Category: Academic Programs
PY3 Student Kim Qualifies for National Patient Counseling Competition
February 11, 2010Lisa Kim, a third-year doctor of pharmacy student at the School, will compete in the APhA-ASP National Patient Counseling Competition in March. Kim won the local level of the competition to earn the right to represent the School in the national competition, which will be held at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., on March 12-15. The goal of the competition is to help student pharmacists become better patient educators. The competition is designed to reflect changes that are occurring in practice, to promote and encourage further professional development of student pharmacists, and to reinforce … Read more
Rho Chi Inducts New UNC Members
February 5, 2010The University of North Carolina chapter of the Rho Chi Society, national academic honor society of pharmacy, has inducted new members. They are Elizabeth Lynn Alford, Janet Arrazcaeta, Xuefang Bai, Robert Michael Bero, Kynlon Phillips Caruso, Divya Vinod Chandiramani, Ryon Allenc Chao, Anne Elizabeth Eudy, Stelios L. Galantis, Amanda E. Gerdts, Timothy Craig Harmon, Megan Elizabeth Hartranft, John Nathal Hedrick, Brian Vinh Hoang, Melissa R. Hunter, Sarah A. Johannes, Jessica Allegra Johnston, Suzan Nadimi Kalantar, Anand Bipinrai Khandoobhai, Chwiwon Lee, Meghan N. McComb, Thanhhoa Thi Nguyen, Kelsie Paige Ormsby, Jane Yen Revollo, Morgan B. Smith, Kathleen Anne Touloupas, Adam Vanderman, … Read more
Gal, Koval Receive Grants for Second Life Projects
December 10, 2009Peter Gal, PharmD, and Pete Koval, PharmD, faculty members in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, have received Lenovo Innovation Grants from the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence to develop projects in Second Life to help students in real life. Gal, a clinical professor, will use his $9,900 grant to create an orientation program on the virtual-reality social network to familiarize fourth-year doctor of pharmacy students with clinical practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) before they begin that portion of their practice-experience curriculum. Gal oversees the neonatal pharmacotherapy fellowship at the NICU at The Women’s Hospital of … Read more
Photos: UNC-ECSU Pharmacy College Tour
November 18, 2009The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held the UNC-ECSU Pharmacy College Tour on November 18. About 40 undergraduate students from Elizabeth City State University received a tour of the School, took part in panel discussions, and participated in hands-on sessions where they learned how to take blood pressure and use DermaView machines and inhalers. Photos of the hands-on sessions: https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157623165421205/show/
Koval, Thrasher Named to Specialty Council
November 4, 2009Two clinical associate professors at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy will serve on a new Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties council to develop a certification for ambulatory-care pharmacy specialists. Peter Koval, PharmD, and Kim Thrasher, PharmD, are both board certified pharmacotherapy specialists and faculty members in the School’s Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education. Koval is also the associate director of pharmacotherapy at the Greensboro Area Health Education Center, while Thrasher serves the same role at the South East AHEC. The BPS is an independent certification agency of the American Pharmacists Association that recognizes specialties and certifies pharmacists in … Read more
Graduate Student Schuck Receives TraC$2K Grant
October 12, 2009Bob Schuck, PharmD, a graduate student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a $2,000 grant from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute for research looking into the role of an enzyme in the development of cardiovascular disease. The grant will support Schuck’s dissertation research study of the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase (ALOX5). ALOX5 synthesizes fatty molecules called leukotrienes, which promote inflammation. Genetic variation in ALOX5 has been associated with the development of cardiovascular disease, but the reason remains unclear. Schuck’s study will try to determine whether cardiovascular disease patients with a genetic variant in their ALOX5 have … Read more
PharmD Student Wins RXportfolios National Achievement Award
September 4, 2009Adam Overberg, a doctor of pharmacy student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been named a winner of the RXportfolios National Achievement Award. Overberg, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, is a fourth-year student at the School. He earned a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from UNC in 2009. RXportfolios.com is a Web site that provides free online portfolios for pharmacists, students, and technicians. The National Achievement Award is judged on the quality and completeness of the contestants’ RXportfolios, and each school of pharmacy can have only one winner.
Clickers Debut in School Classrooms
August 20, 2009“Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says?”—Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off It’s an iconic moment in movie history as the economic professor drones on and on, vainly trying to elicit a response from a near-catatonic class. It’s just a movie, but it does illustrate the challenges educators face in making sure their students are engaged in class and are understanding the material. “It’s funny because it’s true,” says Adam Persky, PhD, clinical associate professor and associate director of the Center for Educational Excellence in Pharmacy. … Read more
Ferreri Honored by NACDS
August 13, 2009The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the NACDS Foundation named Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, as first runner-up for its new Community Pharmacy Faculty Award at the 2009 NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference held August 10 in Boston. The award, supported by Wyeth, was established to recognize a pharmacy school full-time or shared faculty member who has made significant contributions to the practice of community pharmacy through innovations in patient care. Faculty members are assessed on their accomplishments in advancing patient care through community pharmacy as well as preparation of future leaders in pharmacy care. Ferreri is a clinical associate professor in … Read more
Students Win Big at SNPhA National Meeting
July 27, 2009Doctor of pharmacy students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy had a strong showing at the Student National Pharmaceutical Association National Meeting on July 17 through 20 in Chicago. Maurice Alexander received more than $15,000 in scholarships, winning regional and national awards for the Walmart/NPhA Future Leaders Scholarship, as well as the Rite Aid Endowed Scholarship. Three other students from the School received a $1,000 scholarship each: Stephen Clark received the Terrence and Teresa Burroughs Endowed Scholarship. Benyam Muluneh won the Kroger “Future Pharmacist, Future Leaders” Award. Renita Patel won the JB Wells Endowed Scholarship. The team of Brianna … Read more