Dr. Robert Balster, IPAS founder, funds scholarship in support of IPAS students
27 April 2024Dr. Robert Balster, founder of the IPAS program and global advocate for addiction science education, has founded a scholarship to support students seeking to obtain their MS in Addiction Studies. This scholarship was designed to assist highly qualified applicants, and especially, although not exclusively, those from low and middle income countries, in receiving an IPAS degree.
IPAS Graduate Endows Adam Abubaker Memorial Lecture and changes pain management training to combat opioid crisis in honor of late son
27 April 2024In honor of his late son, A. Omar Abubaker, DMD, PhD, a graduate of the IPAS Intermediate Certificate Programme in Addiction Studies and Chair of the Department of Oral and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the VCU Health Centers, has taken on a mission to change medical and dental training in pain management and increase knowledge about opioid use and opioid overdose. His goal: to combat the opioid crisis.
Information about the Adam Abubaker Memorial lecture series
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IPAS Receives High Marks In recent Alumni Survey
16 December 2023Results are in! IPAS scores a perfect 100% satisfaction rating from alumni.
VCU Among 21 Sites Renewed for Largest Adolescent Brain Development Study in US
16 December 2020VCU, along with 20 other sites, is part of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever conducted in the US.
