Category: Doctor of Pharmacy Program – PharmD
Student, Alumna, Faculty Mentors Receive Travel Scholarships from AACP
April 21, 2009A doctor of pharmacy student, two faculty members, and an alumna from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have received travel scholarships from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The recipients are: third-year student Kathryn Givens Merkel and her faculty mentor, clinical instructor Lisa Dinkins, PharmD; and alumna Megan Wheatley, PharmD, who is a resident at Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro, and her faculty mentor, clinical assistant professor Dawn Pettus, PharmD. The AACP/Walmart Scholars Program strives to strengthen the scholarship recipients’ skills and commitment to a career in academic pharmacy through participation in programming and activities at the … Read more
Askew Named Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year
November 18, 2008The North Carolina Association of Pharmacists has named Jennifer Askew, a preceptor for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the 2008 Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year in the state. Askew has been working at New Hanover Regional Medical Center for five years. She received her doctor of pharmacy from the School in 2003 and has been a UNC pharmacy preceptor since 2006. She has precepted more than twenty UNC pharmacy students in introductory and advanced hospital, community, and practice management rotations. She was named the School’s Hospital Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year for 2008. Askew is also an active participant … Read more
UNC Pharmacists, Students Offer Flu Shots to Charlotte Voters
November 4, 2008Voters at three polling sites in Charlotte can roll up their sleeves for a flu shot after casting their ballot on November 4 thanks to students and faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a local pharmacy. The clinics are part of Vote & Vax, a nationwide project that will provide influenza vaccinations at hundreds of polling sites across the country on Election Day. Each site will be staffed by students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as well as experienced pharmacists from Pike’s Pharmacy and the Charlotte Area Health Education Center who will administer … Read more
Pharmacy Students Receive SNPhA Scholarships
September 5, 2008Five students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy were awarded scholarships at the Student National Pharmaceutical Association Convention in Fort Launderdale, Florida, this year. The students, each of whom is in the third year of the doctor of pharmacy program, received awards ranging from $1,000 to $2,500. Maurice Alexander of New Bern, North Carolina, received the $1,000 Walgreens/SNPhA Student Pharmacist Excellence Award. Benyam Muluneh of Lorton, Virginia, received the $1,000 Kroger Scholarship. Portia Overton of Raleigh, North Carolina, received the $2,500 Rite Aid/SNPhA Foundation Scholarship. Lakia Scoggins of Durham, North Carolina, received the $1,000 James Bricky Hills Endowed Scholarship, … Read more
School Recognized for Its Efforts to Increase Diversity
July 7, 2008The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program has recognized the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy with the Cecil G. Sheps Leadership Award for the School’s efforts to increase the diversity of its student population and the health-care workforce. The NC-HCAP is an interinstitutional program of the UNC system designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities and disadvantaged students who are educated, trained, and employed in the health professions. The Cecil G. Sheps Leadership Award recognizes individuals or entities that have proactively sought out and implemented strategies to increase underrepresented minorities in a health science discipline and/or who have worked … Read more
School, Mission Hospital win AACP Crystal APPLE
June 4, 2008The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a prestigious national award recognizing the high quality of an experiential education rotation at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. The Crystal APPLE Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy recognizes the contributions pharmacy schools and their practice partners make in successfully conducting and supporting quality experiential education in settings focusing on patient care. “The Crystal APPLE Awards are the most coveted academic-practice partnership award in pharmacy education,” says Lucinda L. Maine, AACP executive vice president and CEO. “With an increasing number … Read more
School Names Preceptors of the Year
June 1, 2008The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named the recipients of its 2008 preceptors and Area Health Education Center instructor of the year honors. Jennifer Askew, CPP, manager of outpatient/employee pharmacy services for New Hanover Health Network in Wilmington, has been named a Hospital Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year. Suzie Cala Harris, BCPP, a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, has been named AHEC Faculty Instructor of the Year. Jane Wyatt Maney, owner of Jane’s Rx Drugs in Mars Hill, has been named Community Pharmacy Preceptor … 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
Eshelman gift, match net $2 million for UNC pharmacy education
February 14, 2008On the heels of his recent $9 million gift to the School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fred Eshelman has contributed another $1 million to support the School’s Educational Renaissance initiatives, which attracted $1 million in matching funds from the Pharmacy Network Foundation. Eshelman is CEO and founder of Wilmington-based PPD Inc., a leading global contract research organization providing discovery, development and postapproval services as well as compound partnering programs to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Educational Renaissance is the School’s plan to address the needs of the next generation of students who are expected … Read more
Caiola Named Chair of New Division
September 26, 2007Steve Caiola, MS, has been named chair of the new Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education at the UNC School of Pharmacy. Caiola, an associate professor, has served as interim chair of PPEE since it was established on July 1. He first came to UNC in 1969 as an instructor at the School and assistant director of pharmacy services at N.C. Memorial Hospital. He has held numerous positions during his time at UNC and currently serves as the director of the School’s Postgraduate/Continuing Education Program. “I cannot think of anyone more suited to this leadership position than Steve is,” … Read more