VCU creates Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences
By Greg Weatherford VCU School of Pharmacy (804) 828-6470 goweatherfor@vcu.edu By Kendra Gerlach VCU College of Engineering (804) 827-0631 kegerlach2@vcu.edu Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Virginia Commonwealth University has opened a Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering and Sciences. The new interdisciplinary center, one of few in the country and the only one of its kind in Virginia, is […]
Medicinal Chemistry ranked as top VCU department for inventions
Greg Weatherford Director of Communications VCU School of Pharmacy The No. 1 department at VCU for invention disclosures in 2018 was the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry, according to the latest annual report from VCU’s Innovation Gateway. With 12 faculty members, the Medicinal Chemistry Department reported 14 inventions last year. That figure […]
Pharmacy practice center awarded $1.3M for 5-year project to treat diabetes and hypertension
Greg Weatherford Director of Communications VCU School of Pharmacy goweatherfor@vcu.edu, (804) 828-6470 The VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, in collaboration with VCU Health, is launching a project to help people across Virginia prevent diabetes and heart disease. The planned project, supported by a projected $1.3 million over five years from the […]
In clearest view ever of cell membrane, VCU team finds unexpected structure and new areas for pharmaceutical research
Greg Weatherford VCU School of Pharmacy Director of Communications Working with a Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist, a team of researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University has used an innovative technique to gain the clearest view yet of a patch of cell membrane and its components, revealing unexpected structures and opening up new possibilities for pharmaceutical research. Cell […]
Kelly Goode on the 1918 pandemic and its lessons for today
https://www.facebook.com/VCUSchoolofPharmacy/videos/728548080839963/ VIDEO: Kelly Goode, Pharm.D., visits the site of an emergency hospital during the 1918 influenza pandemic to discuss the flu and the importance of vaccines.
Pharmacists as part of medical team make patients healthier and reduce costs, study says
By Christian Ruiz Auxiliary Label Staff Pharmacists working in collaboration with other health-care providers can improve the quality and cost of care for patients, according to a recent study. A recent article in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy makes the case that pharmacists working as part of the primary-care team can be crucial life […]
Healthcare policy fellow to work in office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
By Greg Weatherford Director of Communications, VCU School of Pharmacy ACCP-ASHP-VCU Healthcare Policy Fellow Tina Chhabra has begun her congressional placement within the office of Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio. In her work with the office, which will run through August 2019, Chhabra (VCU Pharm.D. ‘16) will support Senator Brown’s health team in all healthcare-related […]
VCU Pharmacy’s CPPI announces partnership with journal Pharmacy Practice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Greg Weatherford goweatherfor@vcu.edu | (804) 828-6470 (o) (804) 937-4722 (m) The VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation is proud to announce an editorial partnership with Pharmacy Practice, a quarterly full-text peer-reviewed online journal. Pharmacy Practice was founded as an independent journal by a group of prominent pharmacy-practice researchers from around the world about 10 […]
Patricia Slattum’s 10 lessons for young pharmacists
At her keynote speech at the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2022, Patricia Slattum, Pharm.D., the 2018 Preceptor of the Year, offered 10 lessons drawn from her 35-year career in pharmacy: Patients always come first. There is always room for improvement! Learn to listen. Watch for assumptions — your own, and others’. Collaboration […]
Xu wins Ralph E. Powe Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Qingguo Xu, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, holds his award. He is accompanied by John Ryan, VCU associate vice president for research development, and the School of Pharmacy’s Aron Lichtman, associate dean, and Dean Joseph DiPiro. Qingguo Xu, an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, has received the Ralph E. Powe Award from […]