Category: Divisions
Researchers Discover Compound with Potential to Stop Cancer Metastasis
May 21, 2018A UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy scientist is a leader in a large research collaboration that has discovered a new compound that suppressed the spread of cancer — a process known as metastasis — in three different animal models of human cancer. When cancer metastasizes, it spreads from its starting point to a different part of the body. The new compound created by the research team and named metarrestin significantly inhibited metastasis in human breast cancer, human prostate cancer and human pancreatic cancer that had been grafted into mice. Mice treated with the compound had fewer metastatic tumors in the … Read more
Carpenter Wins AHEC Innovation Grant for Pediatric Opioid Prescription Research
May 21, 2018The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers awarded an Innovation Grant to Delesha Carpenter, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., to create an online module that prepares medical residents to communicate with pediatric patients and their parents about opioids. The grant of more than $45,000 will allow Carpenter, an assistant professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, to develop an online module to teach medical residents to effectively engage pediatric patients and their parents in shared decision-making about treatment with opioid medications. Currently, there are no national opioid prescribing guidelines for pediatric patients, which can … Read more
Olivia Dong Honored with P.E.O. Scholar Award
May 16, 2018Olivia Dong, a doctoral candidate in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, is the recipient of a $15,000 Scholar Award from the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood for the 2018-19 academic year. Dong is one of the 100 recipients out of 741 nominees selected to receive a P.E.O Scholar Award, which provides merit-based funding for women in the United States and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree at an accredited college or university. Chapter CN of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, sponsored her. Under the guidance of her research adviser, Tim … Read more
Pharmacy Administration Master’s Residents Receive ASHP Grants
May 14, 2018Pharmacy residents from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy received two of three national grants awarded by the ASHP Foundation. Stephanie Jean, Pharm.D., and Charlotte Wells, Pharm.D., two UNC Medical Center pharmacy administration residents in the School’s master’s degree program, both won the ASHP Foundation Master’s Resident Practice-Based Research Grant for separate research projects. The ASHP grant is awarded to support pharmacy researchers in programs that combine the completion of a residency and a master’s degree. The two-year UNC program combines a Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Science and a health-system pharmacy administration residency program at the UNC Medical Center. … Read more
Kabanov Receives TBJ Life Sciences Award
May 10, 2018Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, Ph.D., Dr. Sci., is a recipient of a 2018 Life Sciences Award from the Triangle Business Journal. Kabanov was nominated in the category of Outstanding Individual Research from Universities or Research Institutes. The award was presented at a ceremony held May 10 at the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary. Kabanov is the Mescal S. Ferguson Distinguished Professor in the Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics and the director of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. He is a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 2017 a team led by Alexander Kabanov, … Read more
UNC Video Helps Kids with Asthma Ask Doctors More Questions about Care
May 9, 2018Adolescents with asthma are more likely to ask questions during doctor visits after viewing a video on the importance of being involved during asthma visits and receiving a list of questions and checking off the ones they want to ask the doctor, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Asthma patients ages 11 to 17 who watched the 11-minute video and used the one-page list of question prompts interacted with and received education from their doctors at a higher rate than the control group in the study, which was led by Betsy Sleath, … Read more
Jo Ellen Rodgers Promoted to Full Professor
April 30, 2018Jo Ellen Rodgers, Pharm.D., an expert in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, has been promoted to the rank of clinical professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics. “Dr. Rodgers is an outstanding educator and practitioner role model for our students, a dedicated faculty member and an emerging leader in pharmacy,” said Angela Kashuba, Pharm.D., chair of DPET and the John A. and Deborah S. McNeill Jr. Distinguished Professor. “This promotion is well deserved recognition for the many teaching, research, and service contributions she has made to our students, our School and the profession.” Rodgers … Read more
SGC@UNC Researchers Adopt ‘Extreme’ Open Science, Share Data as It Happens
April 26, 2018Researchers in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are taking part in an experiment in experimentation by making their research publicly available as it happens. Postdoctoral research associates Alfredo Picado, Ph.D., and Carla Alamillo Ferrer, Ph.D., are participants in the Structural Genomics Consortium’s Extreme Open Science Initiative, which encourages SGC scientists in labs around the world to publish their notes online. The UNC-Chapel Hill hub of the SGC, run by Tim Willson, Ph.D., conducts open research into new protein kinase inhibitors with the aim of expanding drug discovery and creation. The norm in science is to guard data until publication. … Read more
Third Carolina Nanoformulation Workshop Shares Discoveries in Nanomedicine
April 25, 2018From March 12 to 16, scientists from industry and academia came together at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to learn about the latest advances in nanomedicine and to get hands-on experience with advanced nanoformulations at the third annual Carolina Nanoformulation Workshop. The workshop is a unique blend of classroom and hands-on training that stresses interaction and participation. The 2018 edition featured three days of seminars presented by 21 speakers followed by two days of practical experience in the laboratories of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. Twenty-seven participants have attended the workshop, with each experiencing a unique … Read more
Asher Prince Honored as Physician Assistant Fellow
April 20, 2018Heather Asher Prince has been named a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Asher Prince is director of clinical operations for Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory in the Division of Pharmacy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Distinguished fellows are physician assistants who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to their profession in the following areas: Distinction in medical practice, education, research or health-care management Leadership in medicine and health care Professional involvement Commitment to lifelong learning Community service The UNC Physician Assistants Program published a Q&A interview with Asher Prince. “Heather has been … Read more