Category: Academic Programs
Oni-Orisan Receives ACCP Best Resident and Fellow Poster Award
October 24, 2014Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD, was awarded the Best Resident and Fellow Poster Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy during the 2014 ACCP Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. Oni-Orisan is a PhD candidate in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, and his poster was competing against more than 400 other posters for the award. He received a plaque and a $350 gift card for winning the award. Oni-Orisan’s poster was titled “Initial Characterization of Cytochrome P450-Derived Eicosanoids as a Predictive Biomarker in Coronary Artery Disease Using Metabolomics” and presented research on molecular indicators in the blood that could give … Read more
CBMC’s Konze Receives ACS Med Chem Predoctoral Fellowship
July 25, 2014Kyle Konze, a graduate student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received the American Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship. The $26,000 award will be given to Konze during the 2014–2015 academic year. The ACS has given this prestigious award annually since 1991. Konze is currently a third-year PhD candidate in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry. His graduate research is focused on the discovery and development of small molecule inhibitors of protein lysine methyltransferases. Jian Jin, PhD, is his faculty adviser. Most recently, the Jin Lab developed a chemical probe called UNC0965, which was featured … Read more
Zane Receives $70,000 in NICHHD, PhRMA Foundation Grants
June 30, 2014Nicole Zane, PharmD, has received two grants totaling $70,000 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation. Zane is a graduate student in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics. Dhiren Thakker, PhD, is her faculty adviser. The Shriver institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Zane a one-year, $30,000 grant for her project, “Predicting Pediatric Voriconazole PK Using In Vitro Metabolism & PBPK Modeling.” The institute aims to understand the “complex process of human development from conception to old age.” Zane … 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
School to Launch Curriculum 2015
June 1, 2014Students enrolling in the doctor of pharmacy program at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy will experience an enriched curriculum beginning in the fall of 2015. In class, you won’t sit through long lectures. You’ll be active. Professors will challenge you to think critically and to solve problems in the classroom, and you will be applying important concepts as you learn them. You will be immersed in patient care early and continually in your education as a member of an interdisciplinary health-care team. You will pursue scientific inquiry and learn to create innovative solutions to real-world problems. Health care is … Read more
Three Student-Faculty Pairs Named 2014 AACP Walmart Scholars
May 6, 2014Three student-faculty teams have been named 2014 Walmart Scholars by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, marking the eighth consecutive year that the School has had at least one recipient for the award and the third consecutive year with three. This year’s recipients are PY4 Julie Carrington and her faculty mentor, Clinical Assistant Professor Kelly Scolaro, PharmD; PGY1 Community Pharmacy Resident Megan G. Smith, PharmD, and her faculty mentor, Clinical Assistant Professor Lisa Dinkins, PharmD; and Global Engagement Fellow David Steeb, PharmD, and his faculty mentor, Clinical Associate Professor Macary Marciniak, PharmD. The Walmart Scholars Program aims to strengthen … Read more
Photos: Post Clerkship Day 2014
May 2, 2014Fourth-year doctor of pharmacy students gathered at the School on May 2 to celebrate the completion of their rotations and to prepare for commencement. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157644067783960/show
Henry and Tracey Smith, PY3 Peeden Win 2014 Burrus Community Service Awards
April 15, 2014Third-year student Emily Dare Peedin and alumnus Henry Smith and his wife, Tracey Smith, are the winners of the 2014 Samuel Burrus Award for Community Service given by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The awards were announced at the School’s annual Awards Ceremony on Sunday, April 13, at the Rizzo Center. The School thanks Rite Aid (silver sponsor) and Kroger (bronze sponsor) for their support of the event. This award is presented to members of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy family who exhibit outstanding and unselfish civic, community, or church volunteer service provided outside the scope of regular pharmacy … Read more
School Presents 2014 Honors at Awards Ceremony
April 14, 2014The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its annual Awards Ceremony on Sunday, April 13, at the Rizzo Center. The School thanks Rite Aid (silver sponsor) and Kroger (bronze sponsor) for their support of the event. Gray Hutchison Jr., a Raleigh attorney and member of the board of the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina, received the School’s Distinguished Service Award. This award is given to an exceptional supporter of the School’s service and outreach initiatives whose accomplishments and contributions have enhanced the School and the profession of pharmacy at the local, state, national, or international level. (READ MORE) Third-year student Emily … Read more
2014 APhA-ASP Recap: CAPS Takes Chapter of the Year, More
April 10, 2014More than forty students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy attended the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting held March 27–31 in Orlando, Florida. The group included fourteen students from the School’s Asheville campus. The Carolina Association of Pharmacy Students received the 2012–2013 APhA-ASP Chapter of the Year Award. CAPS is the School’s chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists. The award is the highest honor an APhA-ASP chapter can receive. Macary Marciniak, PharmD, serves as the group’s adviser along with Dennis Williams, PharmD, and Phil Rodgers, PharmD. CAPS is also supported by two new practitioner mentors, – … Read more