PittPharmacy Student Ching Receives Honors Scholarship

Kathryn Ching (Class of 2018) has been awarded a University Honors College Scholarship for the 2014-2015 academic year.  The University Honors College Scholarship is awarded for 3rd, 4th, or…

PittPharmacy Faculty Skledar Published in AJHP

Susan J. Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, Alumna Shelby Corman '02, and PittMedicine faculty member Thomas Smitherman, MD collaborated to publish a manuscript Addressing innovative off-label…

Hoshitsuki to Participate in St. Jude Children's Research POE Program

 Keito Hoshitsuki (Class of 2017) has accepted a 2015 summer internship with the  Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital…

Drug Take Back Day a Huge Success

PittPharmacy student Justin Saver (class of 2018) along with Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, School of Pharmacy, University Pharmacy, and the University of Pittsburgh Police…

APhA - ASP Committee Selects Zhu PittPharmacy student Daisy Zhu (Class of 2017)  was selected as a member of the 2015-2016 APhA - ASP National Communications Standing Committee.

Pharmacist Coaching Grant to Resident Garmong

Pharmacy resident Gale E. Garmong, PharmD has been awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation to support his residency project Impact of…

Pringle Receives Grant for Phase II Overdose Prevention

Janice L. Pringle, PhD received funding from the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency for Phase II of her Overdose Prevention study. The goal of this project is to provide a public access…

PittPharmacy to Participate in Drug Take Back Day March 4th    

Students Moss and Avshalumov Accept NACDS Rotation

Svetlana Avshalumov and Kelsey Moss (class of 2016) were recently accepted to complete the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Rotation in Association Management in Arlington,…

Yang Receives Cancer Research Grant

Da Yang, MD, PhD has received a grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation for a research project aimed at characterizing miR-506 as a novel therapy for ovarian cancer targeting metastasis and drug…

Feturi Accepts QIT Health Innovators Fellowship

PittPharmacy graduate student Firuz Feturi has been accepted into the Quality Information Technology (QIT) Health Innovators Fellowship. QIT Health Innovators Fellowship is a competitive 12 week…

PPA Grant Awarded to Community Practice Resident McCormick

Kyle McCormick, PharmD '14, has been awarded a grant by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association for project entitled Patient Activation as a Measure of Medication List Accuracy.

Nolin Leads Inaugural Kidney Health Initiative Project

Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD ’99, PhD ’03, chaired an inaugural Kidney Health Initiative (KHI) workgroup to propose recommendations for the standardized assessment of pharmacokinetics and development…

Nolin Awarded Five Year NIGMS Grant

PittPharmacy faculty member Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD ’99, PhD ’03, was awarded a new 5-year NIH R01 grant through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his work Drug…

Kane-Gill Appointed Editor Critical Connections Newsmagazine

Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP was appointed editor of the Critical Connections Newsmagazine. The magazine was developed and is distributed by the Society of Critical Care…