Category: Events
Statewide collaboration to improve patient health one community at a time
February 2, 2024The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has launched a series of regional events in an effort to expand the reach and adoption of patient care services. On January 31, the School convened business and health care leaders from Johnston and Harnett counties, along with legislative leaders from the North Carolina General Assembly, in Benson, North Carolina at the Eastern Carolina Medical Center for the first regional medication optimization catalyst event of 2024. The vision of the catalyst event series is to establish North Carolina as a leading example of statewide collaboration and to generate ideas to improve patient outcomes … Read more
White Coat Ceremony: Sending out the next generation of pharmacists
March 8, 2023“What do you want to be when you grow up?” A question we’ve all been asked—some with a quick, confident answer and others who discover their passions as they grow. Emili Anderson, Pharm.D. candidate, class of 2024, and current student senate president, found her passion at Carolina. As a child, Anderson remembers being drawn to math more so than English or history in school. She shared that her mom, Susan G. Marchant, a double Tar Heel with a B.S. ‘86 and Pharm.D. ‘03, always wanted to talk about science with her. However, pharmacy didn’t become a strong career option until … Read more
Ninth annual Asheville Summit dives deeper into DEI topics in pharmacy and health care
February 28, 2023With a focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), this year’s Asheville Summit challenged attendees to provide equitable care for all. “We all left the Summit challenged to go out in the world and be active participants in our relationships, workplaces and classrooms. We were reminded, it is not enough to be “anti-discrimination” – we must stand against injustice and inequity when we see it. Our speakers armed us with facts, experiences and connections to help us in our charge,” said Karen Hughes, associate director of student affairs. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy hosted the ninth annual Asheville Summit … Read more
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Student Senate Hosts First-Ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week
February 23, 2023The inspiration for the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Week, hosted by the Student Senate DEI Committee in partnership with other campus and pharmacy organizations, came from a desire to provide a holistic view of how pharmacists can effectively care for patients by considering all dimensions of a person’s identity. “We envisioned that DEI Week would open discussions about how words, actions and gestures impact relationships with patients and colleagues,” said Yuki Yang, Pharm.D. candidate and member of the Student Senate DEI Committee. A notable speaker line-up explored various DEI topics such as Race, CDK and eGFR, Access … Read more
Students Select 2019 Best Instructors; Phil Rodgers Wins Top Award
May 2, 2019Pharm.D. students at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy selected the Instructor of the Year award winners for 2018-19, honoring the winners at the annual awards ceremony on April 13. The Instructor of the Year award recognizes one course instructor from each year of the Pharm.D. curriculum who demonstrates the highest qualities of instructional ability and an interest in both the students and the educational programs of the school. Overall Instructor of the Year Award: Philip Rodgers, Pharm.D. PY3 Instructor of the Year Award: Kathryn Morbitzer, Pharm.D., M.S. PY2 Instructor of the Year Award: Suzanne Harris, Pharm.D. PY1 Instructor of … Read more
Students create device to prevent drug diversion, take top honors at E(I) Lab Awards
April 25, 2019A team of five students claimed first place at the E(I) Lab Awards ceremony in April, following their project creation called NarcAlert – a device designed to prevent drug diversion in healthcare facilities. The E(I) Lab is a six-month-long experiential program that brings together graduate students, professional students and postdocs from diverse disciplines across UNC to conceive, develop and test innovative solutions to unmet needs in healthcare. This year’s winning team (called BCSD) included UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy students Christopher Wang, Brandon Luong, Stephanie Kim, Xiaorui Fu and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School student Chi Tsu. “We started our idea … Read more
UNC Catalyst Hosts Rare Diseases Day Awareness Event
March 6, 2019The UNC Catalyst for Rare Diseases hosted a meet-and-greet in the Genetic Medicine Building on Feb. 27 for Rare Diseases Day. Catalyst scientists provided guests an overview of the research group’s mission and rare disease projects. UNC Catalyst is a research group focused on understanding and counteracting rare diseases. It creates high quality research tools to explore disease pathobiology, in order to accelerate the pace of drug discovery and help define options for therapeutic intervention. “There are very few centers like Catalyst that are solely dedicated to rare diseases, nationally or internationally,” said Catalyst director Anthony Hickey, Ph.D. “We benefit … Read more
Alumni in China Find UNC Community through Carolina China Club
February 19, 2019The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has a global alumni network — and UNC’s alumni presence is particularly strong in China. The Carolina China Club, UNC’s alumni association in China, has over 500 members across UNC’s various schools, about one-fifth of whom are health sciences alumni. The club hosts events ranging from lectures to UNC basketball watch parties. Members of the club’s health sciences group met with Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D., M.H.A., and Ashley Qi, M.B.A., during their visit to Beijing last November. Eckel is the School’s associate dean for global engagement and Qi is its associate director of China initiatives. … Read more
Pharm.D. Students Compete in AMCP P&T Local Competition
February 6, 2019After months of preparation, three teams of Pharm.D. students faced off for the chance to compete for a third straight national championship. Three student teams, hoping to represent the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Foundation’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics Competition, presented at the School’s P&T Local Competition on Jan 26. To determine which team will participate in the national AMCP competition, the teams presented clinical and economic recommendations for Radius Health’s TYMLOS® (abaloparatide), a promising but expensive new parathyroid hormone analogue for the treatment of severe osteoporosis in postemenopausal women. The winning team of … Read more
Former Dean Robert Blouin’s Official Portrait Unveiled
December 3, 2018Robert Blouin, Pharm.D., who for 14 years served as dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was honored Nov. 30 with the unveiling of his official portrait. Blouin served as dean from 2003 to 2017. During his tenure, the School increased external research funding by over 800 percent, doubled the number of full-time faculty, founded the Eshelman Institute of Innovation and various new research centers, opened its Asheville satellite campus, and forged numerous research partnerships — all of which contributed to the School’s ascension to the top-ranked pharmacy school in the country. “Throughout his 14-year tenure as Dean of … Read more