsburgh…