For the Second Year, Poloyac Chairs AACP Research and Graduate Committee. Samuel M. Poloyac, PharmD, PhD is serving a relatively unprecedented second year as Chair of the Research and Graduate Affairs Committee (RGAC) of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Graduate Student Long Presents at Society of Neuroscience 2017 Annual Meeting School of Pharmacy graduate student Tao Long presented his poster entitled “Comparison of transitional vs surgical menopause on monoamine and amino acid levels in the brain” at the…

Thanukrishnan Wins ACCP Award Recognition Harisudhan Thanufrishnan, a PittPharmacy graduate student working in the lab of Professor Raman Venkataramanan, was recognized as one of the student abstract award winners at the 2017 American…

PittPharmacy Honors Distinguished Alumni Each year, PittPharmacy partners with the School of Pharmacy Alumni Society Board to recognize one or more alumni as "Distinguished Alumni".  These women and men have shown exemplary achievements…

PittPharmacy Recognizes Rising Stars PittPharmacy celebrated their Rising Stars at the RxTravaganza 2017 held on November 4, 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning Commons. The RISING STARS award is given to…

Tsai Awarded 2017-18 SCCP Mentored Research Fellow PharmD student Yuwei (Vivian) Tsai (Class of 2020) has been selected as an inaugural 2017-2018 SCCP Mentored Research Fellow.

PittPharmacy Residents Receive APhA Grants Katherine H.

Student-developed Simulation Project Presented Nationally Members of PittPharmacy, including Associate Professor Amy L. Seybert, PharmD, staff members Lawrence Kobulinsky and Suzanne Mannino, and students Julie Mandel and Olivia Marchionda (Class of 2018),…

Community Pharmacy Foundation Grant Awarded to Renner Hannah Renner, PharmD, received a grant from the Community Pharmacy Foundation (CPF), a national non-profit organization that provides funding for studies directly associated with community pharmacy…

Prokopienko Receives 2017 NIH LRP Award for Kidney Disease Research Alexander J.

Coons Receives United Therapeutics Grant PittPharmacy faculty member James C. Coons, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology was awarded a two-year investigator-sponsored grant from United Therapeutics for his proposal, Evaluation of Factors Influencing…

Pitt Pharmacy Alumnus, Gordon J. Vanscoy, PharmD, MBA, CACP, Receives University’s Highest Award [caption id="attachment_8979" align="alignleft" width="432"] Distinguished Alumni Fellow Gordon Vanscoy with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher[/caption] Gordon Vanscoy currently serves as the associate…

Ma Receives NIH Grant For Liver Toxicity Research Associate Professor Xiaochao Ma, PhD received a grant from the NIH titled "Pharmacoenhancers for antiretroviral therapy: safety and future development” The objectives of this application are to…

Smithburger Honored with ACCP Fellowship and Research Award Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCP was awarded the 2017 American College of Clinical Pharmacy Critical Care Practice Research Network's Research Award at the American College of…

Coons Recognized ACCP Fellow Pitt Pharmacy faculty member and alumnus James C.