SOP class of ’15 graduation right around the corner
Graduation ceremonies Members of VCU School of Pharmacy’s class of 2015 will don their caps, gowns and olive-colored hoods for a pharmacy-specific ceremony May 8 and a university-wide celebration May 9. SOP professor Jean-Venable “Kelly” Goode will speak at this year’s Hooding and Diploma Ceremony, which begins at 2 p.m. May 8 at St. Paul’s […]
2015 Wiederholt Prize garners Holdford further recognition in work with adherence
VCU School of Pharmacy professor David A. Holdford has been selected to receive the 2015 American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Pharmaceutical Research And Science Wiederholt Prize for Best Published Paper Award for Economic, Social and Administrative Sciences. The award, in recognition of his paper, “Adherence and Persistence Associated With Appointment-Based Medication Synchronization Program,” will be presented March 29 […]
APhA Foundation names Jafari 2015 Boyle Family Scholar
Nilofar “Nellie” Jafari, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student at VCU School of Pharmacy, has been named the Boyle Family Scholar by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation. Jafari is one of 12 pharmacy students nationwide selected as a recipient in the foundation’s 2015 Student Scholarship Program. The scholarships will be presented March 28 during the APhA-Academy of […]
VPhA hosts successful second SPPAF colloquium
Thanks to third-year Pharm.D. student Thuy Tran for providing the following report on the second Student Pharmacist Policy and Advocacy Forum Colloquium, presented Feb. 21 at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. The colloquium, open to student pharmacists from across the state, took place in conjunction with Virginia Pharmacists Association’s 2015 Midyear Conference. See […]
Institute hosts inaugural VCU 3D Summit
The first VCU 3D Summit, a day of discovering drug discovery and development at the university, takes place Feb. 4 in Rooms A and B of Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh St. The summit, arranged by the Institute for Structural Biology and Drug Discovery, will feature short talks on current drug topics by faculty from […]
PCEU celebrates successful 2013-14
To see an album of photos from the PCEU awards reception, click here. VCU School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutics chairman Peter Byron opened the third PCEU Grants, Scholarships & Awards Reception by noting that faculty, staff and students had secured more than $590,000 in new grants, contracts, scholarships and gifts during fiscal year 2013-14. […]
Research and Career Day aids in student professional development
Vijay Anne, medical affairs review officer and manager for Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc., will serve as guest speaker at VCU School of Pharmacy’s 16th Annual Pharmaceutical Sciences Research and Career Day. The event takes place 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Larrick Student Center’s Court End Ballroom, 900 Turpin St. Anne’s topic will be […]
Breaking the wall into sterile compounding
A symbolic Wall Breaking Ceremony that took place Sept. 8 opens a new chapter for VCU School of Pharmacy. Soon to begin construction, the Center for Compounding Practice and Research will be dedicated to advancing the safe and effective use of sterile, extemporaneously compounded medications and personalized medicine via classroom and certificate training, continuing education […]
SOP employees celebrate 285 years’ worth of service to VCU
Each year, Virginia Commonwealth University recognizes university and VCU Health System faculty and staff – those celebrating five-year anniversaries – with a service awards ceremony. This year, VCU School of Pharmacy faculty and staff are being recognized for having served a total of 285 years at the university. The 43rd annual Service Awards Ceremony […]
School of Pharmacy team wins AACP teaching innovations competition
A portfolio submitted by VCU School of Pharmacy faculty has won the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Innovations in Teaching Competition. The innovation is titled “Use of Video-Recorded Clinic Visits to Improve Assessment of Student Pharmacists’ Clinical Interviewing Skills.” Assistant professor Dave Dixon, associate professor Evan Sisson, and Veronica Shuford, director of educational […]