The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists awarded the 2018 AAPS Student Chapter award to students at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
The award, which comes with a $1,000 prize, recognizes student AAPS chapters that have provided exceptional service and outreach over the course of the year.
The UNC student chapter has nearly 200 members in both the Pharm.D. and Ph.D. programs, said chapter president Daisy Zhu, Pharm.D.
“AAPS hopes to bridge the gap between Pharm.D. and Ph.D. students at the School,” Zhu said. “We encourage contact and communication between students, because talking and learning about others’ research and being exposed to new ideas is an important skill to have in the scientific community.”
Last year, the UNC AAPS chapter hosted speakers from GlaxoSmithKline and the Food and Drug Administration and went on a site visit to KBI Biopharma.
Zhu said the chapter will use the $1,000 prize to support new programming in the coming year, including more speakers, a panel discussion featuring postdoctoral fellows, and a prescription drug takeback day with the UNC School of Dentistry.
“We’re so happy to have won this award because it really speaks volumes about how far we’ve come as a chapter,” Zhu said. “The AAPS chapter only had members of one lab a few years ago, and to now be recognized as one of the top chapters is a credit to the leadership of the past few years and the support we’ve received from the faculty.”
Watch an informational video about the UNC AAPS chapter here.