Research Excellence - SoP Annual Report - Virginia Commonwealth University

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

VCU School of Pharmacy will develop a strategic approach to identify and resource key research areas to increase extramural funding and grow national and international prominence.

As a school, we know our impact on people's health goes further when we can apply our findings on a national and international level. Our faculty and research scientists, who have made a name for themselves in their fields, are consistently challenging the status quo to move their fields forward. With the progress they achieve through research excellence, we are one step closer to better health for all.

Learn more about our research and its impacts in these stories.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

A miracle cure for sickle cell disease? Martin Safo's work offers additional solutions

Gene therapy can change lives. It’s also costly and onerous. Three experts, including Safo, a professor of medicinal chemistry, discuss its future.

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RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

VCU professors in pharmacy and nursing secure grant to tackle obesity in kidney transplant candidates

"The goal is to not only improve the chances for people to receive a lifesaving organ but also to decrease morbidity and mortality related to excess weight after transplantation," says Evan Sisson, co-principal investigator of the project.

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Fruit sits in a heart-shaped bowl next to a stethoscope and blood sugar monitor.

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

New lab, new instruments for Proteomics Shared Resource, led by pharmaceutics professor

This new equipment will allow researchers, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and the resource's director Adam Hawkridge, to get even more precise insights into the mass and makeup of, for example, a peptide at the molecular level.

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A group of leaders cut a ribbon in a new lab space at the Molecular Medicine Research Building.