Postgraduate Education

The mission of UB SPPS is to improve health care quality and outcomes through educating the next generation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists in an environment fostering intellectual curiosity, through pursuing impactful basic and applied research, and through developing and evaluating models of clinical practice. Our postgraduate training program offers unique residency and fellowship programs that support the educational, research and clinical practice facets of our school’s mission.

A UB SPPS postgraduate experience will place you amongst an elite group of pharmacists, with advanced skills to lead the profession and make a difference in patient care.

Explore our residency and fellowship programs to discover how a UB SPPS postgraduate experience can help advance your pharmacy career.   

• Teaching Certificate Program: Develop skills in teaching and learning modalities such as learning objectives, exam questions, active learning and precepting. Participate in small group teaching experiences within our PharmD curriculum. Basic and Advanced Academic certificates are offered. This program is required for PGY1 residents and optional for PGY2 residents and fellows.
• Continuing Education Program: Each resident and fellow will design and deliver an ACPE-accredited continuing education program. This experience is a requirement of our Advanced Academic Teaching Certificate.
• Fundamentals of Postgraduate Scholarship: This seminar provides an introduction to research and scholarly writing basics to prepare postgraduate trainees for their required projects and scholastic pursuits. This seminar is required for residents and optional for fellows.
• Postgraduate Research Forum: UB SPPS hosts an annual research forum attended by residents and fellows from across Western New York. Participants will present their project in a platform-style format and receive feedback from peers and program preceptors.
• Community Outreach: Residents and fellows have the opportunity to attend educational fairs at local schools, community screening clinics and to volunteer at student-run medical clinics.

UB SPPS offers two PGY1 residencies, both accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Training in a program administered by UB SPPS provides numerous advantages, including an advanced academic teaching certificate and faculty research mentors.

UB SPPS offers multiple academic fellowships in a diverse range of specialties. Academic fellows are mentored by our world class faculty and integrate into our innovative research programs. Programs are one to two years in length and may be completed immediately after completion of a PharmD degree or after completion of residency training.  

Learn more about our postgraduate training opportunities by attending a virtual showcase, where you can connect with current program directors, residents and fellows. For additional information, please contact our Director of Postgraduate Education.

Programs Represented: PAL Fellowship, Pharmacoinformatics Fellowship

Date and Time: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6-7 p.m., ET

Programs Represented: PGY1 Residencies, PAL Fellowship, Pharmacoinformatics Fellowship

Date and Time: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3-4 p.m. ET

Programs Represented: PGY1 Residencies

Date and Time: Thursday, Nov. 12, 5-6 p.m. ET