Dealing with ageism and stereotypes
VCU School of Pharmacy faculty, alumni and students have provided the Dr. Rx column for Richmond’s Fifty Plus magazine since December 2009. We now share those columns on the SOP website, as well, for those who might not have seen the most recent issue. Serving as Dr. Rx for June 2016 was Meredith Crumb, who received her Pharm.D. […]
To the class of ’16: Go forth with power, love and a sound mind!
VCU School of Pharmacy alumnus Michael Elliott (Pharm.D. ’02) offered words of inspiration to the class of ’16 during its May 13 Hooding and Diploma Ceremony at St. Paul’s Baptist Church. Having worked from bullet points — the way he best connects with his audience — rather than writing out his speech verbatim, Elliott agreed to share a […]
Goode delivers 35th Annual Rooke Lecture
The Virginia Pharmacists Association, the Commonwealth’s state affiliate for the American Pharmacists Association, invited Jean-Venable “Kelly” Goode to deliver the 35th Annual R. Reginald Rooke Lecture during VPhA’s 2016 Midyear Conference in Roanoke, about two weeks before she was inducted as APhA president. Her topic was “Building a Community of Care.” Rooke, for whom […]
Can’t sleep? Here are some tips
VCU School of Pharmacy faculty, alumni and students have provided the Dr. Rx column for Richmond’s Fifty Plus magazine since December 2009. We now share those columns on the SOP website, as well, for those who might not have seen the most recent issue. Serving as Dr. Rx for May 2016 was Erin Hickey, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student. […]
New consortium mounts first symposium: VirginiaBrain Rx
“The scale and complexity of today’s … research problems increasingly demand that scientists move beyond the confines of their own discipline and explore new organizational models for team science…. Many scientists will still continue to pursue individual research projects, but they too will be encouraged to make changes in the way they approach the scientific […]
Detecting Parkinson’s Disease
VCU School of Pharmacy faculty, alumni and students have provided the Dr. Rx column for Richmond’s Fifty Plus magazine since December 2009. We now share those columns on the SOP website, as well, for those who might not have seen the most recent issue. Serving as Dr. Rx for April 2016 was Agneta Liubinaite, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student. She […]
SOP alumnus Michael Elliott tapped to speak for graduation
Michael Elliott, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Centra Health in Lynchburg, has been selected as guest speaker for VCU School of Pharmacy’s 2016 Hooding and Diploma Ceremony. Elliott is a double VCU alumnus: He earned his Pharm.D. degree in 2002, then a master of science in health administration in 2007. He is […]
School of Pharmacy up two more notches in NIH grant rankings
Based on having attracted $6.27 million in National Institutes of Health grants during Fiscal Year 2015, VCU School of Pharmacy has climbed to No. 12 in the annual Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rankings. The NIH is the country’s primary medical research agency. “The school’s improvement in ranking is a credit to the […]
Ohio Pharm.D. selected as ACCP/ASHP/VCU Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow
Mary Abdelmalak of Mayfield Village, Ohio, has been named the 2016-17 Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy in collaboration with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The fellowship program, which was founded 10 years ago under the leadership of VCU professor […]
VCU School of Pharmacy up by four in U.S. News rankings
Tied for No. 17, VCU School of Pharmacy has risen four levels in the latest U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings. That’s among 125 programs nationwide that are reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. VCU, which came in at No. 21 in the last U.S. News rankings, now ties at No. […]