EDUCATING LEADERS IN PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SINCE 1886
2024 Spring Celebration: Graduation and Awards Luncheon
Friday, May 17, 2024
Noon - 3 p.m.
Banchetti by Rizzo | 550 N. French Rd. | Buffalo, NY 14228
This annual event, preceding commencement, honors all 2024 PharmD and Pharmaceutical Sciences graduates and will also recognize and celebrate student, faculty, staff and preceptor award winners.
A luncheon buffet and cash bar will be available.
Formal invitations with link to register will be emailed to graduating students in April. Award winners will also be notified on a rolling basis.
Questions: Office of Alumni Relations
Recipients will be announced on this page as they are awarded.
Updated April 25, 2024
Honored Guests: Class of 2024 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduates
Faculty and Staff Awards
Recipients will be announced as they are awarded.
Educator of the Year
Sara Robinson, PhD, director, undergraduate advisement and recruitment
Educational Innovation of the Year Award
Carrie Hoefer, PhD, MBA, associate dean of undergraduate and online pharmacy programs
PharmD Class of 2024 Faculty Recognition Award
Calvin Meaney, PharmD, clinical associate professor and interim division head, division of outcomes and practice advancement, department of pharmacy practice
Staff Member of the Year Award
Jean Costanzo, academic coordinator, department of pharmacy practice
Preceptor Awards
Recipients will be announced as they are awarded.
The Preceptor of the Year Awards recognize outstanding preceptors within our school community for their innovative experiential teaching and mentorship of our PharmD students.
APPE Preceptor of the Year
Vivek Jain, PharmD, Specialty Pharmacist at Northwell Health Vivo Pharmacy at Northshore Hospital, Manhasset, NY
IPPE Preceptor of the Year
Kelsey Gregoire, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Kenmore Mercy Hospital
Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Maya Chilbert, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement
Student Awards
Recipients will be announced as they are awarded.
ASCPT Presidential Trainee Award
Xinnong Li
Dr. Allen Barnett Fellowship Award
Ahmed Elsheikh
Mokshada Kumar, PhD '25
Dr. David E. Guttman Award
Anna Gambacorta, BS '24
Excellence in Pharmacogenomics Award
Rajkumar Keerthana
Fung Laboratory Graduate Fellowship
Osama Hazem Mohammad Aqel
Graduate Scholar Award
Nicole Jarvi, PhD '24
Marilyn Morris Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences Fellowship Award
Xinnong Li
Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ryan Wollschleger, BS '24
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Award
Weihua Jiang
Outstanding TA Award
Wensi Wu
UB Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award
Martha Balthasar BS '24
Bao Ly
UB Presidential Fellowship
Mina Nakhla
AACP’s Aspiring Academics Program Inaugural Cohort
Kaitlyn Healy, PharmD’25
A.B. Lemon Memorial Award
Thomas Sulli, PharmD '24
AMCP Chapter of the Year 2023
Lokhay (Shelby) Chan, PharmD/MBA '25
Emily Diep, PharmD/MBA '25
Macy Meng, PharmD/MBA '25
Salome Mawi, PharmD/MBA ’25
Brianna Bialy, PharmD/MBA ’25
Samantha Mei, PharmD/MS '24
APhA-ASP Operation Heart Region 1 Award
Callista Hipolito, PharmD '25
Klaudi Lekaj, PharmD ’26
Madeline Mocarski, PharmD '24
APhA ASP Senior Recognition Award
Nicole Castoro, PharmD '24
Copel and Max Rubenstein Award in Pharmacy
Alexander Leidolf, PharmD '24
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Award
Hang Lin, PharmD '24
Eino Nelson Award
Diamond Orji, PharmD '24
Inpatient Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Award
Aman Patel, PharmD '24
Lilly Achievement Award
Carmela Ruiz, PharmD '24
Lori Esch Memorial Award
Madeline Mocarski, PharmD '24
Margaret C. Swisher Memorial Award
Emily Diep, PharmD/MBA '25
Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence
Madeline Mocarski, PharmD '24
Aman Patel, PharmD '24
Alice Voell-White, PharmD '24
Michael E. Crawford Award
Pippen Zagabe, PharmD '24
National Community Pharmacists Association Outstanding Student Award
Joshua Kelly, PharmD '24
Outpatient Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Award
Komal Siddiqui, PharmD '24
PAWNY Student Leadership Award
Autumn Spyhalsky, PharmD/MS '24
Renee A. Diederich Award
Anastasia Kurdziel, PharmD/MS '24
Robert M. Cooper Memorial Award
Dmitriy Svirgun, PharmD '24
Robert H. Ritz Award
Aman Patel, PharmD '24
Roger Mantsavinos Award
Nicole Castoro, PharmD '24
Roy M. Barr Award
Aman Patel, PharmD '24
Samuel J. Bauda Award
Alice Adachi-Bartholomay, PharmD/MPH '24
UB SPPS Professionalism Award
Allison Murchison, PharmD '24
USPHS Public Health Service Award
Livia Chase, PharmD '24
Viatris Excellence in Pharmacy Award
Chau (Carly) Le, PharmD/MBA '24
Western New York Society of Health System Pharmacists Award
Nicholas Nawrocki, PharmD '24
Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication Award
Livia Chase, PharmD '24