Category: Grants and Awards
Joe Moose Wins 2015 NCPA Independent Pharmacist of the Year
October 15, 2015Joe Moose, Pharm.D., has been named the National Community Pharmacists Association 2015 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year. Moose is an adjunct assistant professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, a preceptor and co-owner of Moose Pharmacy in Concord, North Carolina. He received his award at the NCPA 2015 Annual Convention on October 11. The Independent Pharmacist of the Year award recognizes an independent pharmacist for exemplary leadership and commitment to independent pharmacy and to their community. The award is named in honor of Willard B. Simmons, a former executive secretary of NCPA and a … Read more
Rhoney, Rodgers Receive ACCP Practice and Research Networks Awards
October 12, 2015Two faculty members from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have been selected for Practice and Research Networks awards from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Denise Rhoney, Pharm.D., has been chosen as the 2015 recipient of the Critical Care PRN Education Award. According to the recognition committee, the award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom or clinical training site, conducted innovative research, demonstrated dedication to clinical pharmacist continuing professional development and shown leadership in the development of clinical pharmacy education programs. “There are few individuals who have contributed more to critical care clinical pharmacy. We can … Read more
NIH Funds CNDD Proposal to Develop New Stroke Treatment
October 7, 2015Researchers in the Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have received a translational NIH grant worth $783,000 over two years to develop a way to deliver to the brain a protein capable of repairing some of the damage caused by stroke. The grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will fund the CNDD’s efforts to design a new nanoparticle delivery system capable of transporting a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor to the brain and central nervous system. BDNF is a protein that supports the survival of and growth of certain … Read more
UNC Researchers Awarded $11.3 Million for Cancer Nanotechnology Research
September 14, 2015University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers received an $11.3 million, five-year grant to conduct multiple studies exploring the use of nanoparticles to create cancer vaccines and improve cancer drug delivery and responses. The grant is the third in a series of awards that the university has received from the National Cancer Institute for cancer nanotechnology research. It will fund work by researchers with the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, an NCI-funded collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. “UNC-Chapel Hill has emerged as a leader in nanotechnology in the last 10 years,” said … Read more
Smart Cells Teach Neurons Damaged by Parkinson’s to Heal Themselves
September 8, 2015As a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created smarter immune cells that produce and deliver a neuron-healing protein to the brain while also teaching nerve cells to begin making the protein for themselves. Associate Professor Elena Batrakova, Ph.D., and her team at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery genetically modified white blood cells called macrophages to produce glial cell–derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF, and deliver it to the brain. Glial cells provide support and protection for nerve cells throughout the brain and body, … Read more
$2.4 Million NIH Grant to Support Study of Tumor Penetration by Nanogel
August 10, 2015UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy nanomedicine researchers received a five-year grant to study whether the properties of certain nanomaterials would improve the delivery of cancer treatments to their tumor targets. The $2.42 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund a collaborative research effort between scientists at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as well as at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The researchers plan to study whether the use of a drug-carrying nanoparticle material they’ve designed called the core-shell nanogel can better penetrate tumors. “The whole idea of this … Read more
School Receives T32 Grant for Training Program in Cancer Nanotechnology
July 13, 2015A federal grant awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will help grow the workforce of scientists and doctors working in cancer nanotechnology through the launch of a new postdoctoral training program. The University has received a $1.8 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a postdoctoral training program within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery researchers. The program will be run in collaboration with the Carolina Institute for Nanomedicine, the Carolina Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The award, a … Read more
School Wins TBJ Life Sciences Award for Chemo-Cleaning Wipe
May 22, 2015The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy received a 2015 BDO Life Sciences Award from the Triangle Business Journal on May 21 in the category of outstanding research university. The School won for the work of William Zamboni, PharmD, PhD, and Stephen Eckel, PharmD, MHA, in developing wipe kits that detect and remove hazardous residue left on surfaces from the preparation of chemotherapy drugs. Eckel, a leading expert on the issue of chemotherapy contamination in the workplace, says studies have found that people who prepare and administer chemotherapy drugs are at risk of developing complications from exposure to those drugs. Despite … Read more
Students Select 2015 Instructors of the Year
May 7, 2015Each PharmD class 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 2015 annual Awards Ceremony held April 19. The overall instructor of the year is Robert Dupuis, PharmD. The PY3 instructor of the year is Heidi Anksorus, PharmD. The PY2 instructor of the year is Qisheng Zhang, PhD. The PY1 instructor of the year is Michael Jay, PhD. Overall Instructor of the Year Robert Dupuis joined the School as an instructor in 1985. He was promoted to assistant professor in … Read more
School Recognizes Two Preceptors with 2015 Claude Paoloni Awards
May 1, 2015Holly Causey, PharmD, and Ouita Gatton — two preceptors who have taken their job as role model to heart — were honored by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy with Claude Paoloni Preceptor of the Year Awards. Causey, who is with the Duke University Health System Outpatient Clinic, won health-system preceptor of the year, and Kroger pharmacist Gatton received community preceptor of the year. They were both recognized at the 2015 annual Awards Ceremony April 19 at the Rizzo Center. Award winners are chosen each year based on nominations from the graduating class. Health-System Preceptor When Causey learned she had … Read more