PittPharmacy PharmD Student Patel Presents at FDA  After completing a 12-week internship at AstraZeneca in the summer of 2018, Divya Patel (PharmD Class of 2020) presented her work at the FDA headquarters at the White Oak campus, Silver Spring…

Eichinger Receives Vaccine Renaissance Scholarship Katherine Eichinger, a graduate student in the lab of PittPharmacy Assistant Professor Kerry Empey, PharmD, PhD was recently selected as a Vaccine Renaissance Scholarship recipient.

Nolin Guest Editor of NephroPharmacology Series Appearing in CJASN Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD (’99), PhD (’03), is serving as guest editor of a series of publications appearing in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The series, titled ‘…

Kerry Empey Awarded NIH Grant for Maternal Vaccine Kerry M. Empey, PharmD, PhD, in collaboration with Calder Biosciences, Inc., has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant to develop a…

Hernandez Elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology PittPharmacy Assistant Professor Inma Hernandez, PharmD, PhD  has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology based on outstanding credentials, achievements and community…

Immunology/Transplantation PRN Junior Investigator Awardee Carlo Iasella  Carlo J. Iasella, PharmD '15, MPH, BCPS  will be receiving the Immunology/Transplantation PRN Junior Investigator Award at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting…

Yang Receives NIH Grant for Cancer Research Da Yang, MD, PhD was awarded an NIH grant to study how a newly discovered gene (EPIC1) links to the breast cancer onset and progression. EPIC1 belongs in the class of non-coding RNA genes and is…

PittPharmacy Member Coons Chair-elect ACCP Cardiology Practice Research Network  PittPharmacy faculty member Jim Coons, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology was elected as Chair-elect of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Cardiology Practice and Research Network (…

PittPharmacy Presents at 2018 FIP International Pharmaceutical Federation World Congress PittPharmacy faculty, staff, and students traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to present their poster at the 2018 FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) World Congress of Pharmacy and…

Smithburger to Co-Chair Critical Care Summit  Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP will be a co-chair for the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Quality Summit to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, September 17 and 18…

Rice Appointed to ACCP Advisory Committee PharmD student Mikhaila Rice (Class of 2019) was appointed to serve on the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) National Student Network Advisory Committee as a Member-at-Large.

Moreland Appointed to ACCP National Resident Advisory Committee. Lindsay M.

PittPharmacy Graduate Students Receive Grants Katherine Eichinger, MS, PharmD (photo left) was recently selected to receive a NIH Loan Repayment (LRP) award for Pediatric Research through the National I

Shilpa Sant Receives Cancer Research Grant for Development of Biomimetic Tissue Engineered Technologies  PittPharmacy faculty member Shilpa Sant, PhD has received an award from the National Cancer Institute, (NIH) entitled “Three-dimensional organoid models to study breast cancer progression.”…

Pringle Awarded Grant for First Responder Program  PittPharmacy Professor Janice L. Pringle, PhD received a grant to develop Online Learning Communities: Mobile Application for Physicians and First Responders from the PA Department of Health…