Medicinal Chemistry News

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Ph.D. candidate wins poster presentation award at Walter Lawrence Cancer Retreat

Sept. 12, 2025

Ally Thompson won one of three poster presentation awards at the recent event, hosted by VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Drs. Cen and Hylton Gravatt named VCU faculty awardees for research and teaching excellence

Sept. 11, 2025

These awardees, who raise the number of such honorees at VCU SoP to five in the last three years, will be recognized at the university's Faculty Recognition Gala in October.

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VCU researcher’s opioid use disorder project earns NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Sept. 5, 2025

Medicinal chemist Piyusha Pagare’s new project will focus on counteracting the lethal effect of synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

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Medicinal Chemistry faculty earn VCU School of Pharmacy awards for excellence

Aug. 28, 2025

Dr. Cen earned the Award for Excellence in Research and Dr. Nagarajan earned the Customer Service Award at the 3rd Annual VCU School of Pharmacy Convocation.

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Dr. Arjun Raghuraman earns ACS' Mid-Career Investigator Award

Aug. 27, 2025

The award was announced at the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in August.

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Dr. Farhana Sakloth earns VCU 10 Under 10 Award

Aug. 27, 2025

She and the other 2025 honorees — the 11th group of alumni to receive this special honor — will be recognized Oct. 25 at a private ceremony.

Keynote speaker Anna Prilutsky addresses the audience in the Library of Virginia auditorium at the 3rd Annual School of Pharmacy Convocation.

Haleon R&D leader at Convocation: Innovation is ‘figuring out how to open doors for those who will make a difference’

Aug. 22, 2025

Keynote speaker Anna Prilutsky addressed faculty, staff and new students to share how she got her start in her career as an innovator before the community celebrated seven faculty and staff honorees and five faculty promotions.

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Small molecule could alleviate acetaminophen-induced liver injury, Medicinal Chemistry student's research reveals

Aug. 21, 2025

Jannatun Nayem Namme, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at VCU School of Pharmacy, is presenting her team's results at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) this week.

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Postdoc Logan Neel hired as assistant professor for undergraduate program

Aug. 18, 2025

Dr. Logan Neel, a graduate of VCU, is the first faculty member hired for the B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at VCU School of Pharmacy.

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Ph.D. student Jannatun Namme earns ACS National Meeting Travel Award

July 23, 2025

A student in Dr. Shijun Zhang's lab, Jannatun Namme will present her work at the Washington, D.C., meeting next month.