Category: Divisions
Persky Named AJPE Associate Editor
July 15, 2014The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy has appointed Adam Persky, PhD, as an associate editor of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, the official scholarly publication of the association. Persky joins Claire Anderson, PhD, Jack Fincham, PhD, and Frank Romanelli, PharmD, MPH, who also serve as associate editors of the journal. Founded in 1937, AJPE is the official scholarly publication of AACP. Its purpose is to document and advance pharmaceutical education in the United States and internationally. Persky has received a number of teaching awards during his tenure at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, including best overall instructor. … 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
Two Professors Included in Highly Cited Researchers List
June 6, 2014Thomson Reuters’s 2014 Highly Cited Researchers list includes two UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy professors. Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, PhD, and Elena Batrakova, PhD, are among the top one percent cited in their subject field. Kabanov and Batrakova are members of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. Two UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy professors are the most often-cited scientists in the world, according to the Thomson Reuters 2014 Highly Cited Researchers list. Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, PhD, and Elena Batrakova, PhD, are among eighteen UNC professors to be included in this year’s group, which comprises researchers who are in the top … 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
Farley Receives $400,000 AHRQ Grant to Study Medication Management in Medicaid
April 30, 2014Joel Farley, PhD, has received nearly $400,000 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study the continuity of medication management in Medicaid. “Patients with more than one chronic condition are complex to treat and often have poor health outcomes,” says Farley, an associate professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy. “For patients with serious mental health problems, the presence of additional chronic conditions may actually double the risk of dying from a cardiovascular event. These patients require continuous care to lessen the risk of poor health outcomes.” Farley’s team will examine continuity in the prescribing of medications … Read more
Team Effort Cuts Hospital Readmission by 65 Percent
April 11, 2014Hospital readmissions are a serious problem that affect thousands of patients nationwide and cost the U.S. health-care system an estimated $17.4 billion a year. More than 2,000 hospitals across the country are expected to face penalties this year for high readmission rates. Against this backdrop, a study in one UNC Hospitals clinic led by Assistant Professor Jamie Cavanaugh, PharmD, found that a new follow-up program for patients that have recently been discharged from the hospital reduced readmission rates within thirty days by 65 percent. In addition, the study, published online April 1 by the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found … Read more
New NIH Grant to Help Kashuba Target HIV Reservoirs
April 4, 2014Angela Kashuba, PharmD, the John A. and Deborah S. McNeil, Jr. Distinguished Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been awarded $4.4 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health to study drug penetration in the tissues where the HIV virus lingers. The award is one of two grants totaling approximately $7 million made to UNC researchers to help develop treatments that target HIV reservoirs, the single most important obstacle to eradicating HIV from the body. Despite powerful and life-saving drug treatments, HIV continues to replicate at low levels in the body. Infected cells remain, and … Read more
Kashuba to Advise NIH on Women’s Health Research
April 1, 2014Angela Kashuba, PharmD, has been named to the National Institutes of Health Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health. Kashuba is the first representative of pharmacy or the pharmaceutical sciences to join the group. The members serve four-year terms and provide guidance to the director of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health. The ACRWH advises the ORWH director on NIH research activities on women’s health, reviews the women’s health research portfolio for NIH, surveys goals for scientific career development, and assists with ORWH’s role to ensure inclusion of women and minorities in NIH clinical research. ACRWH members are … Read more
Jena Ivey Burkhart Receives NCPA Geriatrics Award
March 31, 2014Jena Ivey Burkhart, PharmD, has been awarded the 2014 Dale Jones Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatrics from the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Burkhart received the award from the NCAP Chronic Care Forum in recognition of her extensive efforts to promote quality patient care in the elderly population. She is a geriatric clinical pharmacy specialist and director of the geriatric pharmacy specialty residency program at UNC Hospitals. She is an assistant professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education and clinical assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics at the … Read more