Category: Divisions
AHEC Faculty Receives Fellowship to Study Virtual Patient Approach
February 21, 2008Peter Koval, PharmD, a clinical assistant professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has been selected as a John Payne Fellow. The fellowship comes with a $2,000 stipend for Koval’s project: studying the use of virtual patients in training pharmacy students. Koval, a clinical pharmacist at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, is the assistant director of pharmacy research, pharmacotherapy, and education at the Greensboro Area Health Education Center. He is planning to use his fellowship to learn how the School of Pharmacy at Keele University in the United Kingdom uses robotic avatars and voice-recognition software to create virtual patients … Read more
Sleath Study: Doctors Should Watch for Depression in Arthritis Patients
February 1, 2008Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis, are twice as likely as individuals without rheumatoid arthritis to experience depression but aren’t likely to talk to a doctor about it, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In a study published in the February issue of Arthritis Care & Research, researchers found that patients whose activities were more restricted due to their arthritis were more than twice as likely to have moderately severe to severe symptoms of depression. They also found that not many depressed patients discussed their condition with their rheumatologists, and, … Read more
2008 Graduate Student Awards
January 27, 2008The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its Graduate Achievement Banquet on January 26. UNC-CH Graduate School Scholarships Two first-year doctoral students from the School were recipients of merit assistantships. The UNC Graduate School awards merit assistantships to promising incoming graduate students, with the objective of maintaining and increasing the quality of graduate students at UNC-Chapel Hill. The School’s recipients are: Beth Vasiveich, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics Christina Won, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics The UNC Graduate School also awards a few competitive merit fellowships each year to incoming graduate students with exceptional potential. The Royster Society of Fellows … Read more
Ferreri Named APhA Fellow
January 23, 2008Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, CDE, the director of the Community Pharmacy Residency Program at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has been elected as a fellow of the American Pharmacists Association by the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management. Ferreri, a clinical assistant professor in the School’s Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, will be recognized at an award ceremony at the APhA annual meeting in March in San Diego. To qualify for the honor, a candidate must be a member of either the APhA-APPM or the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science and have at least ten years … Read more
Hoskins to Direct UNC Genomics Facility
January 15, 2008The UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, a research center within the UNC School of Pharmacy, recently named Janelle M. Hoskins as the director of its new Molecular Genomics Facility. This facility provides project design, data analysis, technology selection, and genotyping for IPIT investigators. A native of Australia, Hoskins received her PhD in pharmacology at the University of Sydney and postdoctoral training at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and at UNC-Chapel Hill. Hoskins is an expert in the pharmacogenetics of metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters with more than twenty scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals … Read more
Sleath, Vaughan Win AACP Posts
January 1, 2008Two faculty members from the UNC School of Pharmacy have been elected to posts with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Betsy Sleath, PhD, a professor in the School’s Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, was elected as chair of the Social and Administrative Sciences section. K.T. Vaughan, MSLS, a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, was elected as secretary for the Libraries Educational Resources section. Founded in 1900, the AACP is the national organization representing the interests of pharmacy education and educators. It comprises all 105 colleges and schools of pharmacy in … Read more
Sleath Promoted to Full Professor
January 1, 2008The UNC School of Pharmacy has promoted Betsy Sleath, PhD, to full professor. Sleath joined the School’s Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy in 1995 and has been an associate professor since 2000. She is also an adjunct associate professor in the UNC School of Public Health and a research fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. After earning doctorate degrees in pharmacy and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sleath spent two years as an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico before coming to UNC. Her research examines the impact of communication between … Read more
Brouwer Receives Award from Alma Mater
December 11, 2007Kim Brouwer, PhD, the George H. Cocolas Distinguished Professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has received the Paul F. Parker Award from the University of Kentucky and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The annual honor recognizes a former resident of the UK Pharmacy Residency Program or someone intimately associated with the success of the program for the individual’s contribution to the profession via teaching or research. Recipients must show commitment to high ideals and excellence in their chosen field and encourage the personal and professional growth of others. Brouwer, who chairs the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, … Read more
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
December 11, 2007Postdoctoral Fellowship Center For Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Description The Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (CPOP) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program aims to prepare professionals for careers in areas of research including pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, health services research, and behavioral sciences as they apply to the use of medications or pharmaceutical policy. In addition to developing research skills, fellows will have opportunities to develop their skills in communication, teaching, writing, and mentoring. CPOP offers an environment of collaborative and interdisciplinary research. The fellow will work with a diverse group of faculty within the School of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy who frequently collaborate … Read more
Patterson Promoted to Full Professor
December 1, 2007The UNC School of Pharmacy has promoted J. Herbert Patterson, PharmD, FCCP, to full professor. Patterson joined the School in 1981. He has been an associate professor since 1988 and currently serves as the vice chair of the School’s Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, where he also directs the division’s graduate program. Patterson holds a joint appointment as a research associate professor in the Division of Cardiology at the UNC School of Medicine, and he has served as co-chair of the UNC Biomedical Institutional Review Board since March 2005. Patterson received his bachelor’s and doctor of pharmacy degrees from … Read more