Category: Faculty
Kashuba Receives $2 Million to Explore HIV-Prevention Drug Discovery
July 25, 2011Angela Kashuba, PharmD, is concerned that the current approach to developing drug therapies to prevent HIV infection is backwards. “We know that administering large doses of HIV drugs in animal models can prevent infection, but this information doesn’t directly help us prevent infections in people,” she says. “In this particular case, the doses being used in animals may be too toxic for people.” “We need to make more informed progress toward protecting people, and it’s time we changed the paradigm.” In support of this goal, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases award a grant to the UNC Eshelman … Read more
Kashuba on UNC Team to Lead National Effort to Cure AIDS
July 11, 2011Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a five-year, $32 million federal grant to develop ways to cure people with HIV by purging the virus hiding in the immune systems of patients taking antiretroviral therapy. Tackling this latent virus is considered key to a cure for AIDS. Angela Kashuba, PharmD, will direct the preclinical and clinical pharmacology studies as director of the project’s clinical pharmacology core. Kashuba is director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research Clinical Pharmacology and Analytic Chemistry Core and an associate professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics. … Read more
Photos: Hospital, School Honor Fred Eckel
June 30, 2011UNC Hospitals and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy honored professor Fred Eckel, MS, on June 28 at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center during a reception to recognize the 2011 class of pharmacy residents for completing their residencies. Eckel, a faculty member in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, joined the School in 1966 and established the UNC Hospital Residency Program in 1967. To honor his accomplishments, the residency program presented Eckel with a newly established Pharmacy Leadership Award bearing his name. Eckel also delivered a lecture on lessons he learned over the course of his career. … Read more
Marciniak Featured on ‘Ask the Pharmacist’ Program at WebMD
June 29, 2011Clinical associate professor Macary Marciniak, PharmD, has been tabbed for the “Ask the Pharmacist” feature at WebMD.com. Marciniak will be featured in seven video segments, to be posted between June and November, in which she answers commonly asked questions about pharmacy- and health-related topics. The first video, “Pregnancy Do’s and Don’ts,” is now available.
Photos: School Honors Long-Time Educator, Pharmacist Steve Caiola
June 27, 2011The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held a reception at the Carolina Inn on June 24, 2011, to honor Steve Caiola, MS, who is entering phased retirement after a distinguished career that has spanned more than forty years at the School. Since coming to UNC in 1969, Caiola, chair of the School’s Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, has served in a variety of positions responsible for educating pharmacists. He has received his share of accolades for his contribution to pharmacy in the state with some recent ones being the Don Blanton Award and 2007 Acute Care Practice Forum … Read more
K. H. Lee Receives Rising Sun Award from Japan
June 20, 2011Kuo-Hsiung Lee, PhD, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the government of Japan for his contributions to the development of medicinal chemistry in that nation. In his forty-one-year career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, more than eighty Japanese scholars have honed their understanding of medicinal chemistry under Dr. Lee’s tutelage. The Order of the Rising Sun was established in 1875 as the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese Government. It is presented … Read more
Tropsha to Lead Research Efforts as Associate Dean, Lawrence to Chair Medicinal Chemistry Division
May 30, 2011Alexander Tropsha, PhD, has been named as the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s new associate dean for research charged with overseeing the School’s research and graduate education programs. David Lawrence, PhD, will replace Tropsha as the new chair of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products. “I am thrilled that Alex has agreed to take on this new responsibility,” says Robert Blouin, PharmD, dean of the School. “He has made major contributions to the School over his two decades here and is internationally recognized for his research in cheminformatics. He has a knack for bringing together scientists with diverse … Read more
Ferreri Named Interim Chair of DPPEE as Caiola Retires
May 30, 2011Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, has been named as interim chair of the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She succeeds Steve Caiola, MS, who will be starting phased retirement beginning July 1. Ferreri is a clinical associate professor and director of the PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program. Her work focuses on advancing clinical practice in community pharmacy settings, particularly in the areas of immunization, diabetes, and medication therapy management. “Dr. Ferreri is a recognized leader and innovator in clinical pharmacy practice at the School, state, and national level,” says Robert Blouin, dean of … Read more
Heparin Expert Jian Liu Promoted to Professor
May 10, 2011Jian Liu, PhD, a faculty member at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy known for his pursuit of a synthetic version of the anticoagulant heparin, was promoted to the rank of professor in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products on May 1. “Dr. Liu has established a highly impressive and internationally recognized research program in the field of glycobiology during his tenure at UNC and has emerged as a leader in elucidating the mechanisms of heparan sulfate biosynthesis and function,” says Robert Blouin, PharmD, dean of the School and the Vaughn and Nancy Bryson Distinguished Professor. “The critical … Read more
School Announces 2011 Instructors, Preceptors of the Year
April 25, 2011For the second year in a row, the PharmD students of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy named Ralph Raasch, PharmD, as their choice for the 2011 Overall Instructor of the Year Award for 2011. The honor was announced during the School’s Award Day ceremony on April 17. Additional honors went to instructors of the year selected by the first-, second-, and third-year classes. Clinical assistant professor Christine Walko, PharmD, was chosen by the PY3s; associate professor Scott Singleton, PhD, by the PY2s, and clinical associate professor Adam Persky, PhD, by the PY1s. Clinical associate professor Pete Koval, PharmD, was … Read more