The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held the 2016 awards ceremony on April 24 in the Magnolia Room of the Rizzo Center.
Dean Bob Blouin, Pharm.D., the Vaughn and Nancy Bryson Distinguished Professor, welcomed those in attendance and delivered the closing remarks, as well. Students, faculty and health professionals were honored for their dedication to pharmacy education and practice and their commitment to excellence. Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D., was awarded the Overall Instructor of the Year Award and Rachel LaBianca was awarded the Samuel Burrus Student Award for Community Service.
2015 UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Awards
Academic and Professional Awards
- Office of Professional Education Academic Excellence Award—Caitlin Jordan Covington
- T.R. Burgiss Family Award—Cynthia Lee
- Ralph P. Rogers Sr. Award—Colleen Anjeanette Moody
- Ballenger-Smith Award for Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory—Julie Elizabeth Saunders
- Buxton Williams Hunter Award—Rebecca Claire Austin
- Molecular Pharmaceutics Achievement Award—Sarah Anne Allen
- John C. Hood Sr. Award in Practice Advancement and Clinical Education—Megan Devendra Shah
- Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics Award—Adam Tyler Bernstein
- Jacobs Award in Medicinal Chemistry—Frank Anthony Fanizza
- Kilar Award—Morgan Elizabeth Corkish
- F.O. Bowman Award—David Singer
- John T. and Rebecca B. Henley Award in Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy—Heather Nicole Moore
- Teva Pharmaceuticals Outstanding Student Award—John Alexander Toler
Activities and Service Awards
- Asheville Student Award for Excellence—Emily Eddy
- Boka Hadzija Student Excellence Award—Lydia Wang
- George H. Cocolas Pharmacy Student Body Award—Sari Rachel Freedman
- Kristen Carol Burke Memorial Award—Laura King Bowers
- Dorothy Virginia Stroud Memorial Award—Alice Jiang
- Office of Student Affairs Impact Award—Carrie Bette Martin
- Kappa Epsilon Award—Amanda Rae D’Ostroph
- Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Award—Michael Edward Plazak
Teaching Awards
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Assistant Professor Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D., was named the School’s 2016 Overall Instructor of the Year. PY1 Instructor of the Year—Michael Jarstfer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
- PY2 Instructor of the Year—Robert Shrewsbury, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of practice Advancement and Clinical Education
- PY3 Instructor of the Year—Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education
- Overall Instructor of the Year—Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education
- Experiential Faculty Instructor of the Year—Josh Guffey, Pharm.D., Charlotte Area Health Education Center
- Claude Paoloni Preceptors of the Year—Amy Sauls, Pharm.D., UNC Campus Health Pharmacy, and Ian Hollis, Pharm.D., UNC Hospitals
Special Recognition
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Rachel LaBianca (second from left with members of the Burrus family) was awarded the 2016 Samuel B. Burrus Family Award for community service. Samuel Burrus Award for Community Service—Rachel Catherine LaBianca
- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award—Jeff Heck, M.D., President and CEO of Mountain Area Health Education Center
Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society
Class of 2016
- Rebecca Claire Austin
- Adam Tyler Bernstein
- Kelsey Leigh Browder
- Erin Hannah Brown
- Jordan Matthew Carrera
- Emily Eddy
- Sari Rachel Freedman
- Emily Mullen George
- Kye Hoogoian Grooms
- Chandler Quintessence Gurley
- Rachel Catherine LaBianca
- Jennifer Elise Levine
- Brianna Kaye Moore
- Nicole Stephanie Palazzolo
- Megan Devendra Shah
- Allison Katherine Tharakan
- Sarah Elizabeth Todd
- Lydia Wang
Class of 2017
- Catherine Buckthal
- Kaitlyn M. Buhlinger
- Kathryn L.G. Campbell
- Evan William Colmenares
- Claire Bain Davis
- Amanda Rae D’Ostroph
- Jennifer Godbold
- Amanda Leigh Gorman
- Kenny Kang
- Marcus Colker Kaplan
- Jennifer Ku
- Brian Andrew Kurish
- Felix W. Lam
- Trang Michele Leminh
- Samantha Pearl Patton
- Caroline Welles
Rho Chi National Honor Society
Class of 2016
- Sarah Anne Allen
- Rebecca Claire Austin
- Erin Charlette Beal
- Ann Claire Bernacchi
- Adam Tyler Bernstein
- Kelsey Leigh Browder
- Kelsy Edward Combs
- Morgan Elizabeth Corkish
- Anna Sareste Cosnahan
- Caitlin Jordan Covington
- Frank Anthony Fanizza
- Lori Beth Fraley
- Kristen Bentley Gray
- Edith Huang
- Daniel Jedidiah Johnson
- Rupal Kasbekar
- Rachel LaBianca
- Caleb Redfern Little
- Teri Lynn McElheny
- Travis Ryan Pace
- Juhin Sureshbhai Patel
- Natalie Fletcher Pearce
- Robert Hargrove Pope Jr
- Kimberly Ann Preuss
- Derek Michael Rycek
- Cody Phillip Salyer
- Lauren Melissa Scott
- Megan Devendra Shah
- Candice A. Sherwood
- Kathryn Anne Siddle
- Meagan Casey Sullivan
- John Alexander Toler
- Jordan Ryan Wood
- Derek Alexander Yates
Class of 2017
- Cremer Q Alexander
- Kristin G. Aloi
- Holly Bourgeois
- Kathryn L. G. Campbell
- Adam Clifford Corey
- Andrew Richard Haberkorn
- Tanner Logan Hedrick
- Sarah Miller Hendricks
- Leah B. Herity
- Kenny Kang
- Marcus Colker Kaplan
- Allison Suzanne Karabinos
- Jennifer Ku
- Brian Andrew Kurish
- Prutha Lavani
- Yekaterina Mutilin
- Alvin Christopher Ong
- Hiep Huy Pham
- Eric Shen
- Marina Santanna Snellings
- Sarah Marie Troutman
- Michael Verble
- Jennifer Anne Voelker
- Nan Wang
- Taylor Mai Weis
- Jenna Leigh Wood
- Jill Zaccardelli
Class of 2018
- Alyson Aldridge
- Derek John Bartushak
- Erin Catherine Brannick
- Samantha Anne Brokenshire
- Claire Bugner
- Alexandra Cervantes
- Vivian Cheng
- Corey Dylan Cicci
- Ashley Lynn Condon
- Morgan Forshay
- David Fussell-Louie
- Tieumy Giao
- William Hampton Hall
- William Robert Heilman
- Abby Kay Hendricks
- Ashley Elizabeth Henson
- Robert Huynh
- Anna Drew Jackson
- Joyce Jih
- Michael Jones
- Lauren Michelle Kemp
- Steven J Kiss
- Theresa Maeling Kline
- Caitlin Elizabeth Kulig
- Juwon Kwon
- Ina Liu
- Paige Lund McLendon
- Jared Michael
- Arwa Mufeed Omary
- Ashton Page Pierce
- Justin Haines Reid
- Anna Christine Solbrack
- Kate Summers
- Rachel Jane Tyson
- Alexis Katrina Lener Williams
- Bailey Williams