Victoria F. Roche received the Bachelor of Science degree in both Chemistry and Spanish from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1973, and both the Masters and the Ph.D. degree in Biomedicinal Chemistry from the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy, the latter in 1981. Dr. Roche has been responsible for chemistry instruction in Creighton's pharmacy program and offered courses in medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences principles, and rational drug design. She served as President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) in 2000 - 2001, and has served the Association as a member of the Janus Commission, and as Chair of both the Section of Teachers of Chemistry and the Women Faculty Special Interest Group (SIG). Dr. Roche has been National President of Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society and was a recipient of the AACP Innovations in Teaching Awards in 1997 and 1999. She further received the AACP Lyman Award in July, 2000. She has also been recipient of numerous teaching and service awards including Creighton University's Distinguished Faculty Administrator Award.

About the lecture

"Pharmacy's Great Metamorphosis or Bob Dylan Was Right"
"The profession of pharmacy has been in the midst of great change for the past quarter century. While significant progress has been made in the conversion to a clinically-based, patient-oriented profession, a review of the seminal reports and papers written by pharmacy's great minds indicates that the major issues we have faced throughout the transition have remained constant. This presentation will provide a brief look at the path the profession has charted from the time of the Millis Commission through present day, discuss some specific challenges currently facing the profession as we seek to fulfill our destiny, and issue a call for leadership to pharmacy's future practitioners and educators."

Quoted from the 2001 Loyd E. Harris Lecture Announcement Brochure.