Student Organizations

• Students must be in good academic standing (not on academic notice) to serve in any elective or appointed leadership position in school, social, honorary or professional organizations. See Curricular Policy on Outside Activities.
• Eligible students may apply to the Dean's Leadership Fund for Professional Development to support professional conference attendance and travel.
• Professional fraternities offer students an avenue for personal and professional growth. Hazing is strictly prohibited. See Behavior Policies.

• Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Association (P-GSA)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences Undergraduate Officers
• PharmD Class Officers
• School of Pharmacy Student Association (SPSA)
• SIGNA: Student Digital Yearbook
• UB Formulary

The AMCP student chapter at UB was formed in 2011 to facilitate the education, development, and promotion of the principles and practices of managed care pharmacy. There are over 18,000 pharmacists working for health plans and pharmacy benefit management companies. It’s their responsibility to make sure that the plan they design provides individual patients with appropriate drugs and drug therapies, conveniently and cost-effectively. It’s a complex job, involving the expert skills of clinically trained pharmacists at every step in the patient-care process. As with pharmacists who practice in other settings, pharmacists in managed care environments are committed to ensuring that medications are used appropriately to improve patient’s health. When you join, AMCP will help you navigate the world of managed care pharmacy, build a professional network, and explore career paths!

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Ny Ako Ndrianjasoazanany
Treasurer: Haniya Alam
Faculty Advisor: Scott Monte

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AAPS serves its membership, the pharmaceutical sciences, the biomedical and biotechnological community, the health professions and the interest of public health. This is accomplished by providing open forums for the exchange and dissemination of scientific knowledge by fostering the education and career growth of members and recognizing individual achievement; by influencing the formation of public policy relevant to health and related issues of public concern and, by promoting the pharmaceutical sciences as they relate to health issues of public concern.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Mina Nakhla
Treasurer:  Zijia Huang
Faculty Advisor: Dhaval Shah

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The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacist Collegiate Chapter (AAPP UB Collegiate Chapter) is an organization made up of professionals with the common goal of improving health outcomes for people with psychiatric and neurological disorders. Members of AAPP aim to apply specialized clinical knowledge to train healthcare professionals and provide improved patient care. The AAPP chapter started in 2017.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Tyler Leote
Treasurer: Miranda Fanara
Faculty Advisors: Tammie Lee-Demler and Samara White

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The APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) is a division of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Its purpose is to foster the professional development of students. This organization sponsors a number of programs including the Poison Prevention Program aimed at pre-school and early grade school children, the Drug Abuse Awareness Program for grade school and high school students, a hypertension screening program, "brown bag counseling", Big Brother/Big Sister program, and more!

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Jonathan Colantuono

Faculty Advisors: Erin Slazak and Christopher Daly

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ASCP is an organization that seeks to promote the role of the consultant pharmacist as a health-care specialist. The student branch of the New York State chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists was formed in the spring of 1997. The branch functions as a student arm of the state organization and offers opportunities for students interested in consultant pharmacy.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Tino Deemer
Treasurer: Ralph Januale
Faculty Advisor: Robert Wahler

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The CPFI Student chapter at UB was formed in December of 2009 to provide fellowship among like-minded professionals in the health-care and medicinal sciences. We hope to challenge and promote spiritual growth centered on Jesus Christ by integrating faith into the professional and personal lives of pharmacists and students.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Lia Chai
Treasurer: Mangou Diakite
Faculty Advisor: Edward Bednarczyk

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Dean’s Student Ambassadors are a voluntary public relations organization of students who assist in the promotion of the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences to prospective students, their families, alumni, preceptors, and the university and external communities.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Samantha Haertel
Advisors: Jennifer Rosenberg, Christine Stumm, Tyler Bingham and Niki Pizzutelli

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Refer to Dean's Student Ambassadors webpage for application, information and instructions.

