Beumer Receives Multiple Awards, Eligible for Nearly $10 Million Over Five Years from NCI Contract Pitt Pharmacy professor Jan Beumer, PharmD, PhD, DABT, was awarded a new National Cancer Institute (NCI) contract for Preclinical Drug Development Research. Beumer is a faculty member in our…

Coons Receives ASHP Foundation Collaborative Care Grant Pitt Pharmacy professor Jim Coons, PharmD ('01), FCCP, FACC, BCCP was recently awarded a Collaborative Care grant from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation and American Nurses…

Skledar Appointed Chair of ASHP Pharmacy Educators Advisory Group Sue Skledar (Pharm '88; MPH '91), BS, MPH, FASHP, Professor and Director of Experiential Learning and Continuing Professional Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, was…

Babalola and Lipp Receive AACP Walmart Scholars Award Pitt Pharmacy graduate Rebecca Babalola, and current graduate student Madeline Lipp, have each received 2021 AACP Walmart Scholar's Awards. Recipients of this award were chosen from across the…

Pitt Pharmacy Team Awarded HOPA Grant A team made up of Pitt Pharmacy Research Scientist Katherine M.

Pitt Pharmacy Team Publishes Study in Lancet Oncology A team of Pitt Pharmacy researchers, including graduate student and primary author Morgan Casal, PharmD (’19), and faculty members Jan Beumer, PharmD, PhD, and

Kane-Gill Awarded Two NIDDK Grants Pitt Pharmacy professor Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP, was recently awarded two grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

Huryn Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Donna Huryn, PhD, and Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was chosen as the winner of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS-PHL) Lifetime…

Pitt Pharmacy PhD Student Receives Abstract Award from American Association of Immunologists Jessica Kosanovich received an American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Trainee Abstract Award for her work describing how the presence of maternal antibody at initial respiratory syncytial virus…

Smithburger, Durkin, and Vanderneck Receive Preceptor of the Year Awards Pitt Pharmacy students selected three of our valued preceptors for 2020-2021 with the Preceptor of the Year Award, which is an annual award from the Experiential Learning Program at the School of…

Ma Awarded NIH Grant Pitt Pharmacy Associate Professor Xiaochao Ma, PhD, was awarded an NIH R01 grant for his work titled, “The ABCG2 transporter in protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) disposition: From toxicity to therapy.”

Skledar Receives Teacher of the Year Award Sue Skledar (Pharm '88, MPH '91), RPh, MPH, FASHP, Director of Experiential Learning and Continuing Professional Development, and Professor, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, received the 2021 Stanford I…

Schmotzer Named Co-Advisor of RxPrep Anna Schmotzer was named co-advisor of the RxPrep student organization during the 2020-2021 school year, along with Dr. Sharon Corey, Associate Dean of Students. Schmotzer has been assisting with…

Graduate Student Matthew Gray Receives Grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Pitt Pharmacy and University Pharmacy Collaborate with Pharmacy Partners to Combat COVID University Pharmacy and Pitt Pharmacy served as a Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Hub for CPESN USA in April, 2021.  Patrick Pugliese, (PHARM '11), Director of Pharmacy at University Pharmacy, worked with…