School of Pharmacy News Archive

On Sept. 23, faculty, staff, friends and family gathered at St. Paul’s Baptist Church North to celebrate VCU School of Pharmacy’s newest Doctor of Pharmacy students, formally welcoming them into the pharmacy profession at the Pharm.D. Class of 2028 White Coat Ceremony. Before receiving their white coats onstage with the assistance of Bertha Rolfe Teacher […]

Third-year Pharm.D. student John Pham has been selected as part of the second cohort of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Aspiring Academics Program. Per an AACP news release, the program is “designed to facilitate a deeper understanding of career paths in academic pharmacy,” inspiring students and giving them insights on what a career […]

Dr. Zhang, honored for his contributions to substance use disorder research, is the third School of Pharmacy faculty member in as many years to earn this award. At VCU’s 42nd Annual Faculty Convocation on Aug. 29, the university presented Yan Zhang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy, […]

The Office of Experiential Education celebrates the winners of the 2024 Preceptor of the Year Award and the Outstanding Preceptor Awards. Serving as instructors, role models and mentors, the Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) preceptors provide students with ‘real world’ pharmacy practice experience. Nominated by P4 students, these awards celebrate the exceptional contributions of preceptors […]

At this fall’s 2nd Annual Convocation event, “Leading from Within: Agency, Advocacy and Action,” the School of Pharmacy community rang in the new 2024-25 year with a call to action from speaker Michael Hogue, Pharm.D., FAPhA, FNAP, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, American Pharmacist Association (APhA). “Let me just challenge all of you […]

AACP award-winner Cait Gibson is ‘paving the way for bringing evidence-based practices into the classroom that will improve how we educate future pharmacists nationwide,’ says dean. Last week, Cait Gibson, Pharm.D., M.Ed., an associate professor and interim director of international programs at the School of Pharmacy, was recognized by the American Association of Colleges of […]

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and its Academia-Community Transformation (ACT) Pharmacy Collaborative have named VCU School of Pharmacy an inaugural ACT Community Pharmacy Center of Excellence for its commitment to advancing community-based pharmacy through teaching, service, scholarship, leadership and partnerships. The announcement, issued today by AACP, states that the centers of excellence “will […]

This week, VCU School of Pharmacy launched its own location of the Little Ram Pantry to serve members of the community facing food insecurity. VCU’s Ram Pantry was created to implement innovative approaches to food security and community health. The program has been a huge success across the Monroe Park Campus, Dean K.C. Ogbonna, Pharm.D., […]

More than 500 family members, friends and loved ones joined faculty and staff of VCU School of Pharmacy to celebrate the school’s more than 100 graduating students at the 2024 Hooding and Diploma Ceremony on May 10. [Note: Full list of awards can be found below.] “Speaking for all the faculty and staff, it has […]

“By capitalizing on interprofessional expertise, this innovative collaboration combines patient education and biofeedback to promote weight loss,” says Evan Sisson, Pharm.D., co-principal investigator of the project. “The goal is to not only improve the chances for people to receive a lifesaving organ, but also to decrease morbidity and mortality related to excess weight after transplantation.” […]