2017 student teams undertake MOM and RAM medical missions
VCU School of Pharmacy third-year Pharm.D. student Chelsey Llayton reports that 64 students applied to participate in the three domestic outreach events taking place this year. That includes a brand-new opportunity: A Remote Area Medical mission will take place for the first time in Emporia, Va., while the Wise County, Va., RAM moves into its 11th year. […]
Indivior, VCU School of Pharmacy enter academic partnership on pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes research
Two-year postdoctoral fellowship program at School of Pharmacy to prepare individuals for careers in PEOR field Indivior PLC and VCU School of Pharmacy have formed an academic partnership in the field of pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes research (PEOR). There is a growing need for PEOR expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. Patients must continue to have […]
SOP alumna Snead to receive APhA Foundation’s Jacob W. Miller Award
VCU School of Pharmacy alumna Rebecca Snead (B.S. ’85) has been named the 2017 recipient of the American Pharmacists Association Foundation’s Jacob W. Miller Award. Snead, who is executive vice president and CEO of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, will be honored at the APhA 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco. […]
Alumni, faculty, students to take part in 2017 VPhA Midyear
Among the VCU School of Pharmacy alumni who will lead sessions in the Feb. 25-26 Virginia Pharmacists Association Midyear Conference in Roanoke are Tehra James (Pharm.D. ’14) and Johnny Moore (B.S.’ 71) on “Pharmacy Robberies and Burglaries Part 2: How to Handle.” Moore also serves as 2016-17 VPhA president. Donna Francioni-Proffitt (B.S. ’79) will participate in “Pharmacy’s Role in Medicaid’s Addiction Recovery & […]
AACP New Investigator Award goes to Nadpara
VCU School of Pharmacy assistant professor Pramit Nadpara has received a 2017 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy New Investigator Award. Nadpara’s research interests include reporting health service use patterns and conducting health outcomes assessment studies with an emphasis in oncology. “Although lung cancer in the elderly is associated with a poor prognosis,” Nadpara […]
Special report: Responding to the drug diversion crisis through collaboration and empowerment
Thanks to Kalyann Kauv for providing the following report on a Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conference sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in November. The DEA began offering these conferences five years ago to educate pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy loss personnel nationwide on the identification and prevention of diversion activity. Drug diversion: a medical and legal […]
AAPS recognizes Biswas with Graduate Student Research Excellence Award
VCU School of Pharmacy Ph.D. student Deblina Biswas has been awarded the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists 2016 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality. She is one of four graduate students in the APQ section to have won the award, presented during the AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in November in Denver. The award, sponsored by […]
Singh receives EPIC Pharmacies Student Grant Award
Third-year VCU School of Pharmacy student Jatinder Singh has been named one of 12 Pharm.D. students nationwide to receive a 2016 EPIC Pharmacies Student Grant Award. EPIC Pharmacies Inc., a national network of more than 1,400 independently owned pharmacies, annually awards $1,000 grants to students who plan to practice in an independent pharmacy upon […]
Ogbonna tapped as SOP associate dean for admissions, student services
Kelechi C. “K.C.” Ogbonna has been named associate dean for admissions and student services by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, effective Nov. 15. “We are very fortunate to have Dr. Ogbonna as our new associate dean,” said School of Pharmacy Dean Joseph T. DiPiro. “He brings a wealth of talent, energy and ideas […]
Join us for the third Victor A. Yanchick watercolors art auction
A select collection of paintings by VCU School of Pharmacy Emeritus Dean Victor Yanchick will be available for auction 5-8 p.m. Oct. 27 at The Valentine, 1015 E. Clay St. in Richmond. Proceeds from sales will go toward pharmacy student scholarships. Lisa Schaffner, director of public relations and marketing for UNOS and former news anchor for WRIC-TV (Channel […]