PharmD Candidate
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Yihan Li is a fourth year PharmD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy with an Area of Concentration in the Pharmacotherapy Scholars track. Her areas of interest include critical care and inpatient pharmacy leadership. Her post-graduate goals include completing a PGY1 and a PGY2 in critical care.
Yihan has participated in several research and quality improvement projects. Recent projects include evaluating the efficacy of aldosterone antagonists in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the performance of an electronic alert system for drug-induced acute kidney failure, and the use of symptom-based benzodiazepine treatment versus phenobarbital prophylaxis in alcohol withdrawal patients.
Yihan also has a variety of pharmacy leadership involvement. She is a National Member-at-Large of Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society and was the President of her local chapter prior. She has been extensively involved in American Pharmacists Association- Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) in which she was the chapter Patient Care Vice President. Yihan is also a Chief Pharmacy Intern at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.