Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacogenomics

The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy offers a 2-year fellowship designed to provide a strong foundation in clinical pharmacogenomics, implementation science, and translational research. Our goal is to train future independent researchers, faculty members, and health-system leaders with a solid foundation in pharmacogenomics and precision medicine.  

Fellows will:

• Conduct research with the objective of advancing the science and application of pharmacogenomics and precision medicine. Specifically, in the areas of implementation science; translational and clinical outcomes research; return of results and pharmacogenomics education; and clinical informatics.
• Participate in ongoing clinical and research initiatives including pharmacogenomics programs currently deployed across the UPMC system -- the Clinical Pharmacogenomics Service, the PreCISE-Rx initiative, the Primary Care Precision Medicine Clinic, Test2Learn training program, the Pharmacogenomics Center of Excellence as well as nationally-funded pharmacogenomics research projects.
• Be mentored by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC leaders within the School of Pharmacy, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the Institute for Precision Medicine.
• Gain core learning experiences through mentored research and development (50% effort), patient care (25% effort), and graduate coursework (25% effort).
• Have the option to enroll in a Pharmacogenomics Certificate program or a Clinical/Translational Research certificate program from the University of Pittsburgh. Fellows may also apply to enter the PhD program in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy.
• Receive an annual stipend and health insurance.

Eligibility: Applicants should possess a PharmD degree (residency training preferred), eligibility for pharmacist licensure in PA, and a passion for translational and/or implementation science.

Application: Please submit a letter of intent, CV, transcripts, and 3 letters of recommendation by December 18, 2020 to Dr. Philip Empey at the e-mail address listed below.

For further information, please contact:

Philip Empey, PharmD, PhD (Director)
Director, Pharmacogenomics Center of Excellence,
Associate Director for Pharmacogenomics, Pitt/UPMC Institute for Precision Medicine;
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh
pempey@pitt.edu

James Coons, PharmD, FCCP, BCCP
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
coonsjc@upmc.edu

Lucas A. Berenbrok, PharmD, MS, BCACP, TTS
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
berenbrok@pitt.edu

Pharmacoanalytics of Natural Product-Drug Interactions Fellowship 

This 2-year fellowship is a collaboration between the Pharmacoanalytics program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and the Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction (NaPDI) Research

Description

The 2-year fellowship program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy provides a strong foundation in the pharmacoanalytics, pharmacovigilance and translational research of natural-products and drug interactions. Our goal is to train future independent researchers, faculty members, and health system leaders with a solid foundation in pharmacovigilance and complementary medicine.

The fellows will:

• Be mentored by a multi-disciplinary team that includes the NCCIH funded Center of Excellence for Natural Product Drug Interaction (NaPDI) Research, the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Biomedical Informatics. 
• Conduct pharmacovigilance research on the safety of natural products and their involvement in potentially harmful drug interactions. The research will involve safety surveillance and signal detection using a variety of data sources. Also, hypotheses generation about potential pharmacologic mechanisms and prioritization of signals for further in vitro and clinical investigation will be conducted. 
• Facilitate the development of new content and validate existing content for the NaPDI data repository (repo.napdi.org). 
• Provide input on the continued development of a public website that disseminates natural product-drug interaction data.
• Have the option to enroll in a Clinical/Translational Research certificate program from the University of Pittsburgh. 
• Receive an annual stipend and health insurance.

Eligibility:

Applicants should have a strong interest in data analysis, data informatics and drug metabolism/pharmacokinetics. This is a great opportunity for individuals who have recently completed a PharmD or PhD in a Pharmacology related field.  

Application:

Please submit a letter of intent, CV, and 3 letters of recommendation by January 6th to Dr. Sandra Kane-Gill at the e-mail listed below.

For further information:

Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP
Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics in the School of Pharmacy
Secondary appointment in the School of Medicine, Clinical Translational Science Institute, Critical Care Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Member of the Center for Critical Care Nephrology and Medical Machine Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Kane-Gill@pitt.edu

Richard D Boyce, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Clinical and Translational Science in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Secondary Appointment in the School of Pharmacy and Intelligent Systems Program, School of Computing and Information
University of Pittsburgh
rdb20@pitt.edu