Be aware of risks for lung cancer
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 them in print or on the Fifty Plus website. Serving as Dr. Rx for November 2015 were Courtland Gammon […]
Student teams named for 2016 domestic outreach: MOM, RAM and VSU Cares
It looks as though 2016 will be another banner year for VCU School of Pharmacy participation in domestic outreach events. Fifty-three students applied to work as volunteers with four medical missions designed to provide care for Virginia’s underserved populations. “The application committee was very impressed by the many talented students who are committed to […]
Phi Kappa Phi taps nine SOP students, one professor
Nine VCU School of Pharmacy students and one faculty member were invited to join the VCU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the induction for which took place Nov. 19 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. New initiates are fourth-year Pharm.D. students Aulbrey Drisaldi, Alyssa Kaufman, Agneta Liubinaite, Sean McCullough, Kristen Morris and Dan Nichols; […]
AMCP’s Nexus 2015 highlights managed care pharmacy
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s Nexus 2015 conference attracted more than 2,400 managed care pharmacists and other health care professionals from the United States, Europe and Canada, including VCU School of Pharmacy Pharm.D. and Ph.D. students, faculty and alumni. Nexus 2015: Connecting Health Care and Innovation took place in late October in Orlando, Fla. […]
Finding help for depression
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 October 2015 was Ashley Street, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student […]
Pharm.D./Ph.D. student Crystal Leibrand is Express Scripts Scholar
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy has named VCU School of Pharmacy Pharm.D./Ph.D. student Crystal Leibrand an Express Scripts Scholar. She is one of four dual-degree pharmacy students nationwide to receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Express Scripts Foundation. After earning her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Randolph-Macon College, Leibrand enrolled in VCU’s […]
SOP faculty, students, alumni shine via VSHP
Virginia Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists 2015 Fall Seminar, which took place Oct. 9-10 in Williamsburg, included several sessions helmed by VCU School of Pharmacy faculty and alumni. In addition, assistant professor and 2003 alumna Leigh Anne Gravatt was presented the Clinical Pharmacy Practice Achievement Award. The award recognizes recent contributions to the development and provision of a patient-oriented pharmacy […]
VCU chapter of APhA-ASP co-hosts Midyear Regional
The VCU School of Pharmacy chapter of APhA-ASP (formerly known as VASP) will co-host the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists Region 2 Midyear Regional Meeting with the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. According to VCU chapter president Heather Savage, the meeting will take place Oct. 16-18 — the ides of American Pharmacists Month! […]
VCU Pharm.D. student first to receive VPhA’s Morgan Award
Thuy Tran, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student at VCU School of Pharmacy, is the inaugural recipient of the Harvey B. Morgan Award for Advancing Health Policy. She received the award during the 2015 Virginia Pharmacists Association Annual Convention in Williamsburg. The award, created as part of the VPhA Research & Education Foundation’s Morgan Institute Fund, was created […]
SOP research identifies genetic clues associated with cigarette addiction
Researchers at VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine have identified specific sets of genetic variants that are significantly associated with cigarette addiction. Pinpointing these genetic variants could eventually assist in identifying the biological mechanism behind nicotine addiction and in generating novel drug therapy targets to help people break their addiction […]