Our Story
The Pharmacy Innovation Lab (PIL.LAB) is a think tank solving pharmacy’s problems of tomorrow, today. We’re re-imagining pharmacy. Originally started as a course, “Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy” evolved from group discussions about current issues, problems, and solutions to a setting where practical application is used to address these topics in the “Pharmacy Innovation Lab” (PIL). Today, the PIL is an association of School of Pharmacy faculty/students, others University of Pittsburgh School students, retail chains, hospitals, long-term care pharmacies, and patients working together to identity problems and innovate solutions.
Mission:
Re-Imagine a better world through health fostered by an activated consumer and a connected provider.
Vision:
Create experiences that maintain and improve health through combining creativity and compassion in healthcare across all people involved with it.
Alumni:
Our Alumni Span a varitey of fields and settings.
Elizabeth Garcia, PharmD
PharmD 2018
Deputy Director of HIV Clinical Technical Assistance at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Special Topics – Introduction to HTML
Ukwen Akopji, PharmD
PharmD 2015
Co-Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Pharmacy Innovation Course
Kyle McCormick, PharmD
PharmD 2014
Owner, Blueberry Pharmacy
Pharmacy Innovation Course
Lab Affiliates:
Advisors and more
- Ameer Ali, PharmD – Co-Director Emeritus
- Randy Smith, PhD – Lab Chief Positivity Officer, Senior Associate Dean, PittPharmacy
Associated Faculty
- Sharon Connor, PharmD – University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
- Tim Huang, PhD – Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information
- Dmitriy Babichenko, PhD – Clinical Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Computing and Information
- Ahmad Tafti, PhD – Director, Pitt HexAI Lab, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Rishi Saripalle, PhD – Associate Professor, Illinois State University School Information Technology
- Ardalan (Adri) Mirzaei – Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
- Taylor Watterson, PharmD, PhD – Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
We work with:
Past/Other Partners, Colleagues, and Friends
- UPMC Enterprises
- Gilead
- Wolfram Alpha
- RiteAid
- Giant Eagle
- CVS Health
- Korion Health
- Hashed Health
Leadership:
