Steinhardt named 2011-12 Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow
Sarah Steinhardt of Lafayette, Ind., has been named the 2011-12 Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow. The fellow program, which focuses on legislative policy analysis and development, is sponsored by VCU School of Pharmacy in collaboration with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Steinhardt earned her doctor of pharmacy degree […]
First four to the Final Four!
Update: The VCU Rams lost to the Butler Bulldogs, 62-70, in the NCAA Final Four game on April 2 in Houston. The team did a remarkable job, however, and the last couple of weeks’ positive effects on the university will be ongoing. To see what SOP Dean Victor Yanchick has to say about that, click here. SOP professors Don […]
Slattum is co-PI in $1.33 million SEPA grant
Slattum The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources has allocated about $5 million to fund four Science Education Partnership Awards. The recipients are Virginia Commonwealth University, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, La., and EdVenture Children’s Museum in Columbia, S.C. VCU’s $1.33 million is being administered by […]
VPhA Midyear offers “Homework for a Healthy Heart”
To see more photos from the 2011 VPhA Midyear Meeting, visit our Facebook page. Phylliss Moret and John Hasty dig talking about VPhA’s capital campaign to burn the building mortgage and builda bridge to the future for the next generation of pharmacists. Nearly 150 people attended Virginia Pharmacists Association’s annual Midyear Meeting Feb. 19-20 at Hotel Roanoke and […]
“Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation” co-author in residence this week
VCU School of Pharmacy welcomes Gerald G. Briggs to its MCV Campus. Briggs is a clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles, and a guest lecturer for the University of California San Diego School of […]
Internship/career fair attracts P1s, P2s
To see a photo gallery of internship/career fair images, click on photo and continue by clicking “Next” or using the right arrow on your keyboard. To see more photos, please visit the school’s Facebook page. The 2011 School of Pharmacy Student Pharmacists Internship and Career Fair took place Feb. 23 in the Smith Building’s new Room […]
Class of ’11 names marshals, oath administrator
Don Brophy (left), Brigitte Sicat and William Garnett were selected to assist the graduating class of 2011. The School of Pharmacy class of 2011 has selected its commencement marshals and Pharmacist’s Oath administrator. Brigitte Sicat, assistant professor of pharmacy, will administer the Pharmacist’s Oath to the class during the school’s Hooding and Diploma Ceremony. Don […]
SOP’s Kennedy one of university’s first Blick Scholars
Mary Jayne Kennedy, assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, has been named one of the university’s first six Blick Scholars. The brand-new Blick Scholars Program was established to recognize outstanding achievement and provide research funding for faculty members at the level of assistant professor. It is funded […]
Walgreens supports SOP diversity
VCU School of Pharmacy alumnus Rusty Maney (B.S. ‘87) recently delivered his alma mater a nice gift from his employer: a check for $10,000. Maney, a pharmacy supervisor for Richmond District #169, says the Walgreen Company Scholarship began 10 years ago as an endowment fund. The scholarship is to promote diversity, he says. “So we […]
Welcome to the world!
Marlowe Nathan Olivia It’s been a busy few months for School of Pharmacy families! Welcome to the school’s newest and youngest “constituents.” Olivia Lynn Rudenko arrived at 4:56 p.m. Jan. 2, 2011. Congratulations to the first-time parents, assistant professor of pharmacy Amy Whitaker Rudenko and her husband Mike. Olivia checked in at 7 pounds, 13 […]