The School has had at least one recipient for the award for seven consecutive years, and four of this year's winners are former or current community pharmacy residents at the School.
James Byrne, a grad student in MOPH, was named the winner of the $5,000 grand prize in Catalent Institutes’ Global Academic Competition for Life Science Leaders of Tomorrow
As a grad student in DPET, Hertz won an Impact Award for identifying a genetic marker in cancer patients taking paclitaxel that could make them more susceptible to a side effect of neuropathy. He is now a research assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
Rishi Desai, a grad student in DPOP, examined medication errors reported by NC nursing homes and found that 11 percent involved the transition into nursing home care. These errors were more likely to cause harm to the patient compared to errors occurring later.