The Industry Pharmacists Organization (IPhO) believes that pharmacists' scientific training, medication expertise, clinical acumen, patient focus and experience as healthcare providers make us ideally suited for a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmacists play a key role in professional organizations by making valuable contributions to drug development and optimal medication utilization. IPhO works with its members to advocate for advancing industry-based pharmacists to leadership positions by increasing awareness and recognition among employers, senior management, colleagues, thought leaders, educators and students of what pharmacists have to offer.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Nina Zheng
Treasurer: Mike Tran
Faculty Advisor: Dhaval Shah

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The UB International Pharmaceutical Students Federation is an organization focused on outreach initiatives to underserved populations on the local, national, and international level. The organization is responsible for organizing annual international medical mission trips, annual medical mission trips to areas within the United States, and local outreach in the Western New York area throughout the year. Students also have the opportunity to attend the annual Global Missions Health Conference in November.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Ryan Ni
Treasurer: Edison Lin
Faculty Advisor: Gina Prescott

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Lambda Kappa Sigma is an international professional pharmacy fraternity whose mission is to promote the profession of pharmacy among women and advance women within the profession by developing its members as individuals and leaders through the support of fellow members, while encouraging a high standard of professional ethics and scholarship.

2024-2025 Officers:

President: Wan Ki Sze
Treasurer: Kevin Siu
Faculty Advisor: Irene Reilly

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UB SPPS LECs and their six respective houses create supportive environments in which students, faculty and staff collaborate to explore the profession of pharmacy, build connections outside the classroom, and access valuable resources, advice and social activities. Each house focuses on fostering relationships, supporting well-being and promoting both personal and professional growth.

2025-2026 Officers:

The National Community Pharmacists Association represents the interests of pharmacists who practice in independently owned pharmacies. The student chapter promotes the educational and practice interests of students interested in community pharmacy practice in the independent pharmacy setting.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Olivia Giaarmarco
Treasurer: Dennis Davidov
Advisor: Stephen Giroux

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The mission of Non-Pharmacy Options (NPO) is to promote the three pillars essential to a successful community; unity, inclusion, and engagement. This club will function as a social support system separate from those tied to a parent organization or academic mission and is open to all pharmacy students. 

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Yang Le Foon and Cecilia Mak
Treasurer: Carol Botros
Advisor: Niki Pizzutelli

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The mission of PPA is to promote safe and effective medication use in children through collaboration, advocacy, research and education.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Samantha McRae
Treasurer: Gianni Raymond
Faculty Advisor: Mary Riedy

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The Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Association (P-GSA) provides a voice for pharmaceutical sciences graduate students. P-GSA organizes student activities and provides information concerning departmental and university-wide happenings to make your experience at UB more enjoyable. One of the important activities we sponsor is the “Alumni Symposium” where a PharmSci alumnus is invited to provide current graduate students with insights into the pharmaceutical industry, FDA, or Academia. P-GSA also sponsors annual events such as ice skating, pumpkin carving, and bowling.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Joseph Farag
Treasurer: Arthur Germakovski

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Class officers:

President: Bronagh Cassidy
Co-President: Natalia Kyriakopoulos
Vice President: Dalton Tetrault
Secretary: Dasha Yermakova
Academic Integrity and Academic Grievance: Carly Smelser and Dasha Yermakova

SPAWNY is an organization of students of pharmacy dedicated to the advancement of the profession of pharmacy. Increased membership and leadership resources, proactive political action, comprehensive community outreach, enhancement of student skills and education and networking with community practitioners will provide a solid foundation that promotes the contemporary concepts of pharmaceutical care. SPAWNY will encourage the development of student abilities to enter the profession of pharmacy upon graduation. Members are represented at the annual Pharmacy Day in Albany to advocate progressive legislation and regulation that supports public health.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Mohamad Ghazi
Treasurer: Saba Hajibandeh
Advisor: Karl Williams

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SPSSNY is the student chapter of PSSNY – Pharmacists Society of the State of New York. The aim of this society is to unite the pharmacists of the state for mutual assistance, encouragement, and improvement in order to maintain the standard of pharmacy practice at a high professional and ethical level.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD

Find Us:  PSNNY Website

President: Austin Grezchowiak
Vice President: Thomas Awad
Treasurer: Loulou Khoury
Course Coordinator: Chris Mayer

President: Sean Kawa
Vice President: Kaitlyn Vu
Treasurer: Jason Nguyen
Course Coordinator: Jane Chan

