Category: Alumni
Meet alumni Jai Patel, Chair of Cancer Pharmacology & Pharmacogenomics at Levine Cancer Institute
May 14, 2021In this alum spotlight, we chat with Jai Patel, Pharm.D., BCOP, CPP, (Class of ’11), Chair of Cancer Pharmacology & Pharmacogenomics at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. Q: Describe your novel practice setting. What makes your career path unique? My current position at Levine Cancer Institute is Chair of our Department of Cancer Pharmacology & Pharmacogenomics, as well as associate professor in our division of Hematology Oncology. Originally, I was hired at Levine in 2013 as Chief of Pharmacology Research and was promoted to chair of the department in early 2020. My practice setting is a bit novel … Read more
Alumnus Robb Malone of UNC Health, partners launch COVER NC program to create equitable COVID-19 vaccination efforts
April 28, 2021As COVID-19 vaccine administration continues throughout North Carolina, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy alumnus Robb Malone, Pharm.D., is working to ensure vaccines are equally accessible to all. In an effort to do so, Malone, Chief Operating Officer at UNC Health Alliance, along with Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH System Executive Director for Health Equity, UNC Health, launched the COVID Vaccination for Equity Re-imagined for NC (COVER NC) program in January to promote equitable vaccination opportunities. “COVID-19 is taking a toll on health care organizations and patients alike,” Malone said. “COVID morbidity and mortality is the highest among vulnerable and historically … Read more
Meet alum Patrick Brown, Pharm.D., Senior Program Manager at the North Carolina Division of Public Health
April 14, 2021In this alum spotlight, we chat with Patrick Brown, Pharm.D. (Class of ’13), Senior Program Manager at the North Carolina Division of Public Health. Q: Please describe your novel practice setting. What makes your career path unique? A: I joined the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on January 19 as a Senior Program Manager in the Division of Public Health. Right now, I am exclusively focused on COVID-19 response, specifically working to support our COVID-19 response efforts in long-term care facilities and vaccine rollout into those facilities, and I am also the operational lead for North Carolina’s … Read more
Meet alum DeLon Canterbury, President and Chief Executive Officer at GeriatRx, Inc.
March 19, 2021DeLon Canterbury, Pharm.D., BCGP, (Class of ’14), is President and Chief Executive Officer of GeriatRx, Inc. in Durham, N.C., and is a Certified Community Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Consultant. Canterbury has dedicated his career to serving low income and rural socioeconomic populations across the Triangle, aiming to give his patients healthier lives by supporting them in their health journeys. Q: Please describe your practice setting. What makes your career path unique? A: I work as a consultant pharmacist at GeriatRx, which uses a patient-centered approach to holistic care. We implement telehealth, Comprehensive Medication Management and Pharmacogenomics to provide cost-effective solutions for patients. … Read more
Meet alumna Kimberley Brown, National Field Director of Janssen Infectious Diseases & Vaccines
February 17, 2021In this alum spotlight, we chat with Kimberley Brown, Pharm.D. (Class of ’03), National Field Director for Janssen Infectious Diseases & Vaccines. In this role, she leads the development of medical strategy for field-based medical teams and oversees development for the broader organization. Q: Please describe your novel practice setting. What makes your career path unique? A: I have been in the pharmaceutical industry since 2007 and have been in various roles involving medical affairs and research and development. I joined the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson in 2007 as a Medical Science Liaison from the Rainbow Center … Read more
Alumna Toyin Tofade shares her journey of becoming dean of Howard University College of Pharmacy
January 20, 2021It’s not lonely at the top for Toyin Tofade, MS ‘94, PharmD ‘97, BCPS, CPCC. She reached the pinnacle of her career by mastering a subject as valuable to her as pharmacy: collegiality. “I believe relationships are powerful,” she said. To that end, she lists the touch points of her career in names rather than CV entries—former professors, co-workers, colleagues and students. A name familiar to many graduates of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is first on the list: Fred Eckel. Toyin met him while an undergraduate pharmacy student at Obafemi Awolowo University in her birth country, Nigeria. “Professor … Read more
Podcast: The entrepreneurial pharmacist – connecting clinic to community
January 8, 2021With Franklin Roye, PharmD, president and co-founder of IndyCare; and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy alumnus On The Heels of Innovation with Ted Zoller · Season 3, Episode 6 – The entrepreneurial pharmacist: Connecting clinic to community Imagine that you have the flu. But now you don’t have to visit your doctor to get tested or go to the pharmacy to fill a prescription – all while potentially exposing numerous others. Instead, you have a telehealth appointment, and then someone drives to your house, where they test you and bring you the medicine you need. Franklin Roye, president and co-founder … Read more
Alumna Spotlight: Donna Gutterman ’79 B.S. Pharm, ’98 MBA
December 11, 2020A series of fortunate events When Donna Gutterman was growing up in the Triad area of North Carolina, she didn’t have all the answers about her future. She did know one thing: Carolina was her school. Period. She worked hard, got good grades and applied for early action. It didn’t hurt that she was also a stellar athlete and earned the University’s first women’s volleyball scholarship under then Coach Beth Miller. “I always knew I wanted to go to Carolina, even when I was pretty young,” she said. “I didn’t even apply anywhere else — Carolina was where I was … Read more
Ready, set, go: Katrina Jamison’s dynamic career
November 11, 2020Kinetics were essential to her study of pharmacy, but Katrina Jamison (Pharm.D. ’06) graduated from UNC Eshelman with a kinetic energy all her own. She quickly put a career in motion that advanced her through the hierarchies of retail pharmacy at Walmart to the forefront of corporate pharmaceutical innovation to the threshold of serial entrepreneurship—with no limits in sight. “The School taught me how to think and lead,” she said. “Walmart taught me about operations and how to run a business…so I learned from the No.1 pharmacy school in the nation and the country’s No.1 retailer.” “Tar Heel born and … 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