School of Pharmacy

  VCU School of Pharmacy graduate students, faculty and alumni made a good showing at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. This year’s theme was “Examining the Role of Big Data in Healthcare Decision Making.” The ISPOR meeting, which took place the first week of June in […]

  The Alpha Delta chapter of Phi Delta Chi raised more than $10,000 during the 2013-14 academic year for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “I think this is an amazing accomplishment,” said VCU School of Pharmacy assistant professor Tyler Stevens, who serves as PDC chapter advisor. “Since 2009, our organization has raised $43,276.12 for St. Jude.” […]

  SENIOR BANQUET VCU School of Pharmacy honored members of the Pharm.D. class of 2014 during its annual Senior Banquet May 9 at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump. Awards were presented by Dean Victor Yanchick and Tom Reinders, associate dean for admissions and student services, with the assistance of Ron Ballentine, […]

  VCU School of Pharmacy’s Lauren Grecheck is one of only 12 pharmacy students nationwide tapped to receive the 2014 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Student Leadership Award. The awards program, sponsored annually by ASHP and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, recognizes students for their achievements in health-system pharmacy practice and campus leadership.  The […]

  More than 350 members of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association are expected to convene in Richmond this weekend as VCU School of Pharmacy’s chapter welcomes the organization’s Region I and II Meeting to the Omni Richmond Hotel. Founded in 1972 as the student affiliate of the National Pharmaceutical Association, SNPhA is an educational service association concerned […]

  The Virginia Pharmacists Association’s 2014 Midyear Conference promises a few new experiences Feb. 22-23 at the Williamsburg Lodge. This year’s conference theme, “Preparing You for the Future of Pharmacy,” is particularly apt given that VPhA will host the first-ever Student Pharmacist Policy and Advocacy Forum Colloquium 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Feb. 22. Pharmacy students are […]

  To see an album of photos from the PCEU awards reception, click here. VCU School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutics’ second Grants, Scholarships and Awards Reception attracted a full house Dec. 5 at Larrick Student Center. Department chairman Peter Byron noted that departmental faculty, staff and students had secured about $585,000 in grants, contracts, […]

  PDC ON TV: Phi Delta Chi members and third-year Pharm.D. students Sarah Barden and Melinda Ellis appeared on WTVR-Channel 6’s “Virginia This Morning” Oct. 23 to discuss the National Take-Back  Initiative. To see their TV segment, click here.  Members of VCU School of Pharmacy’s Alpha Delta chapter of Phi Delta Chi will volunteer with […]

  More than 80 School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty, students and friends gathered Sept. 4 at Brickshire Golf Club in Providence Forge for the first Yanchick Invitational Golf Tournament, dinner and raffle. It’s actually the tournament’s 20th year; students suggested that it be renamed to honor and celebrate Dean Victor Yanchick’s 18 years of service […]

  VCU School of Pharmacy’s Tau chapter of Kappa Epsilon hosted the fraternity’s 49th Convention in mid-July at the Richmond Marriott downtown. After the Think Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Dinner July 18, Dean Victor Yanchick delivered an address on the development of leadership qualities as the pharmacy profession evolves. Tau chapter advisor Emily Peron, an […]