Category: Divisions
Weeks Named as Partnership Director at Elizabeth City
August 17, 2010Latasha Weeks, PharmD, has been named the new Elizabeth City State University director of the UNC-ECSU Doctor of Pharmacy Partnership Program. Weeks is a former clinical assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and recently completed a community pharmacy residency at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “I very much look forward to working with Latasha,” say Pamela U. Joyner, associate dean of professional education at the School. “The broad scope of her professional experiences, her creativity, her passion for students, and her leadership experience make her a … Read more
Sleath Study Explores Problems N.C. Children Have with Asthma Medicine
July 23, 2010More than 85 percent of North Carolina children who have asthma need more help understanding how to take their medications, according to a new study from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study, led by Betsy Sleath, PhD, a professor at the pharmacy school, looked at the types of medication problems and concerns reported by asthmatic children and their caregivers in North Carolina and examined the association between child and caregiver demographic and sociocultural characteristics and medication problems they reported. “Asthma is a disease of devices. It’s usually not as … Read more
Blalock Receives Grant to Study RA Medication Risk Communication
July 19, 2010Susan Blalock, PhD, an associate professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, has received a two-year grant from the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation for a study that could help improve rheumatoid arthritis patients’ understanding of medication risks. This $400,000 grant will support an investigation of communication between patients and rheumatologists about medication risks. “Medications play an important role in the management of RA,” Blalock says. “Previous research has shown that most RA patients want to be informed of medication risks, but that they currently have a poor understanding of these risks. Therefore we need to … Read more
Shrewsbury Elected to USP Compounding Committee
July 15, 2010Associate professor will help set standards for prescription and over-the-counter drugs in the United States and abroad. Bob Shrewsbury, PhD, an associate professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, has been elected to serve on the Compounding Expert Committee of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention. The USP publishes the U.S. Pharmacopeia and National Formulary, which sets standards for prescription and over-the-counter drugs and other health-care products sold in the United States and in many other countries.
Asheville Satellite Will Enroll Students in 2011, Almond to Head Program
July 12, 2010The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will begin enrolling students in a new satellite pharmacy-education program based at the University of North Carolina Asheville in the fall of 2011. “The past two months have been exciting for the School as we have pushed ahead with our plans for expanding our pharmacy-education program,” said Robert Blouin, PharmD, dean of the School. “We are now far enough along in our preparations that we can confirm that UNC-Chapel Hill pharmacy students in Chapel Hill and Elizabeth City will be joined by a new group … Read more
Photos: DPET Fellows Day 2010
June 23, 2010The Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics held its 2010 Fellows Day on Wednesday, June 23. The division’s fellows presented posters of their research, and second-year fellows John An, Angela Yu, Ahsan Naqi Rizwan, Kyle Ellis, Irene La-Beck, Amanda Jones, Dustan Byrd, and Kevin Brown were recognized for their accomplishments. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157624341650968/show/
Live Stream: Personalized Medicine: Two Papers on The Cost Effectiveness of Genetic Tests for Determining Treatment for Patients With Acute Coronory Syndromes (ACS)
June 18, 2010The UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Gillings School of Public Health will host a seminar on Friday, June 18, 2010. The seminar is titled “Personalized Medicine: Two Papers on The Cost Effectiveness of Genetic Tests for Determining Treatment for Patients With Acute Coronory Syndromes (ACS).” The event will be live-streamed from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The first presentation will be delivered by Laura Panattoni, a lecturer at the University of Auckland Business School. Her paper is titled “Personalised thienopyridine therapy: the cost effectiveness of genetic testing for CYP2C19 variants to … Read more
Lee Study: Boosting P450 Enzyme Lowers Blood Pressure
June 8, 2010Scientists at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that increasing levels of a certain enzyme in blood vessels can lower blood pressure, at least in mice, which could bode well for a new class of drugs currently in phase II clinical trials. Investigators Craig Lee, PharmD, PhD, and Darryl Zeldin, MD, demonstrated that high levels of the enzyme cytochrome P450 cause mice to produce more of a substance called epoxyeicosatrienoic acid, or EET, which relaxes blood vessels and lowered blood pressure by 40 percent in the test groups. Their … Read more
Mumper Appointed as Executive Associate Dean
June 8, 2010Russell Mumper, PhD, has assumed the role of the executive associate dean for academics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy effective June 1. Mumper is the John A. McNeill Distinguished Professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics and director of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. In this new position, he succeeds Gary Pollack, PhD, who has been named as the dean of the Washington State University College of Pharmacy. Mumper’s experience and success in both industry and in academia made him a natural for the job, says Dean Robert Blouin. “Russ has published more than 200 … Read more
Washington Receives AcademyHealth Award
June 8, 2010Deidre Washington, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate, in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, has been awarded a scholarship from AcademyHealth’s new Minority Scholars Program. Washington has been recognized for her potential to contribute to the field of health services research through her promising work. The scholarship provides support for travel and lodging for her to attend AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting in Boston on June 27 to 29, as well as training in research methods and attendance at the Disparities Interest Group meeting. As a part of the program, Washington will also be matched with a mentor who is … Read more