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CPPI Pharmacy Practice Forum created to share opinions on key pharmacy practice issues

March 31, 2019

It is our pleasure to introduce a new section in Pharmacy Practice entitled “CPPI Practice Forum,” which will be led by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation.

With $1.3M grant, VCU to expand community treatment of diabetes and hypertension

March 13, 2019

The VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, in collaboration with VCU Health, is launching a project to help people across Virginia prevent diabetes and heart disease. The five-year project, supported by a projected $1.3 million over five years from the Virginia Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will use telemedicine, remote monitoring, one-on-one coaching and community partnerships to improve participants’ health.

VCU Pharmacy’s CPPI announces partnership with journal Pharmacy Practice

Sept. 17, 2018

The VCU School of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation is proud to announce an editorial partnership with Pharmacy Practice, a quarterly full-text peer-reviewed online journal. Pharmacy Practice was founded as an independent journal by a group of prominent pharmacy-practice researchers from around the world about 10 years ago. Pharmacy Practice is free to access, complying with the NIH’s policy on public access, and does not charge for submissions or publication.

CPPI awards its first Feasibility Grants as part of new program

Dec. 22, 2017

Four VCU School of Pharmacy faculty members have been named the first recipients in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation’s Feasibility Grant Program.

John Bucheit receives $17,224 grant from VCU Council of Community Engagement

Dec. 22, 2017

Center core faculty member John Bucheit received a $17,224 grant from the VCU Council for Community Engagement.

With Dixon at helm, CPPI working to empower tomorrow’s pharmacists

Dec. 22, 2017

Dave L. Dixon, the new director of the VCU School of Pharmacy Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, says the center is poised to help transform health care delivery and to ensure that tomorrow’s pharmacists have myriad opportunities. With Dixon now at the helm, the CPPI is getting ready to move into McGuire Hall on the MCV Campus and tackle the challenges of a changing health care landscape.

CPPI professor named first da Vinci Center Faculty Fellow

Dec. 22, 2017

Dayanjan “Shanaka” Wijesinghe, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Pharmacy is the first da Vinci Center Faculty Fellow.

CPPI faculty letter to editor published in JAMA, JAMA Cardiology

Dec. 22, 2017

Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation faculty publish two letters to the editor highlighting the importance of performing a thorough medication review and the value of pharmacists on the cardiovascular team in JAMA and JAMA Cardiology.