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Engaging the community through science
April 4, 2023Thousands of people experienced science firsthand at the annual UNC Science Expo. The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center hosted the annual Expo on April 1 in partnership with students and faculty from Carolina. UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy staff set up a booth where people could experience different aspects of pharmacy. Kids went through a geriatric simulation by putting on special glasses and gloves to try to open a prescription bottle and read the medication instructions. They also had the chance to practice measuring liquid medications with a syringe and counting “pills” represented by M&M’S and Skittles. “I really … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University establish assured admission program with UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
January 25, 2023The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the No. 1 pharmacy school in the country, and East Carolina University have established an Early Assurance Program. This partnership means current and incoming ECU students interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in pharmacy may be eligible for assured admission to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The program underscores a shared commitment to training the next generation of health care leaders. “Our mission is to prepare leaders and innovators to solve the world’s most pressing health care challenges,” said UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Dean Angela Kashuba. “This partnership takes us one step … Read more
Start-Up Initiative Tackles State’s Opioid Crisis
January 23, 2023Written by: Meg Ostrom The Eshelman Institute for Innovation, within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, launched the First in Venture Studio (FVS) to partner with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in exploring how digital health innovation can improve health care. With a mission to create new digital solutions through research, ideation and commercialization, the FVS is now poised to launch its first start-up focused on solving addiction care and recovery issues at the heart of the state’s opioid crisis. Building a broad coalition of Asheville-based health systems, providers, pharmacists, emergency management, criminal justice, non-profits and civic … Read more
New Student Wellness Resource Now Available
January 4, 2023UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy students will now have access to one-on-one counseling from the school’s inaugural embedded counselor, Ardith Burkes. Through this position, Burkes will be able to provide mental health and wellness resources and support to pharmacy students as well as one-on-one counseling. “I feel fortunate to be able to join the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and CAPS communities. I look forward to offering my experience and knowledge as I partner with students to increase their sense of wellbeing so that they can achieve their professional and personal goals with more ease,” said Burkes. “It’s important to me to create … Read more
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Sets New Standard with Online Master’s Program
December 12, 2022The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has launched the Master of Professional Science (MPS) in Regulatory Science, a one-of-a-kind program designed to impart on students a dynamic regulatory science skill set that is in hot demand by employers in the health care industry. As the top school of pharmacy in the U.S., the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy understands the critical need for highly trained regulatory science professionals who bring value to product safety, efficacy, and quality to confront the new global health care challenges that appear virtually every day in today’s world. “This program is the result of collaboration … Read more
Roy Zwahlen, J.D. receives 2022 Fulbright Award
November 18, 2022The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Institute for Innovation are proud to announce Roy Zwahlen, J.D. has been selected for a 2022 Fulbright award to Australia. The grant is a reflection of his leadership and contributions to society. The Fulbright Program is the world’s largest and most diverse international education exchange program. Since its inception in 1946, it has been devoted to increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Fulbright alumni include Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients and thousands of leaders across the private, … Read more
Eshelman Institute for Innovation awards students, postdocs
December 20, 2019The Eshelman Institute for Innovation (EII) recently completed their 4th EII Student/Postdoc Project award cycle, awarding $25,000 to three student teams totaling $75,000. Lead Innovators and project titles include: Bryce Hart, Development of a small molecule ligand for DCAF1 (PhD student in Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Division) Sabrina Iskander, Exploiting Promiscuous tRNA Synthetases to Identify Non-Canonical Peptide Inhibitors of KRAS via mRNA Display (PhD student in Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Center) Jasmine King, In-situ Thermogelling injectable hydrogel to enhance cytotoxic neural stem cell delivery for post-surgical Glioblastoma multiforme (PhD student in Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics … Read more
Researcher’s postdoc work on micronutrients published in Science journal
December 18, 2019Aaron Anselmo, Ph.D., is looking for new ways to deliver micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, to people across the world. “Currently a lot of different foods are fortified with micronutrients in the developing world, but some of these fortification approaches don’t address the end use of the product,” he said. “For example, cooking at high temperatures and long times can result in degradation of the fortified micronutrient which then won’t be absorbed by the body.” Anselmo is currently an assistant professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics. His lab conducts research on therapeutic … Read more
Newly promoted associate professor Hathaway published in Nature Biotechnology
November 27, 2019Nathaniel Hathaway, Ph.D., a researcher at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was published in Nature Biotechnology earlier this month for his work creating tools that can control gene expression. Hathaway, who will be promoted to associate professor Dec. 1, focuses on understanding the mechanisms of gene regulation by chromatin while discovering small molecules that change epigenetic pathways. The Nature Biotechnology publication was a collaboration with other researchers from UNC, a group at Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery … Read more
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy at UNC recognized as a top chapter
November 7, 2019The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s student chapter of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) was recognized as a Top 3 Chapter of the Year at this year’s national convention on Oct. 30. AMCP is a national professional society whose mission is to support pharmacists in managed care. Managed care is a sector of pharmacy that focuses on making healthcare interventions more affordable while optimizing all possible resources. This is the most recent award out of several for a historically successful chapter. The group received Chapter of the Year in 2016 and took first place in the Pharmacy & … Read more