President: Duncan MacDonald
Vice President: Sandra Lu
Treasurer: Sviatoslav Kukil
Course Coordinator: Corey Farber

President: Ereny Morcos
Vice President: Emily Cohen
Treasurer: Sonila Daci
Course Coordinator: Alex Davila

The Pharmacy Multi-Cultural Club (PMC) promotes cultural awareness within the school by showcasing and highlighting diverse culture through events and outreach initiatives. Creating a platform for student pharmacists to experience firsthand culture different from their own will not only promote empathy, awareness, and cultural competencies but will positively impact their aptitude to serve patients from diverse background here within the Western, New York community and across the globe.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Samantha Sanders

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The purpose of the society is the encouragement, recognition and promotion of leadership in pharmacy. Members are selected by peer recognition. Eligibility for membership includes high moral and ethical character, a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher, and successful completion of first professional year.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Kaitlyn Vu
Treasurer: TBD
Faculty Advisor: Robert Wahler

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PrideRx is committed to improving healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community by educating, advocating, and sharing knowledge within the pharmacy and pharmaceutical fields. The organization aims to provide compassionate, culturally competent care for LGBTQIA+ individuals and promote inclusivity and acceptance across all forms of diversity, including racial, ethnic, cultural, generational, and disability diversity.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Ralph Januale
Treasurer: Sean McWilliams
Faculty Advisor: Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson

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The Rho Chi Society is a national pharmacy honor society. On the basis of their academic standing (top 20% of their class), students may be invited to membership in their P-2 year in the School. A major purpose of Rho Chi is to promote high scholarship in pharmacy.

2025-2026 Officers:
President: Isabelle Cataldo
Treasurer:  Mohamed Abdelgadir
Faculty Advisor: Collin Clark

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The School of Pharmacy Student Association represents the student body and sponsors social functions. It is comprised of the class officers and officers of the other student organizations.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: J'Lynn Jones
Treasurer:  Jessica Dudzinski and Isabelle Cataldo
Treasurer-Elect: Daniyal Atiq
Secretary: Celestine Mpang
Advisors: Serena Washburn and Niki Pizzutelli 

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The graduating class publishes SIGNA, the school’s yearbook. SIGNA is an exciting record of student experiences here at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Urjana Shah
Treasurer: Roqia Shawkat
Advisors: Niki Pizzutelli and Sarah Sterzinger

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The Student Association of Specialty Pharmacy is the student division of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy, which was created to invest in the future of specialty pharmacy practice by promoting student engagement in specialty pharmacy through education, professional development, and networking with members and affiliated partners of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy.  SASP strives to educate students about career paths within the field of specialty pharmacy, and increase student awareness of current issues and topics of interest in the specialty pharmacy field through guest speakers and student engagement projects.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Kaitlyn Vu
Treasurer: Xiao Qi Lu
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Steele

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The purpose of SCCP is to increase student awareness in the area of clinical pharmacy by providing information about opportunities and careers within the field. The organization promotes the development of leadership and other skills necessary to perform duties required by a clinical pharmacist as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, encouraging excellence in patient care, research and education.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Vicki Zhang
Treasurer: Ailin Zha
Faculty Advisor: Calvin Meaney

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The Student National Pharmaceutical Association is an educational and service association of students who are concerned about pharmacy issues, professional development, and the lack of minority representation in pharmacy and other health-related professions.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Dimah Alani 
Treasurer: Jessica Dudzinski
Faculty Advisor: Kalpesh Desai

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SSHP is the student chapter of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The organization promotes active student membership in local, state and national health-system organizations, stimulates student interest in health-system pharmacy/academia careers, encourages students to pursue post-graduate residency training, and facilitates career development and professionalism among students.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Adia Vazquez
Treasurer: Melina Shadman
Faculty Advisor: Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson

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The Formulary is a publication written for and by pharmacy students. It is a stepwise approach to pharmacy school and student life at the University of Buffalo. It includes pharmacy-related news, editorials, and humor. The Formulary provides a way for organizations to showcase what they do and for pharmacy students to have a voice that could be instrumental to improving the program.

2025-2026 Officers:

President: Jessica Dudzinski
Advisor: Niki Pizzutelli

Find us in: UBLearns