Category: Faculty
Hansen Receives NIH Career Development Award
June 14, 2006Richard Hansen, PhD, was named a Clinical Research Scholar under the UNC Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program. This award is part of the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative and will provide salary and research funding over five years to support Hansen’s work in the multidisciplinary management of depression in primary care. Hansen’s project “The Quality of Antidepressant Use in Primary Care” focuses on understanding and improving adherence to antidepressants in non-psychiatric settings. The UNC MCRCDP is designed to re-engineer the clinical research enterprise by training new clinical research leaders, which is a key component of the NIH Roadmap. Eugene … Read more
Kohn Awarded $1.3 Million to Study Treatment of Neurological Disorders
June 14, 2006Harold Kohn, PhD, Kenan Professor in the UNC School of Pharmacy’s Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The title of Kohn’s project is “Novel Methods to Identify Targets of the Neurological Agent (R)-Lacosamide.” The NIH-funded study is a joint project between the Kohn and Rihe Liu Laboratories. Liu is an assistant professor at the School. According to Kohn’s proposal, epilepsy and neuropathic pain are major neurological disorders that can be treated with a number of different seizure medications. “Even with the use of these medications, many … Read more
Xiao Appointed Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor of Gene Therapy
June 12, 2006Xiao Xiao, PhD, has been appointed Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor of Gene Therapy in the Division of Molecular Therapeutics in the UNC School of Pharmacy. Before coming to the School, Xiao was an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he held several joint appointments. He was also an adjunct professor at Huazhong Science and Technology University Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, China, and a guest professor at Fudan University Shanghai Medical College in Shanghai, China. In 1982 Xiao received a BS in pharmaceutical chemistry from the Shanghai Medical University School of Pharmacy. He received a MS … Read more
Maciejewski Appointed Associate Professor
June 2, 2006Matthew Maciejewski, PhD, has been appointed associate professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy. Maciejewski comes to the School of Pharmacy from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was an associate professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Maciejewski received a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1991 and a PhD in health services and research policy from the University of Minnesota in 1998. From 1991-1993 he worked as a research assistant for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington D.C. From 1993-1998 Maciejewski was a research … Read more
Sleath Awarded Travel Grant to Help Glaucoma Patients in India
May 25, 2006Betsy Sleath, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, has been awarded a travel grant from the UNC Partnership in Global Health to support her proposal “Improving Treatment Adherence of Glaucoma Patients in Southern India.” In 2004 Sleath and Alan Robin, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University, developed a a survey to examine problems that patients were having using glaucoma medications. Sleath and Robin recently modified the survey for use at the Aravind Eye Care System in southern rural India. The Aravind Eye Care System offers essentially free eye care to individuals at five eye clinics and hospitals in southern India. Despite the free … Read more
Researchers Link Gene Variation to Coronary Heart Disease
May 24, 2006Research led by Craig Lee, PharmD, a graduate student in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, shows that a common genetic variation makes some people more susceptible to coronary heart disease. About 15 percent of all Caucasians have the genetic variation, which is also known as a polymorphism. Those who carry the polymorphism are approximately 1.5 times more likely to have a CHD event, such as a heart attack, than those who do not. “We found that Caucasians who carry this polymorphism, named K55R, were at significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease, independent of other risk factors, like cigarette smoking, diabetes, and hypertension,” said … Read more
DPET News Briefs
April 28, 2006Angela Kashuba, associate professor, has been awarded $1.8 million to evaluate the drug interaction potential of a new HIV protease inhibitor. Bruce Canaday, clinical professor, was installed on March 20 as the 2006-2007 APhA president. Jo Ellen Rodgers, clinical assistant professor, is president-elect, Cardiology PRN. Tim Ives, associate professor, was elected secretary of the AACP Pharmacy Practice Section. Ralph Raasch, associate professor, and Christine Walko, academic fellow, received the PY3 Instructor of the Year Award. Dee Melnyk, clinical assistant professor, was named AHEC Instructor of the Year. Angela Kashuba, associate professor, and Julie Dumond, academic fellow, have received the ACCP Infectious Disease Fellowship Award.
2006 UNC School of Pharmacy Award Recipients
April 21, 2006Faculty Awards Teva Outstanding Pharmacy Student Award The faculty recognizes the graduating student who has attained the highest measure of scholastic achievement in the professional program. Dale Nepert Butterfoss Jill Aglaia Fowler Andrea L. Fumi GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Care Award The faculty recognizes an outstanding student for excellent performance during his or her pharmacy clerkships with special emphasis on patient relations in both health-system and community practice. Benjamin Smith Roche Pharmacy Communications Award The faculty recognizes the graduating student who has excelled in the area of communications, both in the classroom and in the practice environment. Angelynn Nicol Fox Lilly Achievement … Read more
Roth Receives Defriese Award
April 17, 2006Mary Roth, PharmD, MHS, has received the 2006 Gordon H. Defriese Career Development in Aging Research Award. The award, given by the UNC Institute on Aging, is presented each year to one UNC faculty or staff member and one doctoral student who demonstrates outstanding promise in aging research. Roth is an assistant professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy in the School of Pharmacy and a research assistant professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the School of Medicine. She has served as co-investigator on numerous aging research projects that focus particular attention to optimizing medication use in older adults with chronic diseases. Roth … Read more
Tropsha Named Chair of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
March 29, 2006Alexander Tropsha, PhD, has been named chair of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products. He has served as interim chair of the division since last July. “I am delighted to announce Dr. Tropsha’s new position,” said Robert Blouin, dean of the School. “Dr. Tropsha has been a faculty member at the School for more than ten years, and he has done an excellent job of providing leadership for the division since last summer.” Tropsha is a professor of medicinal chemistry and director of the Laboratory for Molecular Modeling at the School of Pharmacy. He directs the UNC Graduate Program … Read more