School of Pharmacy sets 12th annual White Coat Ceremony
Rafael Saenz will address the class of 2016. The School of Pharmacy’s Pharm.D. program will recognize 140 incoming students as official student pharmacists during its 2012 White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St. Members of the class of 2016 will be […]
2012 graduate student awards presented at annual luncheon
To see more photos from the 2012 Graduate Awards Luncheon, click here. The School of Pharmacy’s 11th Annual Graduate Awards Luncheon, which took place at the Omni Richmond Hotel, featured guest speaker Sheldon Retchin, VCU vice president for health sciences and CEO of the VCU Health System. Retchin, whose topic was “Why Health Reform […]
School of Pharmacy named partner in $4.1 million grant to improve rural patient health
A three-year, $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will fund a medication management program in 23 rural Virginia counties. The program will be administered by Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, in partnership with VCU School of Pharmacy, Aetna Healthcare and CVS/Caremark. […]
Annual Hooding and Diploma Ceremony followed by Senior Awards Banquet
Probably the most poignant moment during the School of Pharmacy’s 2012 Hooding and Diploma Ceremony occurred when Dean Victor Yanchick invited Barry and Martha Van Pelt onstage to receive a posthumous degree in honor and memory of their son, Neil Van Pelt. A crowd of about 1,200 students, family, friends and SOP faculty and staff paid tribute […]
MeadWestvaco and School of Pharmacy sponsor Million Hearts VA effort
MeadWestvaco Corporation, in partnership with the VCU School of Pharmacy, offered free blood pressure checks to all MWV Richmond headquarters-based employees as part of the Million Hearts VA campaign. MWV, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, is the first company in the Commonwealth and VCU School of Pharmacy is among the first health professional […]
2012 Summer Research Pizza Lunches set
If it’s summer at VCU School of Pharmacy, then it must be time for the Summer Research Pizza Lunch series! Summer Research Fellowships allow rising second- and third-year Pharm.D. students the opportunity to conduct research with faculty from the Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science. Students receive a stipend provided by […]
RDD 2012 Charles G. Thiel Award goes to Andy Clark of Novartis
The 2012 Charles G. Thiel Award was presented to Andy Clark of Woodside, Calif., May 14 at Respiratory Drug Delivery 2012 in Phoenix, Ariz. Clark is the fourth recipient of the biennial award, which recognizes outstanding research and discovery in the area of respiratory drug delivery. The award originated on the 50th anniversary of the […]
Postgraduate programs for class of ‘12 range from coast to coast
It’s that time of year: end-of-semester round-ups, exams, awards ceremonies and bidding our graduates a fond farewell. The class of 2012 is about to spread its wings, heading into a plethora of careers ranging from pharmacy practice to residencies and postgraduate education. They are to be congratulated! The 2012 School of Pharmacy Hooding and Diploma […]
SOP students and faculty share time, talents here and abroad
Congratulations to the ever-growing number of students and faculty who have embarked or will embark upon medical mission trips! The School of Pharmacy’s outreach initiatives – whether local, national or international and whether daylong or weeks long – continue to expand. “Our next and newest big deal is VSU [Virginia State University] Cares,”reports associate professor […]
Memories … of the way SOP alumni were!
Reunion Weekend 2012 is just around the corner: April 20-22. Here are some fond – and fun – memories by former School of Pharmacy students. Enjoy, and we hope to see you here! To see who has registered for the weekend, please click here. (Remember, not everyone who plans to attend will have registered.) To learn more […]