School welcomes new faculty
VCU School of Pharmacy is proud to welcome its newest faculty members. From practitioners with long associations with the school to researchers choosing to move to VCU from other states, these recent arrivals continue our pursuit of excellence in health care, research and teaching. Apryl N. Anderson, Pharm.D.Title: Assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy […]
State approves nation’s first Ph.D. program in pharmaceutical engineering
Greg Weatherford VCU School of Pharmacy (804) 828-6470 Virginia Commonwealth University will be home to the nation’s first Ph.D. program in pharmaceutical engineering. The doctoral program, a collaboration between VCU’s School of Pharmacy and College of Engineering, will focus on research and training students in areas of drug product development such as continuous manufacturing and […]
Zhu designs drug delivery systems to test nanovaccines for brain and skin cancer
By Blake Belden Having a research laboratory on a medical campus, Guizhi Zhu, Ph.D., will often cross paths with cancer patients, and it’s during those instances that he is most driven to continue his work. “I sometimes feel helpless because I can’t do much for them in that moment other than saying some kind words,” he […]
VCU team explores epigenetics as cause of adverse drug reactions in elderly
Greg Weatherford Director of Communications VCU School of Pharmacy A VCU School of Pharmacy research team is studying how aging affects the ways drugs interact with the body. The results may help doctors better manage medications in older patients. The aim is to better understand why older people seem to metabolize drugs more slowly, with […]
Price named Yanchick professor and director of geriatric pharmacotherapy
Elvin T. Price, Pharm.D./Ph.D., has been named Victor A. Yanchick professor and director of the Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Program at VCU School of Pharmacy. He takes over the roles from longtime professor Patricia Slattum, who retired earlier this year. The Yanchick professorship is named for Victor A. Yanchick, dean of the School of Pharmacy from 1996 […]
Auxiliary Label: Antibiotic stewardship research in a community outpatient setting
By Victoria Hammond Auxiliary Label Staff Antibiotic resistance — when bacteria are untreatable by current antibiotics — is a growing public health concern. To reduce antibiotic resistance, prescribers use antibiotics only when necessary. In hospital settings, experts called antibiotic stewards monitor trends in resistance, prescribing, costs and adverse effects. Prescribing trends are compared to current […]
VCU receives $2.7M to study use of anti-inflammatory medicine for treatment of heart failure
Hearts that are failing become inflamed and swollen — doctors have known that for years. But researchers at VCU Pharmacy and VCU Health wondered what would happen to people with failing hearts if they treated the inflammation as a cause of the illness rather than a symptom. Would the patients feel better? Initial studies seemed […]
Promotions for School of Pharmacy faculty
Congratulations to the following faculty members on their promotions, effective July 1st, 2018. The promotions were approved by the VCU Board of Visitors at its most recent meeting. Dr. Karolina Aberg has been promoted to associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics. Dr. Krista Donohoe has been promoted to associate professor in the Department of […]
Introducing the school’s new development director, Louie Correa
We are pleased that Louie A. Correa is joining us in June as the the school’s senior director of development. He first joined VCU in 2015 as associate director of development for VCUArts. Learn more about him in this Q&A. Thanks for agreeing to do this! Let’s start with the big picture. What draws you to development as a […]
Augmented reality can revolutionize surgery and data visualization, say VCU researchers
By Leah Small The practical uses for augmented reality — which superimposes digital information onto real world surroundings — seem endless. Technologists have envisioned futuristic applications such as glasses that allow wearers to visualize turn-by-turn navigation in real time and immersive gaming headsets. Recently, scientists have focused on harnessing the technology for intellectual pursuits. Virginia […]