Category: Divisions
Ives Receives Recertification in Pharmacotherapy
April 21, 2008Timothy Ives, PharmD, MPh, an associate professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has received recertification in pharmacotherapy from the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. BCPS is pharmacy’s the highest credential in pharmacotherapy. To receive board certification, pharmacotherapy specialists must demonstrate a defined level of education and training, as well as mastery of the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the public’s demand for expert pharmaceutical care.
Huang Receives More than $3 Million in NIH Funding
April 17, 2008Leaf Huang, PhD, a Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health, each worth more than $1.5 million over five years, to support cancer-therapy research. Huang, who chairs the School’s Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, is an expert in designing new methods of drug delivery that could make gene therapy an effective weapon in the fight against cancer. One of his new grants will support the development of cancer therapy using LPD nanoparticles, a novel vector that Huang’s lab created. LPD nanoparticles are consisted of lipid, polycations (molecules with … Read more
Lee Receives NIH Grant for Collaboration with Singleton
April 8, 2008Andrew Lee, PhD, an associate professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a collaboration with fellow School faculty Scott Singleton, PhD, to study at how protein motions affect function and inhibition in the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase. The grant is titled “Intra- and Intermolecular Dynamics of Dihydrofolate Reductase” and is worth more than $1 million over four years. “Proteins are dynamic molecules, and this aspect often contributes to their function in binding ligands and catalyzing reactions,” Lee says. “However, the traditional methods used to determine molecular structures don’t directly report … Read more
PharmD Program Rises to Second in U.S. News Rankings
March 28, 2008The doctor of pharmacy program at the UNC School of Pharmacy is ranked second in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The 2009 rankings were released March 28. The School’s program was ranked third by the magazine in 2006 (released in spring 2005), the last time PharmD programs were evaluated. “While I believe that these rankings should be viewed with caution, I can not help but be both pleased and proud when I heard that our professional program achieved a number two U.S. News ranking,” said Bob Blouin, dean of the School. “To be compared so favorably with … Read more
Farrington Named ACCM Fellow
March 24, 2008Elizabeth Farrington, PharmD, FCCM, a clinical assistant professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Farrington has been a clinical specialist in pediatrics at UNC Hospitals since 1994. She is also a lecturer, course coordinator, and preceptor for PharmD students at the School. The ACCM is part of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, an organization that aims to foster the highest goals of multiprofessional critical care. The fellowship is given to members of SCCM who have demonstrated dedication to the collaborative practice model of critical care; … Read more
UNC Proofs Inhaled TB Vaccine
March 22, 2008A new tuberculosis vaccine successfully tested at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is easier to administer and store and just as effective as one commonly used worldwide. Scientists at the UNC School of Pharmacy led by Tony Hickey, PhD, vetted a dry-powder vaccine provided by Harvard University that is administered by inhaling a dry powder. The results of the vaccine test were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “It is at least as good as the injectable vaccine,” said Hickey, a professor in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics. “The real advantage is that … Read more
McLeod to Deliver Abrams Lecture
March 20, 2008Howard McLeod, PharmD, a professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy and the director of the UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, has been selected to deliver the 2008 Dr. William B. Abrams Lecture, becoming the first PharmD scientist to receive that honor in the ten-year history of the lecture series. The lecture, cosponsored by the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the Food and Drug Administration/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, will be held at the FDA’s White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Wednesday, April 30, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. McLeod’s lecture is titled “Personalized … Read more
DPET Fellow Kevin Brown Earns Rho Chi Scholarship
March 6, 2008Kevin Brown, PharmD, an Academic HIV Pharmacology Fellow at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has been selected as the recipient of the Rho Chi Research Scholarship. Brown will receive the award during the Rho Chi Annual Meeting on Sunday, March 16, in San Diego, California. He will receive $7,500 to be used for fellowship funding or research costs during the second year of his fellowship. Rho Chi will also reimburse up to $500 of expenses incurred for attending the annual meeting. The scholarship was established in 2003, and only one is awarded each year to a member of the Rho … Read more
Zamboni Joins School of Pharmacy, Lineberger
March 3, 2008William Zamboni, PharmD, PhD, an expert in translational studies of anticancer agents, has joined the UNC School of Pharmacy and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Zamboni, who came to UNC from the University of Pittsburgh, is an associate professor in the School’s Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics. He is also a member of the School’s Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy and an associate member at Lineberger. “Dr. Zamboni brings an international reputation in cancer clinical pharmacology and will make a big impact on the development of new therapies for the patients of North Carolina,” says Howard McLeod, … Read more
Gal to Receive Helms Award
February 26, 2008Peter Gal, PharmD, a clinical professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Richard A. Helms Award for Excellence in Pediatric Pharmacy Practice. Gal, who is the director of pharmacotherapy, education and research at the Greensboro Area Health Education Center, will receive the award at the 17th Annual Pediatric Pharmacy Conference and PPAG Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 4. Gal has received numerous honors since becoming a pharmacist at the Greensboro AHEC and a clinical assistant professor at the School in 1979. He has been practicing neonatal pharmacotherapy since 1977 … Read more