Category: Doctor of Pharmacy Program – PharmD
Photos: 2012 Student Research Day
April 4, 2012The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held Student Research Day on March 30, 2012, which gave students in the Clinical Scholars Program and the Honors Program an opportunity to present their work. The event included forty-eight poster presentations and ten platform presentations. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629374760018/show/ The top poster presentations were: First Place Ashley Hedges (PY3) Andrea Faison (PY4) Second Place Lauren Zachary (PY3) Third Place Jenna Siskey (PY4)
Photos: Rho Chi Induction 2012
April 2, 2012The XI chapter of Rho Chi, the academic honor society in pharmacy, at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy inducted its 2012 members on March 24. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629701457025/show/
Photos: 2012 White Coat Ceremony
March 30, 2012The School held its annual White Coat Ceremony on March 25, 2012. The white coat is the traditional symbol of health professionals. The White Coat Ceremony marks third-year pharmacy students’ transition into the final year of the PharmD program and is designed to reflect the responsibility, professionalism, and commitment expected of the students in their final year in the program. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629325508082/show/
Photos: Family Day 2012
March 29, 2012The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held Family Day at Chapel Hill, Elizabeth City, and Asheville on March 24, 2012. The event gave the students’ families a chance to experience life at the School, including taking part in a number of hands-on activities. Photos from Chapel Hill https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629306999668/show/ Photos from Asheville https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629375164516/show/
School Is Second in U.S. News PharmD Rankings
March 16, 2012The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy maintained its number-two position in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 ranking of doctor of pharmacy programs. The School was also second in the publication’s 2008 rankings. “Thanks to the incredible hard work of our faculty, staff, and students, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy continues to thrive even in these challenging times,” says Dean Bob Blouin, PharmD. “And while we always take these rankings with a grain of salt, it is extremely gratifying to see that we are so highly regarded by our peers.” The 2013 graduate-education rankings examined doctor of pharmacy programs and … Read more
Photos: 2012 Student Senate Live Auction
February 9, 2012The Student Senate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its annual live auction on February 8 to raise money for student organizations at the School. Dean Bob Blouin served as the auctioneer. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629243941057/show/
Weeks Promoted to Elizabeth City Assistant Dean Post
January 12, 2012Latasha Weeks, PharmD, has accepted the position of regional assistant dean at Elizabeth City for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Weeks is a clinical assistant professor in the School’s Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education. Weeks will oversee the School’s satellite campus in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, which was created in 2005 in partnership with Elizabeth City State University. She became the ECSU–based director of the UNC/ECSU Doctor of Pharmacy Partnership Program in 2010. She was formerly a clinical assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and completed a community pharmacy residency at UNC-Chapel Hill. … Read more
Phil Rodgers Named Assistant Dean for Pharmacy Practice Partnerships
January 5, 2012Phil Rodgers, PharmD, has been named as the assistant dean for pharmacy practice partnerships at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. As assistant dean, he will provide overall leadership and financial oversight for the Professional Experience Program and be heavily engaged in the scholarship of pharmacy practice as well as in developing innovative methods to train students and residents to advance pharmacy practice. “I am extremely pleased that Phil Rodgers has joined us,” says Bob Blouin, PharmD, dean of the School. “Our relationships with and the quality of our preceptors and community-based faculty are of critical importance to the School. … Read more
Graduate Student Schuck Receives AHA Fellowship
June 16, 2011Bob Schuck, PharmD, a doctoral student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association to support his search for new treatments for vascular inflammation and cardiovascular disease. The two-year fellowship will provide $23,000 per year for Schuck to study eicosanoids, signaling molecules that are metabolized by various enzyme pathways. Eicosanoids control inflammation, which plays an integral role in the development of numerous diseases and conditions, including cardiovascular disease. Schuck is tackling the topic with a two-pronged approach — finding new treatments and identifying people who are most likely to benefit from … Read more
School Launches PharmD/MBA Dual-Degree Program
May 19, 2011The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have come together to offer a dual-degree program that will allow pharmacy students to earn a doctor of pharmacy and an MBA in five years. “Given the quality and standing of the two schools involved, this certainly has the potential to be the foremost PharmD/MBA program in the country,” says Robert Blouin, dean of the pharmacy school at UNC. There were thirty-eight similar programs offered in the U.S. in 2010, according the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Those who hold … Read more