Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

AFPE Gateway to Research Awarded to Cinicola

AFPE Gateway to Research Awarded to Cinicola

May 14, 2019

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School News, Student News:

Joshua Cinicola (Class of 2022) received an American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Gateway to Research Award.  His proposal was titled “Development of an Extended… Read More ›

Allergy Medicine Repurposed for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Allergy Medicine Repurposed for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

April 30, 2019

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Through The Stanley Medical Research Institute, Pitt Department of Psychiatry faculty member, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD and his team of co-investigators will test the usefulness… Read More ›

PittPharmacy Graduate Students Awarded AFPE Fellowships

PittPharmacy Graduate Students Awarded AFPE Fellowships

April 16, 2019

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Alumni News, Clinical Pharmaceutical Scientist Program, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School News, Student News:

Graduate student Karryn Crisamore, PharmD, was recently selected as the recipient of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Herb and Nina Demuth Memorial Award.… Read More ›

Inactive Ingredients – Not in This Case

Inactive Ingredients – Not in This Case

March 27, 2019

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty News, School News:

Sravan Kumar Patel, MS, PhD, a PittPharmacy Instructor of Pharmaceutical Science with the Lisa Rohan research group was recently interviewed by NBC news about inactive… Read More ›

Novel Medicine Formulation Helps Injured Nerves Fire Again.

Novel Medicine Formulation Helps Injured Nerves Fire Again.

March 21, 2019

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty News, School News, Student News:

Upper extremity nerve injuries are a common problem affecting more than 2% of trauma patients and leading to permanent disability. Full functional return after nerve… Read More ›

Huryn Leads Pharm Sci in Prestigious AAAS

Huryn Leads Pharm Sci in Prestigious AAAS

March 13, 2019

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Donna M. Huryn, PhD was elected Chair-elect of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her term began… Read More ›

An EPIC Pathway to Find New Drugs for Cancer

An EPIC Pathway to Find New Drugs for Cancer

February 21, 2019

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty News, School News:

Assistant Professor Da Yang, MD, PhD, received a grant from American Cancer Society (ACS) titled “The regulation of cell cycle by long non-coding RNA in breast… Read More ›

Venkataramanan Awarded Research Grants

Venkataramanan Awarded Research Grants

February 6, 2019

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty News, School News:

Professor Raman Venkataramanan, PhD has been awarded two United Health Care sponsored research projects. In the first project, Venkataramanan, working with Dr. Abhi Humar, Director… Read More ›

Beumer Elected Co-Chair  National Cancer Institute IDSC Program

Beumer Elected Co-Chair National Cancer Institute IDSC Program

January 10, 2019

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty News, School News:

PittPharmacy Associate Professor Jan Beumer, PharmD, PhD, DABT was elected co-chair of The National Cancer Institute Investigational  Drug Steering Committee Phase 1 Program. The National… Read More ›

Kiesel Awarded CTSI Fellowship

Kiesel Awarded CTSI Fellowship

December 13, 2018

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School News:

 Graduate Student Brian Kiesel, MS received a pre-doctoral fellowship award from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh. This is… Read More ›