‘Handshake meeting’ kicks off SOP collaboration with FDA
Leadership from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Clinical Pharmacology and VCU School of Pharmacy recently met to discuss opportunities for development of scientific collaborations, outreach and educational initiatives, and intellectual partnerships. This meeting was subsequent to a memorandum of understanding into which FDA and the SOP entered last August. School of Pharmacy […]
SOP Summer Research Fellows will present throughout July
VCU School of Pharmacy launched its 2017 Summer Research Pizza Lunch series July 7 with … what else? … a pizza social! As is tradition, Pharm.D. students — who applied and were accepted to conduct summer research projects – will present the results of their research throughout the month. Everyone is invited to attend the […]
Pharm.D. and graduate students earn a plethora of year-end awards
SENIOR AWARDS BANQUET Members of the VCU School of Pharmacy Pharm.D. class of 2017 were honored during the annual Senior Awards Banquet, which took place May 12 at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump. Awards were presented by Dean Joseph T. DiPiro and K.C. Ogbonna, associate dean for admissions and student services, with the assistance […]
Advice to class of ’17: “You have the tools to succeed!”
“Wherever you go, you will be part of the School of Pharmacy family.” With those words, Dean Joseph T. DiPiro congratulated Pharm.D. and graduate degree candidates assembled for the 2017 Hooding and Diploma Ceremony. He noted that the Class of ’17 can boast high achievers, accomplished leaders, students who have maintained high levels of […]
Hickey one of 11 Pharm.D.s nationwide to win ASHP Student Leadership Award
VCU School of Pharmacy fourth-year Pharm.D. student Erin Hickey is one of 11 students nationwide to be recognized with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2017 Student Leadership Award. Students who receive the award are selected for their achievements in campus and pharmacy practice leadership, including professional work experience, internships and other accomplishments. Hickey is part of […]
New recruitment scholarship established by Donohoes and Brophys
A VCU School of Pharmacy recruitment scholarship has been established by Krista and Brendan Donohoe and Gretchen and Don Brophy. A recruitment scholarship is one made available to a student who’s been accepted by the school but who has not yet matriculated. Think of a football scholarship … but this one will go toward […]
Executive residency programs have their advantages
Thanks to fourth-year Pharm.D. student Kalyann Kauv for providing a look at an executive residency program for Pharm.D. graduates, in this case at the National Community Pharmacists Association. She wrote this piece as part of her managed care rotation earlier this year. The National Community Pharmacists Association, previously known as the National Association of Retail […]
SOP alumna named 2017-18 policy fellow
Nilofar “Nellie” Jafari has been named the 2017-18 Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy in collaboration with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jafari now is completing a two-year postgraduate residency in health-system pharmacy administration at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and also […]
CCPR preparing to make its programmatic debut
VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Compounding Practice and Research has completed its first phase, says director Barbara Exum: successfully launching the transition of second- and third-year Pharm.D. students “in gaining hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art sterile compounding facility.” Phase 2, she notes, is building off of Phase 1 to include training opportunities in […]
Mission of Mercy benefits volunteers, patients
Fifteen Pharm.D. students, two faculty members and a resident made the trek to Yorktown, Virginia, for the School of Pharmacy’s first domestic outreach trip of the year. Pharmacy students have participated in Mission of Mercy events for several years. MOM, sponsored by the Virginia Dental Association Foundation, provides oral health assistance to underserved, […]