Category: Events
iNClusive STEM Pitch Summit Highlights Female, Minority Entrepreneurs
October 29, 2018Minority and female entrepreneurs gathered at the Rizzo Center on October 11 to participate in the iNClusive STEM Innovation Pitch Summit. The event, co-hosted by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the UNC School of Law, allowed entrepreneurs from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds to showcase and pitch their innovations and businesses for the opportunity to receive funding. The event was open to women, African-Americans, Hispanics and American Indians in STEM fields. Event organizer and assistant professor Anita Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., said the event supported the School and University mission to support underrepresented groups. “UNC’s first iNClusive STEM Innovation Pitch … Read more
Pharmacy Students Host Medication Take Back Day
October 8, 2018Students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy partnered with Generation Rx to host Medication Take Back Day on October 2. The event, co-hosted by the UNC School of Dentistry and the UNC Hospital Police, collected expired or unused prescription drugs from the Chapel Hill community in order to combat drug abuse. Maurice Horton, Pharm.D., a third-year Ph.D. student at the School, said the accumulation of unused prescriptions can lead to drug abuse and threaten the safety of children and pets. “This event is just an opportunity for patients and citizens of Chapel Hill to bring their medication back, clean … Read more
Microbiome Experts Gather for PharmSci 2018 Conference
June 5, 2018The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy hosted the 12th annual Chapel Hill Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference on June 4, focused on the interface between drug delivery and the microbiome. Over 100 attendees gathered at the William and Ida Friday Center in Chapel Hill for the conference. Speakers included faculty from the School and from UNC’s chemistry, microbiology and biomedical engineering programs, as well as faculty from other universities, including Duke University, N.C. State University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Colorado Boulder. Experts from the private sector also lectured at the conference, and students and postdoctoral researchers … Read more
Over 120 Pharmacy Residents Present Research at REPS Symposium
May 23, 2018Pharmacy residents and professionals from across the Southeast gathered at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy for the fifth annual Research in Education and Practice Symposium on May 21 and 22. REPS 2018 included podium presentations from over 120 residents, fellows and postgraduate trainees, as well as three professional development lectures and numerous networking opportunities. Residents were each allotted 12 minutes for their podium presentations and three minutes for questions, and they received feedback from evaluators after presenting their research. Presenters included residents from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Health Care, as well as presenters from medical … Read more
PY4 Students Celebrate Post Clerkship Day
May 8, 2018PY4 students returned to campus for Post Clerkship Day on May 4 to celebrate the completion of their rotations and prepare for commencement. PY4 President Stephanie Salch presented the School with the Class of 2018 gift, The GROW Fund, which will promote Guidance, Resilience, Open-Mindedness and Wellness among student pharmacists as part of the School’s initiative to foster student, faculty and staff wellness. Post Clerkship Day festivities included addresses by Interim Dean Dhiren Thakker, Ph.D., and Associate Dean for Clinical Education Wendy Cox, Pharm.D. The fourth-years honored their award-winning classmates and faculty members and enjoyed the Class of 2018 video … Read more
Fourth Annual Asheville Summit Addresses Population Health
April 24, 2018On Saturday, March 10, approximately 150 students, residents and pharmacists from across the Southeast attended the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Fourth Annual Asheville Summit at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Asheville Summit is a one-day conference planned by students at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy with the majority of the planning done at the School’s Asheville campus. This year’s topic was population health. In the past, the summit has covered provider status, innovation within pharmacy practice, and the importance of interprofessional care. Pharmacy students from Auburn University, High Point University, Mercer University, … Read more
Top Students, Faculty Honored at 2018 Awards Ceremony
April 23, 2018The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 21, at the Rizzo Center. Professor emeritus Hal Kohn, Ph.D., received the School’s Distinguished Service Award, presented each year for distinguished service and support for the School’s service and outreach initiatives and for accomplishments that advance the profession of pharmacy. Ashley Henson McKnight was the winner of the Samuel Burrus Award for Community Service. This award is presented to a student currently enrolled in the School who exhibits outstanding and unselfish civic, community or church volunteer service provided outside the scope of regular pharmacy practice. Associate … Read more
Alumna Lisa Grimes Shares Book of Life Lessons at UNC
April 20, 2018Lisa T. Grimes, a UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy alumna returned to campus Wednesday, April 18, to share insights from her new book. Grimes, a 1985 graduate of the School, and her coauthor, fellow UNC-Chapel Hill alumna Paula Brown Stafford, M.P.H., discussed their book, “Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success, Create Balance, Experience Fulfillment,” at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The book provides insights and encouragement for women looking for career advancement and a high quality of life — knowledge the authors said they wish they’d had as young professionals 30 years ago. The book also advises … Read more
Partnership in Patient Care Holds Planning Retreat
March 12, 2018Faculty and staff from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the UNC Medical Center Department of Pharmacy held a planning retreat for the Partnership in Patient Care at the Friday Center on Feb. 21. Launched in 2010, the Partnership in Patient Care combines the resources of the School and the pharmacy department to increase the pharmacy services available to patients at UNC Hospitals, the amount of experiential education that pharmacy students receive at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the amount of point-of-care research being conducted. Since the start of the partnership, the hospital’s department of pharmacy has … Read more
School Hosts Delegation from China FDA
February 1, 2018On Jan. 31, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy hosted a delegation from the China Food and Drug Administration. Thirteen members of the China FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation attended a two-hour symposium at where School faculty presented various topics related to drug discovery and development. Gaoming Wei, the office director of the Department of Social Security in China’s Ministry of Finance, led the delegation of CDE members. Interim Dean Dhiren Thakker, Ph.D., Ferguson Distinguished Professor, welcomed the group to the School, and Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D., M.H.A., associate dean for global engagement and clinical associate professor, gave an overview of … Read more