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Sam Lai Promoted to Associate Professor
July 27, 2016Sam Lai, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics. Lai’s research focuses on mucosal immunology and mucosal barriers to infectious disease, antibody response to synthetic materials, targeted nanoparticle delivery using bispecific fusion proteins, and computational modeling of physiological processes. Since joining the School in 2010, Lai has established the E(I) Lab program for UNC students from different subject areas to design, develop and assess solutions to unmet health-care needs. In collaboration with the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, he created the “What’s Snot to Like?” laboratory module and education curriculum that’s been … Read more
Jerry Heneghan Gives Keynote at Serious Play Conference
July 27, 2016Jerry Heneghan, M.B.A., delivered the keynote address at this year’s Serious Play Conference, hosted by the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School from July 25-28. Global thought leaders in the field of serious games and simulations descended on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to participate in the Serious Play Conference. “Serious play” uses the fun, engaging qualities of entertainment games to improve participant interest in education and training and provide better research from the results Heneghan is a professor of the practice in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the director of the School’s Center for Innovation in … Read more
Removing a Brain Tumor Makes Remaining Cancer More Aggressive, UNC Study Finds
June 29, 2016Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeking a better treatment for glioblastoma have discovered that removing a brain tumor causes any cancer left behind to grow 75 percent faster than the original tumor did, which helps to explain why this cancer is so lethal. “The thing that is deadly about this disease is that it diffusely invades the brain. Unlike tumors elsewhere in the body, you can’t cut it all out,” said Ryan Miller, M.D., Ph.D., a neuropathologist and an associate professor at the UNC School of Medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer … Read more
Pharmacy Student Team Selected for CUBE Social Innovations Challenge
June 28, 2016A team of three Pharm.D. students at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has been selected to receive two years of support through the Campus Y’s CUBE Social Innovations Challenge for their proposed social interactive phone app that will help health-care students learn, memorize and retain drug information. Riley Kim, Steven Kiss and Patrick Kurunwune comprise one of 13 teams of social entrepreneurs selected for a two-year residency that a provides a number of interconnected benefits from the UNC Center for Social Justice and Social Innovation, including coworking space, $5,000 seed funding and access to a variety of mentorship and … Read more
Patterson Named Fellow of the Heart Failure Society of America
June 23, 2016Professor Herb Patterson, Pharm.D., is a member of the inaugural group of fellows of the Heart Failure Society of America, one of the most distinguished appointments the organization offers its members. He is also the first pharmacist to be selected to the HFSA executive council. Patterson is the executive vice chair of and a professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, as well as a research professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Cardiology. Those nominated for the fellowship are selected based on their outstanding credentials, achievements and contributions to the field of heart failure medicine … Read more
Brown Named Mutual Drug Clinical Programs Coordinator, Residency Co-Director
June 21, 2016Patrick Brown, Pharm.D., has been named clinical programs coordinator for Mutual Drug in a shared position with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. In this position, he will be responsible for establishing the Mutual Clinical Network and connecting it to research and educational support at UNC. Additionally, he will serve as the co-director of the School’s independent pharmacy ownership residency program, launched in partnership between the School, Mutual and the National Community Pharmacists Association. Brown said his position formalizes a long-standing relationship between the School and Mutual, a cooperatively owned wholesaler for independent pharmacies that is interested in starting a … Read more
UNC Health Care Promotes Pharmacy Leaders Daniels and Savage
June 16, 2016Rowell Daniels, Pharm.D., and Scott Savage, Pharm.D., both faculty members at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, have been promoted to new leadership position at UNC Hospitals and Clinics. Daniels, the executive associate dean for pharmacy clinical practice and an associate professor of clinical education at the School, was named system vice president of pharmacy services. Scott Savage, Pharm.D., an assistant professor of clinical education, was named director of pharmacy. Rowell Daniels In his new position, Daniels and a team of pharmacy leaders from across UNC Health Care will work to develop, oversee and maintain high-quality, cost-effective integrated pharmacy programs … Read more
Syringes a Surprising Source of Wasted Medication, UNC Study Finds
June 6, 2016When medicine is injected, a little bit stays behind in the syringe. It’s not much, but depending on syringe design and the cost of the drug, this waste — or dead space — can add up to as much as $2,300 per year for a patient, according to a new study from researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and RTI International. Syringe dead space is the leftover fluid that remains inside the syringe after the plunger is fully depressed. In syringes with high dead space, often those designed with detachable needles, the leftover amount is equal to 3 … Read more
Lei Miao Is First Recipient of Feng Liu Award
June 1, 2016Lei Miao, a graduate student in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, is the first recipient of the Feng Liu Graduate Student Award. Maio’s thesis topic is the “Role of Tumor Desmoplasia in Nanoparticle Delivery of Drugs and Genes.” She has had eleven papers published in scholarly journals with seven more in review and is co-holder of a patent for delivering drugs to tumor using nanoparticles coated with polylactic co-glycolic acid. Miao earned a B.S. in pharmaceutics from Shandong University in 2012. Her research interests include drug delivery and tumor microenvironment. Her adviser is Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor Leaf Huang, Ph.D. The Feng … Read more
Students Win National Consumers League Award for Communications Outreach
May 19, 2016The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the recipient of the 2016 Script Your Future Media and Communications Outreach Award from the National Consumers League. The award is part of the Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge, a competition designed to engage health-profession students and faculty across the nation by encouraging teams to develop creative ideas, events and initiatives to raise public awareness about the importance of medication adherence. Script Your Future is a public awareness campaign coordinated by NCL and its more than 135 public and private stakeholder organizations, … Read more