Category: Faculty
Kappa Epsilon Honors UNC Faculty, Chapter
August 1, 2007Kappa Epsilon honored two UNC School of Pharmacy faculty members and the UNC Lambda chapter at the fraternity’s 46th annual national convention on July 25-29 in Charlotte. Jennifer Stegall-Zanation, PharmD, a clinical assistant professor in the Office of Professional Education, was recognized for her contributions as convention chair. Jo Ellen Rodgers, PharmD, a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, received the Unicorn Award, which recognizes Kappa Epsilon alumni members’ sustained service to the organization. The UNC Lambda chapter received the award for Outstanding Collegiate Chapter, as well as an honorable mention for the Best Service … Read more
Craig Lee Receives Grant from American Heart Association
July 17, 2007Craig Lee, PhD, an assistant professor at the UNC School of Pharmacy, has received a $132,000 beginning grant-in-aid from the American Heart Association. Lee will use the two-year grant, titled “P450 Epoxygenase Pathway and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease”, to study the relationship between genetic variation in the cytochrome P450 epoxygenase pathway and mechanisms underlying the risk of cardiovascular disease. Cytochromes P450 are a metabolic enzyme family present throughout the body. The pathway Lee is studying is active in the cardiovascular system and forms epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (also known as EETs), which dilate blood vessels and have anti-inflammatory effects. About ten to twenty-five … Read more
NIH Funds Paine’s Search for a Cranberry Juice Effect
July 17, 2007Mary Paine, PhD, has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore interactions between foods and drugs. “We know a great deal about drug-drug interactions but comparatively little about how foods and other natural products interact with drugs,” Paine says. “Typically, the only thing patients are told about food and their medicine is whether or not they should take their pills with a meal.” Paine is interested in foods that can contribute to what has come to be called “the grapefruit juice effect.” Since the early 1990s, researchers have known that chemical compounds in grapefruit … Read more
Nanomedicine Expert Russell Mumper Joins School Faculty
July 12, 2007Russell Mumper, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in the pharmaceutical applications of nanotechnology, has joined the UNC School of Pharmacy as the John A. McNeill Distinguished Professor. Mumper, an expert in vaccine and cancer drug delivery systems, will serve as the director of the School’s new Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. The CNDD is part of a larger nanomedicine initiative at UNC that bridges disciplines in medicine, chemistry, and pharmacy. The center’s central mission is to quickly and safely translate new nanotechnologies into human clinical trials to improve the quality of life. The CNDD will bring together scientists to … Read more
DPET Recognizes Long-Time Faculty
July 1, 2007The Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics honored two faculty members at the Division’s annual retreat in June. Associate Professor Ralph Raasch, PharmD, was recognized for thirty years of outstanding service to the division and the field of pharmacy. Associate Professor Wayne Pittman, MS, also a clinical associate professor of medicine, was recognized for thirty-five years of exemplary service and leadership in pharmacy.
Kashuba, Corbett Honored for Work in Fight against AIDS
June 1, 2007Two professors from the UNC School of Pharmacy—Amanda Corbett and Angela Kashuba—have received the Pam Herriott Award from the UNC Center for Infectious Diseases and the UNC Center for AIDS Research in recognition of their contributions in the fight against AIDS. “They have been devoted partners to our HIV team,” says Charles van der Horst, a professor in the UNC School of Medicine who is a member of the CFID and the director of the Developmental Core at the UNC CFAR. “They always say yes when e-mailed or called, no matter what time or day, always stepping up to the … Read more
Joyner Selected for AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program
June 1, 2007Pamela Joyner, EdD, MS Pharm, the associate dean for professional education at the UNC School of Pharmacy, is one of twenty-nine nominees selected to participate in the 2007-08 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Academic Leadership Fellows Program. The program was developed to address the stated needs of AACP members for an intensive leadership and management development program. It is designed to help promising individuals at member institutions develop into future leaders in pharmacy and in higher education. “This program provides opportunities for more interaction with leaders in pharmacy education and can broaden my understanding of the issues facing both … Read more
Sleath Survey: New Mothers Often Not Asked about Depression
May 31, 2007The majority of doctors in North Carolina are unlikely to probe for signs of postpartum depression in new mothers, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Of the 228 physicians responding to the survey who said they had seen women for postpartum visits in the previous three months, 79 percent said they were unlikely to formally screen the patients for depression. An estimated 13 percent of new mothers are affected by postpartum depression. The study will be published June 6 in the North Carolina Medical Journal. “We believe that it is … Read more
White Harris Is School’s New Director of Recruitment, Diversity
May 21, 2007Carla White Harris has been named the new director of recruitment and diversity initiatives at the UNC School of Pharmacy. She is also the new Chapel Hill–based director of the UNC/ECSU PharmD Partnership Program. It will be her responsibility to develop and execute a student-recruitment plan for the doctor of pharmacy program with the long-term goal of enhancing the quality and the diversity of students applying to the School of Pharmacy. She will also chair the School’s Admission Committee and serve as the primary liaison with Elizabeth City State University. White Harris says she is looking forward to the challenge … Read more
Hansen, Roth Co-Investigators on Grant
May 14, 2007Two professors from the UNC School of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy are co-investigators on a one-year, $140,000 grant from the School of Medicine’s “Investments for the Future” Project. Richard Hansen, PhD, and Mary Roth, PharmD, MHS, will be part of a project that aims to enlist pharmacist intervention to reduce drug therapy problems, such as incorrect usage, in older psychiatric patients. The focus of the project will be to establish a pharmacist-run clinic in psychiatry. The project leader is Lea C. Watson, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. The funding is for pilot … Read more