Category: Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics
Bob Blouin Inducted into UK Pharmacy Alumni Hall of Fame
April 1, 2015Robert A. Blouin, PharmD, dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was one of four inducted into the inaugural class of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Hall of Distinguished Alumni March 19–20. Blouin was among those UK College of Pharmacy graduates recognized for their lifetime professional contributions to pharmacy. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1978 and spent more than twenty-five years there as a faculty member until he was appointed dean at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2003. The UK College of Pharmacy created the Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2014 to … Read more
Jay Receives University of Kentucky Pharmaceutical Sciences Alumni Award
March 11, 2015Michael Jay, PhD, has been named the 2014 University of Kentucky Outstanding Graduate Program Alumnus for the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Jay is the Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor and chair of the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jay, who received his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 1980, received the award as part of the College’s annual graduate program recruitment event January 30. Jay was an assistant professor of nuclear medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center from 1980 … Read more
Kabanov Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
January 26, 2015Alexander Kabanov, PhD, DrSci, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows, an honor reserved for the top two percent of medical and biological engineers. Kabanov was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for seminal works on polymeric nanosystems for drug delivery that have considerably influenced current ideas and approaches in nanomedicine, according to AIMBE. Kabanov is the Mescal Swaim Ferguson Distinguished Professor in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and director of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in … Read more
Remembering Feng Liu, PhD, 1955–2014
July 25, 2014Feng Liu, PhD, a research professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, died Thursday, July 24, after being assaulted and robbed Wednesday, July 23, while walking in a neighborhood near campus. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 2, at 4:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the UNC campus. The Triangle Chinese-American Friendship Association will hold a vigil for Liu on Wednesday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fedex Global Education Center on the UNC campus. “Dr. Liu will be remembered as a dedicated colleague, educator and researcher who was passionate about Carolina,” UNC Chancellor Carol Folt says. “He truly … Read more
Kristy Ainslie and Team Join MOPH
July 21, 2014Kristy Ainslie, PhD, joins the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as an associate professor after almost five years as an assistant professor at Ohio State. Ainslie’s research focuses on immune therapies, including bioterrorism vaccines, autoimmune treatments, and host cell-directed therapeutics. Members of her lab also moved to Chapel Hill, including Research Assistant Professor Eric Bachelder, PhD. Kristy Ainslie, PhD, has joined the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as an associate professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics. Ainslie brings her interdisciplinary expertise to Chapel Hill after spending almost five years as an assistant professor at the Ohio State University’s Division … Read more
Grad Students Kapadia, Claypool Win WVU Research Forum Awards
June 30, 2014Two graduate students won awards for their research at WVU’s pharmacy research forum on June 12–13. MOPH’s Chintan Kapadia placed first in the podium presentations, and CBMC’s Sarah Claypool placed third in the poster presentations. Two UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy graduate students received awards at the inaugural West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Regional Research Forum. About 100 participants from academia and industry attended the two-day conference, which took place on June 12–13. Those in attendance participated in communications workshops, podium and poster presentations, and career panel discussions. Podium and poster presentations were divided into two categories: health outcomes … Read more
Two Professors Included in Highly Cited Researchers List
June 6, 2014Thomson Reuters’s 2014 Highly Cited Researchers list includes two UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy professors. Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, PhD, and Elena Batrakova, PhD, are among the top one percent cited in their subject field. Kabanov and Batrakova are members of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. Two UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy professors are the most often-cited scientists in the world, according to the Thomson Reuters 2014 Highly Cited Researchers list. Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, PhD, and Elena Batrakova, PhD, are among eighteen UNC professors to be included in this year’s group, which comprises researchers who are in the top … Read more
Blouin to Chair AACP Dean’s Council
February 1, 2014Robert A. “Bob” Blouin, PharmD, is the chair-elect of the Council of Deans of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Blouin has been the dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy since coming to UNC in July of 2003. He is the Vaughn and Nancy Bryson Distinguished Professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics. The council identifies and addresses major issues related to the conduct of education, research, and service in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences. The group does so by creating programming for regional and national meetings, acting through its representatives on the AACP board of directors, … Read more
Mumper Wins a 2014 Molecules Best Paper Award
January 28, 2014Russ Mumper, PhD, is the recipient of a 2014 Molecules Best Paper Award for a 2010 review of plant phenolic compounds, their processing, and health and medical applications. Mumper is vice dean of the School and the John A. McNeill Distinguished Professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics. Mumper and Jin Dai, PhD, received second prize in the review category for “Plant Phenolics: Extraction, Analysis and Their Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties.” Dai was a graduate student in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Kentucky at the time the paper was published. The authors wrote: “Plant polyphenols have drawn increasing attention … Read more
Mumper Receives Alumni Award from University of Kentucky
January 27, 2014Russell Mumper, PhD, vice dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been named as the 2013 recipient of the 2013 University of Kentucky Outstanding Graduate Program Alumnus for the Pharmaceutical Sciences award. The award recognizes graduates of the UK graduate program for their accomplishments and contributions to scholarship, education, and research in the pharmaceutical sciences. Mumper will receive the award at the University of Kentucky on January 31, 2014. This marks the second time a School faculty member has received the honor. Kim Brouwer, PharmD, PhD, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and chair of the Division of … Read more