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Vasco Pontinha gives a presentation

CPPI welcomes new faculty member, Vasco Pontinha, Ph.D.

Aug. 10, 2023

Vasco Pontinha, Ph.D. joins CPPI’s core faculty, bringing expertise in the economic value generated by pharmacist interventions. 

Professor wearing artificial intelligence goggles.

Artificial intelligence can push pharmacy practice forward, say experts

May 17, 2023

VCU School of Pharmacy Associate Professor Dayanjan Wijesinghe, Ph.D., and Ph.D. candidate Tyler Wagner, Pharm.D., discuss the implications of AI on pharmacy education and practice

Mona Alshahawy

Clinical pharmacist from Cairo joins CPPI faculty for postdoctoral fellowship

Feb. 8, 2023

Mona Al-Shahawey, Ph.D., current assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy-Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, is joining Teresa Salgado, Ph.D. for a postdoctoral fellowship with the goal of expanding her knowledge and skills in qualitative, survey and practice-based research. Further, she will work with CPPI core faculty member David Holdford, Ph.D., who also serves as director of international programs within the VCU School of Pharmacy, to learn the foundation of pharmacoeconomic analyses.

evan sisson

Sisson takes on role of CPPI assistant director

April 22, 2022

Evan Sisson, Pharm.D., has joined the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation‘s leadership team as the new assistant director. He has been a core faculty member since CPPI began in 2015.

From left: Vimal Mishra, Dayanjan Wijesinghe, Emily Ko, Amir Behdani, Teresa Salgado

Digital health showcase celebrates student group Pharmacists for Digital Health’s first year

Feb. 24, 2022

VCU School of Pharmacy student group Pharmacists for Digital Health, the first and only pharmacy digital health student group in the country, celebrated their first year of growth with a digital health showcase on Tuesday.