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Katherine Eichinger Awarded AFPE Fellowship

Graduate student Katherine Eichinger, PharmD, was awarded the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences. The receipt of an…

Ziv Kirshner First Recipient of Cohen Fellowship

Graduate student Ziv Kirshner was honored to be the first recipient of the Abraham “Barry” Cohen z”l Fellowship Award in Biological Sciences during the ISEF foundation gala event at the Crown…

Osama Alshogran Wins Podia Presentation

 Osama Alshogran with the first place trophy presented to him at the AAPS meeting held in Morgantown, West Virginia.[/caption] Graduate student Osama Alshogran won first place in the podia…

Firuz G. Feturi Accepts Patient Care Fellowship

Graduate student Firuz G. Feturi has been accepted to participate in Patient Safety Fellowship – Jewish Healthcare Foundation 2013.

LKS a Finalist in Blue Stars Red Carpet Competition
LKS was selected as a finalist in the Blue Stars Red Carpet event sponsored through the Office of Student Activities. Their entry was the First Annual Dr. Salk Hall Competition, an…
Fourth Annual Student Health Fair a Success

The Fourth Annual School of Pharmacy Health Fair held on Friday, April 19th, 2013 was a successful show of effort and research from the P1 students, class of 2016. Their hard work and dedication…

Christina Elgin Presents at Health Disparities Poster Competition

Tina Elgin and Jessa Koch both class of 2014, presented their work at the Health Disparities Poster Competition on campus April 8, 2013. Elgin and Koch implemented a smoking cessation program at…

Lauren Cirrincione Presents at Health Diversity Competition

Lauren Cirrincione, class of 2015, presented  her Albert Schweitzer Scholarship project at the  Health Diversity Poster Competition on April 8, 2013.

Pitt Students Dominate PPA Poster Presentation

Eleven University of Pittsburgh students presented posters during the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association’s (PPA) 2013 Mid-Year Conference. They joined eight other students from four other…

Student Society of Health-System Pharmacy Cares

A total of 50 care packages for patients at the Hillman Cancer Center were assembled and distributed by P1 and P2 student members of  Pitt's chapter of Student Societ…

Vince Netto Awarded American Heart Association Fellowship

Vince Netto, class of 2016, was awarded a fellowship from the American Heart Association to do summer research. He was one of five recipients from a pool of 18 applicants.

University of Pittsburgh Students Participate in Pharmacy Legislative Day More than 100 student pharmacists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy converged on the Capitol for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Pharmacy Legislative Day on Tuesday…
Anna Bondar Presents at Health Diversity Competition

Anna Bondar, Class of 2015, presented her poster titled, Disparities in Access to Diabetes Care in Older Hispanic Subgroups, April 8th at the 2013 Health Diversity Poster Competition.  Anna…

APTR and ODPHP Selects Jessa Koch as 2013 Paul Ambrose Scholar

Jessa Koch, Class of 2014 has been selected as a 2013 Paul Ambrose Scholar on behalf of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Office of Disease

Pamela Lyons Places in National Patient Counseling Competition Pamela Lyons, Class of 2014 was awarded 1st Runner Up in the  National Patient Counseling Competition during the ASPhA Conference held in LosAngeles, California. Here is an account of the…