Pitt Pharmacy Students Present Posters at PPA Mid-Year The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) is proud to announce a record number of 29 posters were present at the PPA Mid-Year Conference, held January 24-26, 2014 in Bedford, Pa. Poster…

Dr. Gordon J. Vanscoy White Coat Ceremony 2014 The 12th annual Dr. Gordon J. Vanscoy White Coat Ceremony was held on January 31, 2014 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland.

NIAID Grant Awarded to Xiaocha Ma The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded a grant to PittPharmacy Associate Professor Xiaocha Ma, PhD for his project Drug-induced Liver Injury Associated…

PLS Auction Benefits Grace Lamsam Pharmacy Program PittPharmacy's Phi Lambda Sigma Chapter hosted the 2014 Charity Auction at the Hilton Garden Inn on February 6, 2014.

PittPharmacy Student Finalist in Know Pain Know Gain Competition at PPA Mid-Year Conference The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) is proud to announce that Kyle McGrath (class of 2015) a University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Student, was a finalist in the Know Pain Know…

Students Reach Out to a Million Hearts

CVS Becomes Chain Pharmacy Leader Dropping Cigarette Sales On February 5, 2014, CVS Caremark announced that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 stores across the nation by October 1, 2014.  The move by CVS…

Alumnae Julie Lauffenburger, PharmD First Author on Drug Intervention Paper Julie Lauffenburger, PharmD '10 is first author on the paper discussing how heart attack survivors paint a complex picture of adhering to medicine.

Pharmacy Week Begins With Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture Series PittPharmacy student Joshua Niznik (Class of 2015) with guest lecturer Neil A. Capretto Neil A. Capretto, DO, FASAM was the guest lecturer for the School of Pharmacy Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture…

Women Saving Women Lisa Cencia Rohan (PhD ’95), an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy with secondary appointment in the School of Medicine, is working on the front lines of the most critical battle: the…

Xiaochao Ma Granted NIDDK Research Funds PittPharmacy faculty member Xiaochao Ma, PhD was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) for his project Mechanisms of Adverse…

Sean Kim Receives AACP Grant Faculty member Sean H. J. Kim, PhD 
has been awarded a grant from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for his study Quantitative Mechanistic Modeling of Drug Disposition with Variable…

Associate Dean Susan Meyer Lead Author Curriculum Development Guide Update: January 17, 2014: The development guide is now a featured resource in the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) iCollaborative. Posted on November 4, 2013 Susan M. Meyer, PhD…

Stephanie H. McGrath Interviewed For APhA Pharmacist Provider Status Article Assistant Professor Stephanie McGrath, PharmD was recently interviewed by APhA for input on pharmacist provider status in the article Few Health Plans Cover MTM Services Because…

Sandra Kane Gill Elected to SCCM Council PittPharmacy faculty member Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP was recently elected to the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Council, the decision-making body regarding the…