AFPE Gateway to Research Scholarship for Shea Liput The American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) has selected Shea Liput (Class of 2016) as a recipient of the AFPE Gateway to Research Scholarship, a prestigious and highly competitive…

Joseph A. Gatto Scholarship Golf Invitational a Success

PittPharmacy Graduate Brandon Antinopoulos Honored by PPA (Photo above:  Brandon Antinopoulos with PPA First Vice President Donna Hazel, RPh.) The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently presented Brandon Antinopoulos, University…

PittPharmacy Graduation 2014 University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy held the 2014 Graduation Dinner and Hooding Ceremony on April 27, 2014 at the Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh. The Class of 2014 has 106 PharmD…

Michael A. Shullo Invited ISHLT Speaker and Award Winner Update: May 7, 2014

Transplant Specialty Resident Lauren Sacha Awarded Best Presentation Lauren Sacha, PharmD, PGY2 transplant specialty resident, won the Clinical Case Dilemmas in Thoracic Transplantation Best Presentation Award for the Junior Faculty/Trainee Counsel at this year’s…

Cara Mazzarisi Recognized as Paul Ambrose Scholar PittPharmacy student Cara Mazzarisi (class of 2015) was selected as a 2014-2015 Paul Ambrose Scholar. The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program prepares public health and clinical health professions students…

Educating Tomorrow's Pharmacists This article first appeared in PittPharmacy, Spring 2014, and is the first in a multi-part series about PittPharmacy innovations in teaching. The air is bitter cold and the light is dim in the…

PittPharmacy Students AMCP National Committee Members Class of 2015 members Cathy Cao and Brianna Hicks will be active on the  Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) committee for the 2014-2015 year.

Shelia Grab Receives GPSG Leadership and Service Award The Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG)  of the University of Pittsburgh awarded the 2013-2014 Leadership and Service Award to PittPharamcy graduate student Shelia Grab,…

Kappa Psi Generation Rx Project Wins Award for Best Educational Program on Pitt's Campus PittPharmacy's Kappa Psi won the Blue Star Red Carpet Award for Best Educational Program on the University of Pittsburgh campus for their project  "Breaking Bad in the Lounge" at the Blue Stars…

RxGeneration Award Goes to PittPharmacy The PittPharmcy APhA-ASP chapter was presented the Region 2 Generation Rx award at the recent 2014 APhA Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

PittPharmacy Student Recognized in National Patient Counseling Competition PittPharmacy student Adrienne Jantzi, (class of 2015), was recognized as one of the top ten finalists in this year's National Patient Counseling Competition at the recent APhA meeting in Orlando,…

Susan M. Meyer Presents at University of Illinois Associate Dean Susan M. Meyer presented, “We Can’t be Interprofessional by Ourselves” at The 42nd Annual Albert Ebert Memorial Lecture on Friday, April 4, 2014 at the University of Illinois at…

PittPharmacy Attends Legislative Day 2014 More than 115 student pharmacists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy converged on the Capitol for the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Pharmacy Legislative Day on…