Christine M. Ruby: SIG Secretary and Educational Speaker Christine M.

Ziv Kirshner First Recipient of Cohen Fellowship Graduate student Ziv Kirshner was honored to be the first recipient of the Abraham “Barry” Cohen z”l Fellowship Award in Biological Sciences during the ISEF foundation gala event at the Crown Plaza…

Alumnus Stephen Rappaport Awarded ASHP Grant Stephen H. Rappaport, PharmD, has been awarded a 2012-2013 ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Resident Practice-Based Research Grant.  Rappaport is a PGY1 Pharmacy Resident at the University of Connecticut (…

Osama Alshogran Wins Podia Presentation [caption id="attachment_955" align="alignright" width="209"] Osama Alshogran with the first place trophy presented to him at the AAPS meeting held in Morgantown, West Virginia.[/caption] Graduate…

Pharmacy Preceptor and Residency Alum Receives Grant [caption id="attachment_935" align="aligncenter" width="346"] L to R: John Zaharoff, Melissa McGivney, Loren Schleiden, Kim Coley, Heather Sakley[/caption] Heather Sakley, PharmD, BCPS, a UPMC St.

School of Pharmacy Faculty Receive ASHP Foundation Grant   

School of Pharmacy Graduation 2013 The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy 2013 Graduation Dinner and Hooding Ceremony was held on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. The 106 members are our newest…

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Firuz G. Feturi Accepts Patient Care Fellowship Graduate student Firuz G.

LKS a Finalist in Blue Stars Red Carpet Competition LKS was selected as a finalist in the Blue Stars Red Carpet event sponsored through the Office of Student Activities. Their entry was the First Annual Dr. Salk Hall Competition, an inter-…

School of Pharmacy Receives NACDS Foundation Pharmacy Partners Scholarship Award The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy was awarded the $30,000 Lilly USA, LLC Scholarship by the National Association of Chain Drug Store (NACDS) Foundation. Pitt received the second highest…

Fourth Annual Student Health Fair a Success The Fourth Annual School of Pharmacy Health Fair held on Friday, April 19th, 2013 was a successful show of effort and research from the P1 students, class of 2016. Their hard work and dedication over…

Christina Elgin Presents at Health Disparities Poster Competition Tina Elgin and Jessa Koch both class of 2014, presented their work at the Health Disparities Poster Competition on campus April 8, 2013. Elgin and Koch implemented a smoking cessation program at the…

Lauren Cirrincione Presents at Health Diversity Competition Lauren Cirrincione, class of 2015, presented  her Albert Schweitzer Scholarship project at the  Health Diversity Poster Competition on April 8, 2013.

Pitt Students Dominate PPA Poster Presentation Eleven University of Pittsburgh students presented posters during the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association’s (PPA) 2013 Mid-Year Conference. They joined eight other students from four other…