‘Medicinal chemistry and John Andrako prepared us well for the real world of pharmacy’
Thanks to Keith Kittinger for sharing news of his recent visit, along with fellow classmate Bill Nicholson, to see one of their former professors, John Andrako. (All three are pictured below from the 1972 edition of the X-Ray yearbook.) In mid-March, VCU School of Pharmacy alumni Bill Nicholson and Keith Kittinger (both B.S. ’72) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Patterson named 2016 Express Scripts Scholar
Julie Patterson, a Pharm.D./Ph.D. student at VCU School of Pharmacy, has been selected as a 2016 Express Scripts Scholar by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Patterson is one of four dual-degree students nationwide to receive the $10,000 scholarship funded by the Express Scripts Foundation. Express Scripts Scholars are chosen based on their […]
Phi Kappa Phi taps nine SOP students, one professor
Nine VCU School of Pharmacy students and one faculty member were invited to join the VCU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the induction for which took place Nov. 19 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. New initiates are fourth-year Pharm.D. students Aulbrey Drisaldi, Alyssa Kaufman, Agneta Liubinaite, Sean McCullough, Kristen Morris and Dan Nichols; […]
Pharm.D./Ph.D. student Crystal Leibrand is Express Scripts Scholar
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy has named VCU School of Pharmacy Pharm.D./Ph.D. student Crystal Leibrand an Express Scripts Scholar. She is one of four dual-degree pharmacy students nationwide to receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Express Scripts Foundation. After earning her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Randolph-Macon College, Leibrand enrolled in VCU’s […]
VCU chapter of APhA-ASP co-hosts Midyear Regional
The VCU School of Pharmacy chapter of APhA-ASP (formerly known as VASP) will co-host the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists Region 2 Midyear Regional Meeting with the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. According to VCU chapter president Heather Savage, the meeting will take place Oct. 16-18 — the ides of American Pharmacists Month! […]