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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.

Jannatun Namme stands next to a research poster she shared during VCU Research Day

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.

At Faculty Convocation, President Michael Rao, Ph.D., said VCU faculty’s embrace of interdisciplinary inquiry and cross-departmental solutions creates an environment that supports their work as researchers, practitioners – and especially as educators. (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

43rd annual Faculty Convocation celebrates seven VCU educators and researchers

Aug. 21, 2025

Honorees represent the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, College of Humanities and Sciences, and University College.

Sunwoo Kim conducted migraine research with Joseph McClay, Ph.D., through the Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program. (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU summer program puts two heads together for migraine research

Aug. 18, 2025

Undergraduate Sunwoo Kim and School of Pharmacy professor Joseph McClay explore genetic angle to debilitating headaches.

VCU will hold its 43rd annual Faculty Convocation on Aug. 20. (File photo)

Faculty Convocation will honor seven VCU educators and researchers

Aug. 18, 2025

The 43rd annual ceremony on Aug. 20 celebrates outstanding teaching, scholarship and service.

The VCU School of Pharmacy team poses on stage at the AACP 2025 Mock Trial Competition in Chicago in July 2025.

VCU team finishes Top 2 in the nation in AACP Mock Trial Competition

Aug. 8, 2025

VCU School of Pharmacy students competed in the national championships in July, where they finished second.

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Dr. Jean-Venable "Kelly" Goode receives 2025 Kappa Epsilon/Merck Vanguard Leadership Award

June 26, 2025

A person who nominated Dr. Goode for the award stated that she embodied "the ideals of Kappa Epsilon by lifting others up to achieve personal and professional goals, developing leaders and serving her community through professional and philanthropic services."

Under the leadership of new director Yan Zhang, Ph.D., the Center for Drug Discovery has realigned its structure to mirror the industry-standard drug development pipeline and expanded to become a true universitywide hub for translational research. (Photo by Christopher Kendall)

VCU Center for Drug Discovery realigns to advance innovative therapies

May 30, 2025

Led by new director Yan Zhang and working with TechTransfer and Ventures, the center aims to commercialize treatments for sickle cell disease, opioid addiction, dementia and other conditions.

A professor in a dress shirt and blazer sits smiling in his lab in front of a projector with a 2-D representation of the interconnection of molecules while holding two vials of different liquids as additional vials of liquid sit on his desk in front of him

Dr. Youzhong Guo pioneers a new biopharma blueprint

May 23, 2025

A commitment to membrane proteins has rendered technology that has placed Youzhong Guo, Ph.D., an associate professor in our Department of Medicinal Chemistry, on the radar of some of the largest players in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Recent pharmaceutical engineering graduate Asma Al-Terawi, Ph.D., in her doctoral tam, hood and gown poses for a family photo with her husband and their three sons after the VCU School of Pharmacy Hooding and Diploma Ceremony on May 9, 2025.

At graduation, Class of 2025 reflects on perseverance and the support that got them through

May 16, 2025

Keynote speaker Tiffani Bailey Lash, Ph.D., encourages Ph.D. and Pharm.D. graduates to "embrace the tools of tomorrow without forgetting the humanity that brought you here."