News @ VCU School of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy: here, there, EVERYWHERE!

Check out the wide variety of print and online publications in which VCU School of Pharmacy faculty, students and alumni have recently appeared:

• The Feb. 27 issue of the Richmond Times-Dispatch noted Dean Victor Yanchick’s keynote speech at the AACP Interim Meeting. Click here and scroll to “Elsewhere on campus.”

• The Jan/Feb/Mar 2009 issue of Academic Pharmacy Now (click here) features an “In Memoriam” of Frances M. Brodie by William E. Smith, SOP executive associate dean (search the word Brodie); notes associate professor David Holdford’s work with the Educating Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists to Improve Quality (EPIQ) program (search Holdford) and includes a page of recent VCU School of Pharmacy promotions, publications and grants (search Brophy).

• An article about the Peggy and Bruce McWhinney Social Justice Award appeared in the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of MCV Foundation’s Chronicle of Giving. Bruce McWhinney (B.S. ’70) and his wife, who now live at Lake Gaston, N.C., endowed the fund that will generate a yearly cash award for a fourth-year pharmacy student who has demonstrated a commitment to social justice and who shows promise of continuing in that vein. The article also mentions SOP graduates (and positive influences) Eugene White (B.S. ’50) and Carl Emswiller (B.S. ’62). To see the story, click here and search the word McWhinney.

• A feature about SOP alumnus Gerald Grossman (B.S. ’62) of Richmond and his volunteer work with The Mended Hearts Inc. ran in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Feb. 14, 2009. Grossman uses his own experience to relate to patients being treated for heart problems. To read the story, click here.

• Nick Hall (Pharm.D. ’08), a recipient of the SOP’s Henry Addington Academy of Independent Pharmacy Scholarship, is mentioned in a story in the Winter 2009 issue of VCU’s The Power of Personal Philanthropy. To read, click here and search the word brunch.

• The Jan. 25, 2009, edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch mentioned the School of Pharmacy’s $5 million renovation appropriation. To read the whole story, click here.

• The January 2009 edition of the e-newsletter for university alumni featured several items that included or were about the School of Pharmacy. To view the entire newsletter, click here.
  
  To go directly to a specific item, please click its title and scroll down to see that particular headline:
  
  “Pharmacy honors donors, reconnects with alumni”
  
  “Giving news” (first two items)
  
  “Pharmacy students give back”
  
  “Grad students honored”

• Visit the December 2008 issue of Virginia Pharmacist by clicking here for a strong School of Pharmacy presence. This issue profiles Becky Snead (B.S. ’85), VPhA Outstanding Pharmacist Award recipient; recognizes Chris Jones (B.S. ’82), recipient of the Virginia Pharmacist Service Award; and notes that Amy Dembowski (P2) is a new student liaison to the VPhA legislative committee. In addition, there’s a poignant Personal Message about “pharming” by Otto Wachsmann (Pharm.D. ’86) and a Guest Editorial, “New Practitioners, Where Are You?” by Jon Carter (P3).

• SOP alumna Bronwyn Burnham (B.S. ’89), graced the cover of the October 2008 Virginia Pharmacist as VPhA’s 2008-09 VPhA president. Also, fourth-year student David DeLong was recognized as a recipient of a VPhA Research & Education Foundation award. To view the item, click here and search the word DeLong. In the same issue, P4 students Toni Coe, Josh Crawford, Danielle Danzi and Traci Poole were recognized as NASPA-NMA Student Pharmacist Self-Care Champions, and Amy Whitaker (Pharm.D. ’98 and SOP assistant professor) was thanked for having served on the competition’s panel of experts (click on the link above and search the word jeopardy).

Submitted By:
Cynthia McMullen
2/27/2009