Category: Global
Global Pharmacy Scholars make an impact in Ethiopia
July 17, 2023Earlier this year, a team of faculty and students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with three goals in mind—to launch Ethiopia’s first pediatric cancer registry, develop a therapeutic drug monitoring program and establish chemotherapy safe handling policies. It was part of the School’s Global Pharmacy Scholars (GPS) program, which includes Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience sites in Australia, Honduras, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Malawi, Moldova, the United Kingdom and Zambia. “The GPS program allows our students to broaden their global perspectives, as they get to observe how pharmacy is practiced in another country, learn about different … Read more
Monash University students research with CIPhER
July 5, 2023Five pharmacy students from Monash University in Australia, a PharmAlliance partner, recently completed their eight-week visiting scholars program with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research (CIPhER). Each visiting scholar is a fourth-year honor student in Monash’s Master of Pharmacy program. They will complete the master’s course after their upcoming fifth-year internship. Mohmmed Almosawy, Yuko Ito-Kay, Rimsha Kalia, Yannee Liu and Alexandra Steel unanimously agreed that this experience enhanced their pharmacy education—particularly all the research tools and skills they learned. “This was my very first experience in research. Coming into this was very daunting, but … Read more
Building local and global pharmacy leaders
May 24, 2023Caroline Welles Sasser ‘17, Pharm.D., had an interest in global pharmacy from the beginning. However, it wasn’t until after residency that she started to pursue that passion. During her time as a student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and a pharmacy resident in Greensboro she specialized in ambulatory care. “Once you specialize in something, you become really good at it, but the level of challenge changes,” said Sasser, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s PharmAlliance program coordinator. “I learned that I loved collaboration, teaching and being around inspiring students, so I decided to go into academics.” … Read more
University of Eastern Finland visits UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy campuses
April 17, 2023The Office of Global Engagement in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy hosted faculty from the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) School of Pharmacy earlier this month. UEF had the opportunity to visit both of the School’s campuses in Chapel Hill and Asheville. “We enjoyed having our pharmacy colleagues from Finland visit the Asheville Campus to learn about our interprofessional practice and education models,” said Mollie Scott, Pharm.D., regional associate dean on the School’s Asheville campus and associate professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education. “They met with pharmacy and medical faculty, pharmacy residents, and student pharmacists … Read more
School maintains No. 7 spot in QS World University Rankings
April 5, 2023The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is ranked No. 7 for the second year in a row in the 2023 QS World University Rankings for the Best World Universities in Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Among pharmacy schools, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy ranks third globally. “It’s an honor to be recognized among such great pharmacy institutions around the globe. We’ve been in the top 10 since 2019, and it continues to show our dedication and success in addressing the world’s most pressing health care challenges,” said Angela Kashuba, Dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. “We hope this ranking will … Read more
Delegation from Moldova visits UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
March 6, 2023Earlier this year, a Moldova delegation met with various faculty and staff from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to learn more about pharmacy education and research in the United States and to discuss future areas for collaboration. The delegation included seven faculty members from the Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chișinău, Moldova. They are one of the School’s key partners in the Global Pharmacy Scholars (GPS) program. The School continues to send students to the university in Moldova and hosts students from Moldova through this partnership, which began in 2016. “Moldova has been a longstanding partner … Read more
August 27, 2019
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Moldovan Ambassador to U.S. Visits UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
April 10, 2019UNC-Chapel Hill hosted Moldovan Ambassador to the U.S. Cristina Balan on March 29 as part of a partnership between the Eastern European country and the state of North Carolina. At UNC, Balan visited the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Adams School of Dentistry, and Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has partnered with the Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chișinău, Moldova since 2016. Last year, the School hosted a pharmacy delegation from Moldova through the Open World program in order to further the … Read more
UNC Chapel Hill Ranked 10th in the World for Pharmacy and Pharmacology
March 1, 2019The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was ranked 10th in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology in the recently released 2019 QS World University Rankings. UNC was ranked 21st in the same category in 2018. Among American universities, Carolina’s pharmacy and pharmacology programs rank fourth overall. The QS World University Rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 48 subjects, based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. Four factors are used to create the rating: A survey of over 83,000 academics worldwide A survey of 42,000 graduate employers A measure of Scopus citations per faculty member … Read more
Paavo Honkakoski Receives Keohane Professorship
February 25, 2019Paavo Honkakoski, Ph.D., a global expert on nuclear receptors, will return to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as a recipient of the Nannerl O. Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship in 2019-20. Honkakoski is a professor of Biopharmacy at the School of Pharmacy and Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland. The Keohane Professorship is designed to promote collaboration and the enhancement of intellectual life between UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, with an emphasis on contributions to the teaching missions of both universities. Past recipients have catalyzed cross-campus undergraduate and graduate programs, conducted joint projects with Carolina and … Read more