VCU SOP represents at 21st Annual ISPOR International Meeting
Members of the VCU School of Pharmacy chapter of ISPOR – the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research – always return from conferences with awards and a (collective) smile. The 21st Annual International Meeting in Washington was no different. Organizers note that nearly 3,800 people from 83 countries attended the 2016 meeting. This […]
Summer Research Fellows to present in July
Research and pizza: always a good combo! VCU School of Pharmacy launches its annual Summer Research Pizza Lunch series July 5 with a meet-and-greet social. In the meantime, students and their advisors are getting down to business. The school’s Summer Research Fellowships make it possible for rising second- and third-year Pharm.D. students (and, occasionally, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2016 Lowenthal Symposium: “Protein Aggregation and Neurological Disorders”
Register for the 2016 Lowenthal Symposium (free; lunch not included for post-March 1 registrants). The 2016 Biennial Lowenthal Symposium will center on “Protein Aggregation and Neurological Disorders” 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11 in the VCU School of Pharmacy’s Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St., Room 103. The schedule follows: 9:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast 9:50 a.m. Welcome […]
New alumni series to celebrate pharmacy faculty
The Pharmacy Faculty Showcase, a new initiative billed as an “up-close speaker series,” will allow VCU School of Pharmacy alumni the chance to meet, greet and learn something new from current faculty innovators. The five-part series will highlight the work of faculty members in February, March, April and May. […]
Second VCU 3D Summit: short talks, hot topics
VCU School of Pharmacy’s Institute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development will host the VCU 3D Summit 2016 Feb. 18-19 in downtown Richmond. “3D” refers to drug discovery and development, both in the summit’s title and the institute’s abbreviation: ISB3D. The interdisciplinary summit is free, including lunch on Feb. 19. Registration is required […]
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; […]