VCU to spearhead evaluation for statewide opioid program
VCU was chosen to administer a five-year evaluation of a statewide program by Addiction Recovery Treatment Services (ARTS). The evaluation will address the increase of […]
Drugs
NIH awards $5 million brain development study grant
Illustration by Natalie DeMenthon Andrew Crider, Contributing Writer VCU won a $5 million grant from the National Institute of Health to examine the brain structure and […]
Drug testing procedures
Rachael Wojciechowski, Contributing Columnist Recently there has been a surge of anti-vaccination advocates in the U.S. with many of them stating the reason for their concern […]
Heroin overdoses outnumber highway fatalities
More than 100 people filed into the basement of an Episcopal church and one by one, they occupied each metal folding chair. The smell of […]
Leave my head alone
School of Pharmacy associate professor Yan Zhang, Ph.D., received a grant of $1.9 million by the National Institutes of Health in order to continue drug development research. What Zhang hopes to accomplish through the research is to develop new chemical entities that would help treat substance abuse disorders.