PhD candidate wins fellowship funding for second consecutive year
Tyler Wagner, a Ph.D. candidate studying health outcomes and pharmacoeconomics under CPPI Director Teresa Salgado, won the 2022 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education, a $10,000 grant that will fund his current research on differences in patient outcomes between those with pharmacists on their primary care teams and those without. This is the […]
Sisson takes on role of CPPI assistant director
Evan Sisson, Pharm.D., has joined the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation‘s leadership team as the new assistant director. He has been a core faculty member since CPPI began in 2015. “When asked what I do and why I like my job, I often have difficulty providing a short answer,” Sisson said. “I am in a […]
Digital health showcase celebrates student group Pharmacists for Digital Health’s first year
VCU School of Pharmacy student group Pharmacists for Digital Health, the first and only pharmacy digital health student group in the country, celebrated their first year of growth with a digital health showcase on Tuesday. The Pharmacists for Digital Health Showcase, presented in partnership with the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, featured talks from the […]
Salgado to focus on policy in new CPPI director role
Teresa M. Salgado, Ph.D., previously the co-director of the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, is kicking off 2022 as the new director of CPPI. “It is an honor for me to lead this terrific group of colleagues and friends,” she said. “I am really excited about this opportunity!” Salgado took on a larger leadership role […]
Pharmacists for Digital Health student group equips students with digital skills, finds home with CPPI
The digital revolution is well on its way, and the realm of health care is no exception to that. Health care workers now and in the future require more digital skills than ever before, so it’s important that pharmacy schools equip their students for this shift. No one understands this better than the students who […]
PhD student to study patient outcomes in underserved populations with fellowship funding
Tyler Wagner, a Ph.D. student studying health outcomes and pharmacoeconomics under CPPI Assistant Director Teresa Salgado, won the 2021 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Outcome Disparities from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education, a $10,000 grant that will fund his current research on differences in patient outcomes between those with pharmacists on their primary care teams […]
CPPI faculty member, PGY-2 resident secure BPS seed grant to study pharmacist job satisfaction
Lauren Pamulapati, assistant professor in the VCU School of Pharmacy and Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation core faculty member, and Vasyl Zbyrak, a PGY-2 in the school’s Ambulatory Care Residency, are receiving one of two 2020 BPS PGY-2 Residency Research Seed Grants. Their anticipated project focuses on an area in which no current research exists […]
CPPI assistant director selected for Mentored Training in Implementation Science Program
CPPI Assistant Director Teresa Salgado, M.Pharm., Ph.D., is one of six 2020 scholars selected for the NIH K12 Mentored Training in Implementation Science (MTIS) Program at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Through this two-year mentored research practicum, she will work with CPPI Director and Associate Professor Dave Dixon, Pharm.D., and Resa […]
Partner Spotlight: Bon Secours Mercy Health
Bon Secours Mercy Health has been partnering with the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation since before either of them even had those names – back when the center was founded in 2015 as the Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation and Bon Secours Mercy Health was Bon Secours Health System, Inc., Bon Secours Medical Group. Currently, […]
CPPI awards its first Feasibility Grants as part of new program
Four VCU School of Pharmacy faculty members have been named the first recipients in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation’s Feasibility Grant Program. Four VCU School of Pharmacy faculty members have been named the first recipients in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation’s Feasibility Grant Program. They are associate professor Amy Pakyz, assistant professor John […]
