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

Student-developed Simulation Project Presented Nationally Members of PittPharmacy, including Associate Professor Amy L.

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. Prokopienko, PharmD, is the recipient of a 2017 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and…

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 Distinguished Alumni Fellow Gordon Vanscoy with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher  Gordon Vanscoy currently serves as the associate dean for business innovation and an associate professor of pharmacy…

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.

Kane-Gill Leads Guideline Practices for Critically Ill Associate Professor Sandra L. Kane-Gill , PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP  led a task force of patient safety experts to complete the first safe medication use clinical practice guidelines for critically…

PittPharmacy Leads the Way with PPA Awards  The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) presented members of the Pitt Pharmacy faculty and alumni with several awards during the PPA’s 2017 Annual Conference on September 23, 2017 in…

PittPharmacy Faculty Member Ensor Receives Research Network Award Christopher R. Ensor, PharmD, BCPS  has been awarded the 2017 American College of Clinical Pharmacy Immunology and Transplantation Practice and Research Network Service Award.  The Practice…

Fernandez Receives NCI Grant for Pediatric Leukemia Research The Fernandez lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy is working to prevent leukemia relapse caused by an immune response to asparginase treatment in children. The National Cancer…