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. […]
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 […]
VPhA honors SOP alumni, faculty, preceptors
Several School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty and/or preceptors were honored by the Virginia Pharmacists Association during its 134th Annual Convention in Williamsburg. Congratulations to: John Beckner (B.S. ’78 and preceptor, Ukrop’s/Martin’s) of Richmond, who received the Bowl of Hygeia Award sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations and […]
School of Pharmacy 2015 Heart Walk team wants YOU!
Over the years, VCU has been a loyal supporter of Richmond’s annual Heart Walk to benefit the American Heart Association. And among the walk’s most loyal individual supporters has been Laura Georgiadis, office manager for the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutics. “This is very near and dear to me,” says Georgiadis, who is […]
SOP honors 2014-15 outstanding preceptors
Rebeccah Collins, pharmacy practice residency director for Bon Secours Regional Medical Center, has been named VCU School of Pharmacy’s 2014-15 Preceptor of the Year. Collins, who is also a School of Pharmacy alumna (Pharm.D. ’00) and former affiliate associate professor, was recognized during the Senior Awards Banquet in May for her exemplary work as […]
VCU chapter of ISPOR stands out at annual conference
Click here to see more photos from ISPOR 2015. VCU School of Pharmacy’s ISPOR team advanced two spots this year, placing second out of 17 competitors in the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2015 Student Research Competition. The competition — which tested knowledge of key concepts in pharmacoeconomics — took place May 17 […]
Symposium furthers the cause for interprofessional education and practice
“Changing Practice, Improving Outcomes” was the straight-off-the-headlines theme of VCU’s Third Annual Jewell and Carl Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium. Today’s rapidly changing health care environment mandates that closer attention be paid to the need for interprofessional education and practice. To that end, about 100 scientists, health care practitioners, academicians and students attended the symposium April […]
Breakfast reception celebrates Magrath Award and community partners
See more photos from the breakfast reception. Sometimes the best way to thank somebody is just to say thanks. But coffee and a nice, hot breakfast don’t hurt. With shamrocks as centerpieces, VCU hosted a special March 17 breakfast reception for a special group of people: representatives from each of the seven Richmond area […]