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A group photo of six students and one faculty member holding small paper bags full of dental hygiene supplies with handles.

SoP student-led project supports patients in recovery from opioid use disorder

March 6, 2025

Pharm.D. students leading the Resilient Smile Project recruited students across VCU Health Sciences to help patients address the oral health side effects of buprenorphine.

Natasha Smith, a dental hygienist student, assembles a kit during a recent service day organized by the Resilient Smile Project. (Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU student-led project supports patients in recovery from opioid use disorder

Feb. 24, 2025

From the School of Pharmacy and across VCU’s health sciences schools, students leading the Resilient Smile Project address oral health and its connection to buprenorphine.

Shijun Zhang, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Pharmacy, is pioneering drug discovery research focused on an essential component of the immune system. (Christopher Kendall)

Alzheimer’s, antennas and AI are highlighted in VCU faculty research receiving new Commercialization Fund awards

Feb. 19, 2025

Five projects are selected in the latest round of funding that helps bring campus innovation to the marketplace.

Lesley and Andrew Maggard met during their School of Pharmacy orientation and became friends as they were placed in various group projects together. A first date at the Galen Society dinner a few years later helped cement their relationship. (Courtesy photo)

Unbreakable bonds: The philanthropic spirit helped bring Lesley and Andrew Maggard together

Feb. 14, 2025

Through the School of Pharmacy’s Galen Society of donors, the 2013 graduates are close to establishing a scholarship in memory of a fellow VCU alum and colleague.

Researchers from VCU and the Virginia Board of Pharmacy pinpointed areas in Virginia with the highest needs for pharmacy services. (Getty Images)

Researchers identified 44 locations in Virginia where adding pharmacy services could benefit more than 10,000 residents

Feb. 10, 2025

The findings, published today in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, found that urban areas were more frequently pharmacy deserts than rural and suburban areas.

Arzu Moosvi

Pharmacy on a global scale: An interview with Arzu Moosvi

Jan. 24, 2025

By establishing the Arzu F. Moosvi Global Medicine Travel Award, Dr. Moosvi is paying it forward, allowing pharmacy students the chance to follow the journey she has taken toward a career in global health.

Students use digital health technologies, including virtual reality headsets, in a computer lab at VCU School of Pharmacy.

VCU School of Pharmacy launches digital health, geriatrics and pharmaceutical industry concentrations for Pharm.D. program

Dec. 17, 2024

Students can gain specialized training that will prepare them for careers in growing areas of the pharmacy profession.

Christian Moon is a second-year Pharm.D. student in the VCU School of Pharmacy. (VCU School of Pharmacy)

Christian Moon earns 2024 Walmart Health Equity Scholarship for Pharmacy Students

Dec. 16, 2024

Moon is one of seven students in the nation this year – and the first ever in Virginia – to earn the national scholarship.

Nadia Tasnim Ahmed, a native of Bangladesh, hopes to work as an analytical scientist in the pharmaceutical industry. (Contributed photo)

Class of 2024: Nadia Tasnim Ahmed is the nation’s first to earn this degree

Dec. 13, 2024

She and VCU are trailblazers through the Ph.D. program in pharmaceutical engineering.

laura frankart

Frankart leads School of Pharmacy's academic and faculty affairs

Nov. 26, 2024

Laura Morgan Frankart, Pharm.D., M.Ed., began her role as the school’s associate dean for academic and faculty affairs, effective Nov 25.