Category: Featured
$27 Million in 2015 Research Funding Ranks School Second in Nation
May 17, 2016For the seventh of the last eight years, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy ranks second among the nation’s pharmacy schools in total research funding at nearly $27 million, according to data compiled by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The School had 49 funded investigators who received $26,896,175 in awards from all funding sources in fiscal year 2015. The School’s research funding has more than doubled since 2007, the last time the School was ranked lower than number three. “The growth and strength of our research enterprise reflects our commitment to accelerating needed changes in health care, education … Read more
Promise of Almost a Year More of Life for Targeted Drug Not Reality for All Liver Cancer Patients
May 16, 2016For advanced liver cancer, there’s a single approved drug shown to offer patients a chance at longer life. But a new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that this drug was notably less effective in a group of Medicare patients who likely had more extensive cancer and serious liver disease than patients included in clinical trials. In the journal the Oncologist, researchers report that the median survival for a group of Medicare patients on the drug sorafenib was three months, which is significantly lower than the median survival of nearly 11 months for patients treated … Read more
Students Select 2016 Best Instructors, Anksorus Tops Overall
May 16, 2016The Doctor of Pharmacy classes at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy selected their favorite instructors for this past year. The winners were presented with an instructor of the year award at the 2016 annual Awards Ceremony held April 24. The overall and the PY3 instructor of the year is Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D. The PY2 instructor of the year is Robert Shrewsbury, Ph.D. The PY1 instructor of the year is Michael Jarstfer, Ph.D. The experiential faculty member of the year is Josh Guffey, Pharm.D. Heidi Anksorus Anksorus is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical … Read more
Hollis and Sauls Win 2016 Paoloni Preceptor Awards
May 13, 2016Ian Hollis, Pharm.D., and Amy Sauls, Pharm.D., were awarded Claude Paoloni Preceptor of the Year Awards at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy 2016 Award Ceremony on April 24. The awards are given annually to the School’s top health-care-systems and community-pharmacy preceptors and were created by the Paoloni family in memory of their father, Claude Paoloni, in recognition of his years of service to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Kim Leadon, M.Ed., director the Office of Experiential Education, presented the awards to Hollis and Sauls, who were selected by the graduating Pharm.D. class for their outstanding contribution to the … Read more
Pharmacists Missing Chance to Counsel Children, UNC Study Finds
May 12, 2016Children receiving a prescription medication should be counseled directly by a health care professional, recommends the Institute of Medicine and United States Pharmacopeia. But that’s not happening, according to a new study led by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Pharmacy researchers observed 97 families pick up 116 prescriptions for children at three community pharmacies over a two-week period. Two-thirds of the time, the child was not present when a parent or caregiver picked up the prescription. Pharmacists counseled the child’s caregiver 20 percent of the time but never counseled the children separately. Children and caregivers were counseled together twice. … Read more
CBMC Grad Student O’Banion Wins ASBMB Poster Award
May 9, 2016Colin O’Banion, a Ph.D. student in the lab of David Lawrence, Ph.D., at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was awarded the best poster award in the area of cell signaling, kinase and chemotherapy by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. O’Banion’s poster was selected by the Program Planning Committee at the recent ASBMB meeting in San Diego, California. His presentation, “An Optogenetic Toolkit for Spatial and Temporal Control of the cAMP Dependent Protein Kinase,” was also selected for an ASBMB oral presentation. Originally from Rochester, New York, O’Banion studied neuroscience at the University of Rochester. He then … Read more
LaBianca Wins 2016 Student Burrus Award
May 5, 2016Rachel LaBianca was awarded the 2016 Samuel B. Burrus Family Award for community service at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy 2016 Award Ceremony on April 24. The Burrus award is presented annually to a graduating student of the school who exhibits outstanding and unselfish civic, community or church volunteer service outside the scope of regular pharmacy practice. “I am honored to have been selected as the recipient of the Samuel B. Burrus Award for Community Service, and I look forward to continuing to serve those around me throughout my pharmacy career,” LaBianca said. “It is the unmatched excellence of … Read more
Frank Tillman Selected for University Diversity Award
May 2, 2016Frank Tillman III, a first-year Doctor of Pharmacy student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was selected as the professional student recipient of a 2016 University Diversity Award. The University Diversity Award recognizes people and groups who have made an effort to further diversity and inclusion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in the surrounding community. Individuals, units and organizations are selected for having advocated for diversity, equity and inclusion of underrepresented groups; demonstrated a sustained commitment to the advancement of cultural diversity and inclusion at UNC or in the surrounding community; demonstrated respect or inclusive treatment or … Read more
Mucommune Is Newest Resident of UNC Eshelman Institute MicroIncubator
May 2, 2016Mucommune, LLC, is the fourth company spun out of the research enterprise at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to take up residence in the Eshelman Institute for Innovation MicroIncubator located at the School. Mucommune was born in 2015 from the work of Assistant Professor Sam Lai, Ph.D. Its core focus is the engineering of antibodies and biologics that have precisely tuned affinity to mucins, enabling them to work in tandem with protective mucus to facilitate the elimination of microbes at all mucosal surfaces, including those in the lung airways, GI tract, female reproductive tract and the eye. “Catalyzing the … Read more
Mollie Scott Named ASHP Fellow
May 2, 2016Mollie Scott, Pharm.D., has been named a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in recognition of the excellence she has achieved in pharmacy practice. Scott is the School’s regional associate dean for the Asheville satellite campus and a clinical associate professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education. “Mollie is most deserving of this recognition. She has been a leader in ambulatory care practice and has played an important role in promoting provider status for pharmacists. She has also served in leadership positions both on a state and national level,” said Pam Joyner, Ed.D., M.S.Pharm, executive … Read more