Alshogran Selected ASN Kidney STARS Program

PittPharmacy PhD Candidate Osama Alshogran has been selected to participate in the STARS program at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2014 Annual Meeting, November 13-16 in…

Donihi ACCP PRN Chair-Elect

PittPharmacy faculty member Amy Donihi, PharmD, BCPS was elected chair-elect of the ACCP Endocrine & Metabolism Practice and Research Network for the 2014-2015 term. She will then serve…

Pater Elected AACP Special Interest Group Leader

Karen Steinmetz Pater, PharmD, BCPS, CDE was recently elected as Chair Elect for the AACP Self-Care and Non-Prescription Medicines Special Interest Group.  As chair elect this year…

Johnston Awarded NIH Grant to Investigate Melanoma Therapies

PittPharmacy faculty member Paul A. Johnston, PhD was awarded a grant funded by NIH under the UPCI's SPORE in Melanoma and Skin Cancer. The project title is Identifying Synergy between APE1…

Huryn Editor for ACS Publication

PittPharmacy faculty member Donna Huryn, PhD was appointed Associated Editor for ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters publishes brief communications on…

Wen Xie Awarded Grant to Study Obesity and Diabetes Treatment Wen Xie, MD, PhD was awarded a new R01 grant for The Hepatic Function of Cholesterol Sulfotrasferase 2B1b (SULT2B1b)in Energy Metabolism. The cholesterol sulfotransferase SULT2B1b is a…

Wen Xie Awarded NIH Grant

PittPharmacy faculty member Wen Xie, MD, PhD was awarded an NIH R01 grant for his work:  A Novel Regulation of the Phase II Enzyme Estrogen Sulfotransferase Project Narrative…

PharmD Students are 2014-2015 Schweitzer Fellows

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship has selected its class of 2014-2015 Pittsburgh Fellows and two students at University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy―Anna Bondar and Austin Van Horn―have been…

Johnston's Grant for Liver Cancer Research PittPharmacy faculty member Paul A. Johnston, PhD and Dr.

Benedict Chosen AACP Innovator

Associate Professor Neal Benedict, PharmD was chosen as one of three national winners of the AACP Innovations in Teaching Award.  A presentation of the innovation will be made during the…

Skledar Appointed ASHP Steering Committee Chair

PittPharmacy faculty member Susan Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, has been appointed to serve as 2014-15 Chair of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Inpatient Care…

Pitt Hosts All Together Better Health VII

The University of Pittsburgh was proud to serve as the first-ever US host for the All Together Better Health VII, June 6 through 8, 2014. Co-host for the event was the National…

TargetHunter Note: this article first appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of PittPharmacy. Imagine a world in which science could customize medications to interact with a person’s unique enzymes, metabolism, and…

APPRISE Recognizes PittPharmacy!

The Allegheny County Family Services of Western Pennsylvania presented Dean Patricia Kroboth with an award in recognition of PittPharmacy students’ role in reaching a record number of Allegheny…

Shilpa Sant International Speaker

Pitt Pharmacy faculty member Shilpa Sant, PhD delivered a plenary lecture at the  9th AAPS-NUS PharmSci@Asia Symposium held at Fudan University, Shanghai, China on  June 5-6 2014.…