The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's 2010 Interim Meeting takes place Feb. 7-10 at Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington. The theme is "Patient-Centered, Team-Based Care: Setting the Standard." For details, visit www.aacp.org/interimmeeting10.
Dr. Gretchen Brophy, PharmD, Professor, Department of Pharmacy, VCU, "Biomarker Kinetics in Acute Brain Injury" 12:00noon, Smith Room 216
Pharmaceutics Ph.D. candidate Bhawana Saluja will represent the School of Pharmacy at the Fifth Annual Virginia Graduate Student Research Forum 4-6 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. Six graduate students from each public university, representing a variety of fields, have been invited to present their research to the public as well as legislators and the business community. The event is hosted by the Virginia Council of Graduate Schools.
Joseph McClay, research assistant professor with the School of Pharmacy's Center for Biomarker Research and Personalized Medicine, presents “Exploring the Genes and Pathways Mediating Antipsychotic Drug Response" at noon Feb. 15 in McGuire Hall, Room 200.
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VIII for fourth-year students runs Feb. 15-March 19.
Aditi Mulgaonkar, graduate student, Department of Pharmaceutics, VCU, "Role of Transporters in the Pharmacokinetics of Fluoroquinolones" 12:00noon, Smith Room 216
A special faculty meeting will be held 3-4 p.m. Feb. 22 in Smith, Room. 103.
The Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Program Scholarship Series presents Qin Wang, assistant professor in the VCU Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research, on "Statistical Modeling for High Dimensional Data" noon-1 p.m. Feb. 23 in McGuire Hall, Room 209A.
Ruba Darweesh, graduate student, Department of Pharmaceutics, VCU, "Inhaled Antibiotic Fluoroquinolones", 12:00noon, Smith Room 216
The School of Pharmacy will host an Alumni and Friends Dessert Reception, as part of the VPhA Midyear Conference, 8:30-10 p.m. Feb. 27 at Omni Charlottesville Hotel, 235 W. Main St., Charlottesville.
The third annual VCU/MCV Campus Community Health Fair takes place 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 6 at Armstrong High School, 2300 Cool Lane. To register as a volunteer (all MCV Campus students are invited), contact Alejandra Harvey at harveyal3@vcu.edu.
The American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition will take place March 12-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. The theme is "Inspire, Engage, Influence: APhA Pharmacists Lead the Way." For details, visit http://www.aphameeting.org/.
During APhA's Annual Meeting and Exposition, the School of Pharmacy will host an Alumni Cocktail Reception 6-7:30 p.m. March 14 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, Renaissance West B, 999 Ninth St. N.W. For APhA meeting details, visit http://www.aphameeting.org/.
Spring semester is just whizzing by! Enjoy your time off ... or working ... or volunteering ... or studying.
The 2010 United States Pharmacopeia Convention Membership Meeting will be held April 21-24 at the Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St. N.W., Washington. For details, visit http://www.usp.org/meetings/convention.