Two Pitt Pharmacy Students Earn Top State Honors in Sparx Analytics National Datathon Competition

Pitt Pharmacy graduate students Lisa Jun and Caroline Dan have earned the title of top team in their state, placing fourth overall in the Sparx Analytics LLC Datathon competition.

Sudhakar Awarded NCPA Presidential Scholarship

Akshaya Sudhakar was awarded a Presidential Scholarship at the 2024 National Community Pharmacists Association's Annual Convention. This award recognizes students demonstrating leadership…

Zhu Selected for Fellowship Award

Yin Zhu, PhD candidate in Dr. Christian Fernandez's lab, was selected as a recipient of the Clinical and Translational Science Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award (TL1) through the NIH-funded Institute…

Pitt Pharmacy Wins Big at Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Western Regional Meeting

At this year’s Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Western Regional Meeting, our students were honored with the 2024 Government Relations and Advocacy award — which was accepted by…

Pitt Pharmacy Students Selected for Summer Internships at the FDA

Pitt PharmD student Walter Nieves-Canabal, and PhD students Morgan Butrovich and Samantha Bailey were selected among many applicants to complete summer internships at the U.S. Food and Drug…

Pitt Pharmacy Wins AAPS Award

The Pitt Pharmacy American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) student chapter received the AAPS Student Chapter Award! This recognition celebrates all of the hard work, dedication,…

Medina-Gil Awarded Second Place in Poster Presentation NPhA/SNPhA National Convention

Carla Medina-Gil was awarded second place in the NPhA/SNPhA Poster Presentation at this year’s National Pharmaceutical Association, Inc./Student National Pharmaceutical Association National…

Neverette Awarded Fellowship

Noah Neverette, second-year graduate student in the Clinical Pharmaceutical Scientist Program, was awarded a K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh. This fellowship is…

Students Advocate on Capitol Hill

A group of our students, faculty, and fellows traveled to Washington D.C. to visit the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and advocate on Capitol Hill. The group, all members of APhA,…

Pitt Pharmacy Students Serve on Phi Lambda Sigma International Committees

Pitt Pharmacy students Annaliese Harp, Saranya Muthumula, and Nina Yang served on Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) international committees this past academic year. Harp and Muthumula built relationships…

Dodeja Selected for Uppsala Pharmacometrics Summer School

Prerna Dodeja (PHARM ’21), a PhD candidate, has earned a spot at the Uppsala Pharmacometrics Summer School in Sweden. Selected from a competitive global pool, she is one of just 30 PhD…

Edward T. Horn, PharmD, has been appointed as Associate Director of Cardiac Transplantation in the UPMC Advanced Heart Failure Program.

Horn has served as a clinical pharmacist in cardiac transplant and mechanical circulatory support since 2018 and will continue to support the Artificial Heart Program. Horn is recognized as an…

Step Out to Stop Diabetes is the American Diabetes Association’s Premier Walk

Nearly half of all American adults have diabetes or prediabetes.

Over 37 million people in the US have diabetes. About 96 million American adults have prediabetes.

Every year, 1.4…

Pitt Pharmacy Good as (Blue and) Gold in Student Award Season

Pitt Pharmacy students have earned several prestigious academic and competitive awards during the Spring 2023 semester.

Two third-year students received grants, and three third-year…

McGraw Receives National Award at Kappa Psi Mountain East Province Assembly

Katie McGraw (Class of 2024) received a national award at the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity Inc. Mountain East Province Assembly.