Statewide OD Prevention Website Launched Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has received funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to develop an overdose…

Pringle Study: Community Pharmacist Intervention Boosts Drug Adherence, Reduces Health Costs  According to a new study, “The Pennsylvania Project: Pharmacist Intervention Improved Medication Adherence And Reduced Health Care Costs” led by PittPharmacy faculty member Janice L. Pringle,…

Alshogran Selected ASN Kidney STARS Program PittPharmacy PhD Candidate Osama Alshogran has been selected to participate in the STARS program at the American Society of Neph

Donihi ACCP PRN Chair-Elect PittPharmacy faculty member Amy Donihi, PharmD, BCPS was elected chair-elect of the ACCP Endocrine & Metabolism Practice and Research Network for the 2014-2015 term.

Pater Elected AACP Special Interest Group Leader Karen Steinmetz Pater, PharmD, BCPS, CDE was recently elected as Chair Elect for the AACP Self-Care and Non-Prescription Medicines Special Interest Group.

Johnston Awarded NIH Grant to Investigate Melanoma Therapies PittPharmacy faculty member Paul A. Johnston, PhD was awarded a grant funded by NIH under the UPCI's SPORE in Melanoma and Skin Cancer. The project title is Identifying Synergy between APE1 DNA…

Huryn Editor for ACS Publication PittPharmacy faculty member Donna Huryn, PhD was appointed Associated Editor for ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters publishes brief commu

Wen Xie Awarded Grant to Study Obesity and Diabetes Treatment Wen Xie, MD, PhD was awarded a new R01 grant for The Hepatic Function of Cholesterol Sulfotrasferase 2B1b (SULT2B1b)in Energy Metabolism. The cholesterol sulfotransferase SULT2B1b is a…

Wen Xie Awarded NIH Grant PittPharmacy faculty member Wen Xie, MD, PhD was awarded an NIH R01 grant for his work:  A Novel Regulation of the Phase II Enzyme Estrogen Sulfotransferase Project Narrative…

PharmD Students are 2014-2015 Schweitzer Fellows The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship has selected its class of 2014-2015 Pittsburgh Fellows and two students at University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy―Anna Bondar and Austin Van Horn―have been…

Johnston's Grant for Liver Cancer Research PittPharmacy faculty member Paul A. Johnston, PhD and Dr.

Benedict Chosen AACP Innovator Associate Professor Neal Benedict, PharmD was chosen as one of three national winners of the AACP Innovations in Teaching Award.

Skledar Appointed ASHP Steering Committee Chair PittPharmacy faculty member Susan Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP, has been appointed to serve as 2014-15 Chair of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Inpatient Care…

Pitt Hosts All Together Better Health VII The University of Pittsburgh was proud to serve as the first-ever US host for the All Together Better Health VII, June 6 through 8, 2014. Co-host for the event was the National Center…

TargetHunter Note: this article first appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of PittPharmacy. Imagine a world in which science could customize medications to interact with a person’s unique enzymes, metabolism, and…