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PY4 Levine Receives APhA Foundation Charles C. Thomas Scholarship
March 28, 2016The American Pharmacists Association Foundation has selected fourth-year Doctor of Pharmacy student Jennifer Levine as the 2016 recipient of the Charles C. Thomas scholarship. The APhA Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., received a record 92 applications from 62 schools and colleges of pharmacy. Of the applicants, eight students received scholarships this year. Scholarships are awarded to recognize exceptional demonstration of leadership skills and academics through active involvement in the APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists. Levine will graduate with a Doctor of Pharmacy from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in May 2016. She earned a Bachelor of … Read more
Inaugural Carolina Nanoformulation Workshop Shares Discoveries in Nanomedicine
March 24, 2016From March 14 to 18, scientists from industry and academia converged on the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to learn about and to get hands-on experience with the latest advances in nanomedicine at the inaugural Carolina Nanoformulation Workshop. The workshop is a unique blend of classroom and hands-on training that stresses application and participation. It featured nearly two dozen speakers and two days of seminars for 17 participants followed by three days of practical experience in the laboratories of the School’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. The goal of the CNW is to provide safe and effective solutions for … Read more
New Kinase Inhibitor Effective against Drug-Resistant Leukemia, Preclinical Study Finds
March 21, 2016A novel compound developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has shown promise in preclinical studies as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia, more than doubling median days of survival even in a drug-resistant form of the disease. Researchers at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center in Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine and other institutions report that the investigational compound MRX-2843 blocked the growth of acute myeloid leukemia cells, led to a significant level of cancer cell death and more than doubled the median days … Read more
School Earns Number One U.S. News Ranking among Pharmacy Schools
March 16, 2016The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is number one in the latest rankings of the nation’s Doctor of Pharmacy programs by U.S. News & World Report in the 2017 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. The School placed second in the 2013 and 2009 U.S. News rankings, the last two times these ratings were compiled. For its rankings, U.S. News surveyed deans and faculty at more than 130 accredited pharmacy schools in the U.S. and asked them to rank the nation’s top schools and their Pharm.D. programs. “We are extremely gratified to receive this acknowledgment from our peers,” said Dean … Read more
Monash, UCL, UNC Advance PharmAlliance Partnership
March 10, 2016PharmAlliance, the research, education and practice partnership between three of the world’s most highly regarded schools of pharmacy — Monash University, University College London and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — has announced its first round of grant funding. Established in March 2015, PharmAlliance enables the partners to pursue new educational, practice and research collaborations to address major international issues in the fields of drug discovery and development, nanomedicine and nanotechnology development and clinical pharmacology. “Many of the problems we’re facing are too big for one institution on its own to solve. We strongly believe that combining … Read more
Stephen Eckel Appointed Associate Dean for Global Engagement
March 8, 2016Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D., M.H.A., has been appointed associate dean for global engagement of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy effective February 1, succeeding Dhiren Thakker, Ph.D., who served in the role for the past eight years. Eckel will be responsible for identifying and pursuing strategic partnerships to expand the research, education and practice mission of the School globally. Eckel received his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed a pharmacy practice residency at Duke University Medical Center and joined UNC Hospitals as a clinical pharmacist. He holds … Read more
Jon Easter Joins School as Director of CMOPP
March 7, 2016Jon Easter has joined the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as the director of the Center for Medication Optimization through Practice and Policy and a professor of the practice. The center, which is embedded within the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education and launched in April 2015, seeks to solidify the role of pharmacy practice within value-based health care payment and care-delivery models by building a hub to support internal and external collaboration, research and education. Easter said CMOPP will develop a robust, real-world-practice research capability by securing a variety of grants, facilitate strategic collaborations with interdisciplinary partners to … Read more
PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residents Receive APhA Foundation Incentive Grants
March 7, 2016Three PGY1 community pharmacy residents at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are recipients of APhA Foundation Incentive Grants. They will be recognized at the APhA 2016 Annual Meeting and Exposition March 4–7 in Baltimore. Hannah Renner, Laura Rhodes and Breanna Sunderman were selected for the grant; Sunderman was also selected to present an APhA Patient Care Services Pearl, a 15-minute presentation about an innovation that would benefit pharmacists. Macary Marciniak, Pharm.D., is the director of the PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program and a clinical associate professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education. “I think it speaks … Read more
UNC Scientists First to Hunt Brain Cancer with Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells
February 24, 2016Scientists at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are using the newest version of a Nobel Prize–winning technology for the first time to build cancer-killing stem cells that hunt down and mop up the remnants of invasive brain tumors, promising a new and more effective treatment for glioblastoma, a cancer with very low survival rates. “Glioblastoma patients desperately need something better, and we are trying to provide that with a better drug-delivery system,” said Shawn Hingtgen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School’s Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics and a member of UNC Lineberger who led the research effort. With the … Read more
School Signs MOU with Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University
February 23, 2016Representatives from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Global visited Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University in Mysore, India, Jan. 19–21 to sign a memorandum of understanding formalizing the partnership between the universities and to explore areas for collaboration in pharmacy. Ronald Strauss, executive vice provost and chief international officer at UNC-Chapel Hill, accompanied a delegation from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, which included Dhiren Thakker, Ph.D., associate dean of global engagement; David Steeb, Pharm.D., director of global engagement; and Miranda Law, Pharm.D., global engagement fellow. Participating in the signing … Read more