SOP Dean Victor Yanchick welcomes Diane Ginsburg, immediate past president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, at noon Feb. 10 in Smith, Room 103. She will speak on "Practice Beyond the White Coat."
Fridays 3:15-4:30pm; **BIOTECH ONE, IN THE ROBERT BALL CONFERENCE ROOM (1ST FLOOR); Coffee & Snacks @ 2:30pm in Break Room of Suite 212, Biotech Park I
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2012 Interim Meeting takes place Feb. 11-14 at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, Calif. For details, visit http://www.aacp.org/meetingsandevents/IM/IM12/Pages/default.aspx.
APPE VIII for fourth-year students runs Feb. 13 through March 15. Eight down, one to go!
SOP assistant professor Tish Moczygemba will present "Discovering How to Enhance Medication-Related Health Outcomes" as part of the CCTR's Discovery Dialogues seminar series noon-1 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Main Hospital's Learning Center. Faculty, staff, students, patients and families are invited to attend.
The second Mr. Pharmacy competition begins at 11 a.m. Feb. 15 in Smith, Room 103. The entrance fee and fee for votes is $5; proceeds go to VPhA's Capital Campaign.
Pharmacy Bingo begins at noon Feb. 16 in Smith, Room 103. Battle your peers in the challenge! $5 for one board, $1 for each additional award. Light refreshments and prizes, too.
The annual MCV Campus Winter Ball, with live music by Lost in Paris, takes place Feb. 17 at the Greater Richmond Center Ballroom. Times to be announced (probably 9 p.m.-2 a.m.)! Tickets will be available the week before the ball.
Alumni, students, faculty and friends are invited to a dessert reception -- in conjunction with the 2012 VPhA Midyear Conference -- 8:30-10 p.m. Feb. 25 at Williamsburg Lodge in Colonial Williamsburg. The reception is sponsored by VCU School of Pharmacy, Appalachian College of Pharmacy and Shenandoah University's Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy.
The 2012 Virginia Pharmacists Association Midyear Conference takes place Feb. 25-26 at Williamsburg Lodge in Colonial Williamsburg. This year's theme is "Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain." For details, visit https://m360.virginiapharmacists.org/event.aspx?eventID=34541.
Phi Delta Chi's annual Disco Bowl takes place 9 p.m.-midnight March 2 at Bowl America Short Pump, 4400 Pouncey Tract Road, Glen Allen. Prizes for the best disco outfit, best dancer and top-scoring bowlers! Cost is $25 per person ($150 per six-member team; if you're not part of a team, PDC will find you one). If you'd like a T-shirt, please pay by 5 p.m. Feb. 10. Otherwise, you may pay anytime before the event or at the door. Proceeds go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Contact Gina Patel (second floor mailboxes or patelgp@vcu.edu) for info or to register and pay.
The VCU/MCV Campus Community Health Fair takes place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Armstrong High School, 2300 Cool Lane. Free screenings will be provided for blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, dental, HIV and syphilis. Also H1N1 shots will be available. A children's area will be provided. For more info, visit http://www.vcuhealthfair.org/#!vstc0=welcome.
The American Pharmacists Association 2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition takes place March 9-12 in New Orleans, La. This year's theme is "Driving Connections, Transforming Patient Care." For details, visit http://www.aphameeting.org/.
Stop and smell the dandelions! Spring break runs March 12-16.
Therapeutic Equivalence: Regulatory and Scientific Issues in Drug Product Development, a workshop organized by the SOP's Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program Advisory Board, will feature Dale P. Conner, Barbara M. Davit, John Z. Duan and Mehul Mehta of the FDA; Eric Mittleberg of Sandoz; and Leon Shargel of Applied Biopharmaceutics. Tuition for the workshop, which includes lunch and a reception, is $25 for FDA members and VCU faculty, staff, residents and students. Tuition for others is $100. A 75 percent refund of tuition will be issued if cancellations are made by April 9. Parking will be available at the VCU Medical Center Visitor Parking Lot, 12th and Leigh streets; and at the Eighth Street Deck, 659 N. Eighth St. For more information or to reserve a space at the workshop by contacting Ellen Leverich at emleverich@vcu.edu.