Category results for: Sandro R.P. da Rocha
Class of 2024: Nadia Tasnim Ahmed is the nation’s first to earn this degree
She and VCU are trailblazers through the Ph.D. program in pharmaceutical engineering.
mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines deemed safe, has been studied for decades, VCU expert says
Unlike traditional vaccines where a weakened or inactive form of the virus or pieces of a viral protein is injected into a person, the coronavirus vaccine utilizes messenger RNA technology. "You are not injecting any type of antigen in the body," said Sandro da Rocha, Ph.D., an affiliate professor in the VCU College of Engineering and an expert in nanomedicine
VCU creates Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University has opened a Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences. The new interdisciplinary center, one of few in the country and the only one of its kind in Virginia, is a collaboration between the university’s School of Pharmacy and College of Engineering.
