PittPharmacy Graduate Students Move Forward with Summer Internships Several PittPharmacy graduate students will be spending their summer throughout the country and with various companies to expand their research skills.

AFPE Gateway to Research Awarded to Cinicola Joshua Cinicola (Class of 2022) received an American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Gateway to Research Award.  His proposal was titled "Development of an Extended Release Film…

Wytiaz Receives PPAG Young Investigator Award Rebecca Wytiaz (left) receiving PPAG Award PittPharmacy Alumna Rebecca Wytiaz '18 was recently awarded the Young Investigator Award by the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) at the PPAG…

Kane-Gill Member of KDIGO Steering Committee Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP, participated in the steering committee, co-leading the breakout group on nephrotoxins, for the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)…

Allergy Medicine Repurposed for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Vinayak Sant Through The Stanley Medical Research Institute, Pitt Department of Psychiatry faculty member, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD and his team of co-investigators will test the usefulness…

SNPhA Blue Stars Red Carpet Winner! PittPharmacy’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association, (SNPhA), won the 2019 Cultural Program of the Year Award for their Black History Cultural Showcase. They received the honor at the…

PittPharmacy Graduate Students Awarded AFPE Fellowships Karryn Crisamore Graduate student Karryn Crisamore, PharmD, was recently selected as the recipient of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Herb and Nina Demuth Memorial…

Smithburger Leads SCCM Taskforce PittPharmacy Associate Professor Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP, FCCM was appointed as Chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine's "Choosing Wisely the Next 5" Campaign…

Winning Legacy Continues at APhA-ASP Annual Meeting Šejla Jukic (Class of 2021) showed her patient counseling skills and placed as one of the top 10 finalists in National Patient Counseling Competition representing PittPharmacy at the APhA-ASP…

Coons Appointed to ACC Work Group PittPharmacy faculty member Jim Coons, PharmD, FCCP, BCCP was appointed to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Simulation Work Group. This committee enhances actionable knowledge by creating…

Horn Elected Vice-Chair ISHLT Pharmacy and Pharmacology Council Edward T. Horn, PharmD, BCCCP, was elected as Vice-Chair for the Pharmacy and Pharmacology Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

Johnson Receives Pharmacy Specialty Inaugural Appointment Heather J. Johnson, PharmD, BCPS has been designated to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Specialty Council Inaugural Appointment  

Inactive Ingredients - Not in This Case Sravan Kumar Patel, MS, PhD, a PittPharmacy Instructor of Pharmaceutical Science with the Lisa Rohan research group was recently interviewed by NBC news about inactive ingredients in medications…

PharmD Students Published in Infectious Disease Journal SSHP project leaders of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Professional Project, Mohamed Kashkoush (Class of 2021) Diana Mansour and Julia Heo (Class of 2020), were recently published to the online…

Novel Medicine Formulation Helps Injured Nerves Fire Again. Professor Raman Venkataramanan Graduate student Firuz Feturi Upper extremity nerve injuries are a common problem affecting more than 2% of trauma patients and l