Lauren M. Caldas, Pharm.D., M.Ed., BCACPlinkedin
Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Center for Compounding Practice and Research
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
Lauren Caldas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at VCU School of Pharmacy.
After graduating from VCU School of Pharmacy in 2011, Caldas pursued a residency with the VCU School of Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Residency PGY1 program. In 2012, she opened and managed the first Kroger Marketplace Pharmacy on the East Coast. She moved to academia in June 2016 as a foundation lab faculty member to coordinate the first-year pharmacy students’ foundations skill lab.
Caldas regularly remarks, “The same as we use evidence-based medicine for our patients, we must utilize evidence-based teaching in our instruction. Through scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), we create evidence of how our teaching impacts our students’ knowledge, confidence, and perception of the content.” She has had the pleasure of bringing her SoTL passion to multiple research teams focused on providing student-focused teaching through engaging activities, technology, and collaboration between disciplines and learner levels.
Caldas is Board Certified in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy since 2012. She has enjoyed working collaboratively in clinics with other healthcare professionals since 2013. In July 2020, the VCU Center for Compounding Practice and Research (CCPR) as the Assistant Director. CCPR offers numerous continuing education programs to improve the practice of sterile compounding and pharmacy technician training.
In 2022, she earned her Master of Education with a focus in Educational Leadership. Caldas's research interests are in the scholarship of teaching and learning, compounding, community pharmacy, and utilizing technology in the classroom.