Category: Grants and Awards
McLeod Honored with Coriell Scientific Award
May 21, 2012Howard McLeod, PharmD, is a recipient of a 2012 Coriell Personalized Medicine Research Award from the Coriell Institute for Medical Research. McLeod is a Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor and director of the Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. McLeod will be honored with Coriell’s Scientific Award at a reception on May 23 at the Union League of Philadelphia. The institute also presents a humanitarian award and an ambassador award. As an internationally recognized expert in the field of pharmacogenomics, McLeod has helped identify genetic variations that predispose patients to risk of severe side … Read more
UNC Awarded $2.4 Million to Study Genetic Variation in Diabetics
May 3, 2012Scientists at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the UNC School of Medicine have received a $2.4 million grant to study genetic variations in people with diabetes. The goal of the study is to identify genetic variations that may help predict the response to various treatment options for type 2 diabetes to reduce cardiovascular disease. Michael Wagner, PhD, and John Buse, MD, are coprincipal investigators on the grant. Wagner is a research professor in the School’s Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics and a member of the Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy. Buse is director of the Diabetes … Read more
Lai Receives NSF Award to Support Mucus Research, Science Education Outreach
May 3, 2012Assistant professor Sam Lai, PhD, is teaming up with mathematicians and science educators to tackle a sticky subject. Lai has received a Career Award from the National Science Foundation, the NSF’s most prestigious award for the development of junior faculty. The five-year, $400,000 award will support his research into stopping pathogens in the body’s mucous membranes. He will also be part of several educational efforts, including working with a precollege science-education program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop a curriculum to teach middle and high school students about the health functions of mucus. Most infections … Read more
NIH Adds Two Fellowship Spots in T32 Clinical Pharmacology Training Program
May 1, 2012The NIH has funded two additional positions in the T32 clinical pharmacology postdoctoral fellowship program administered by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in collaboration with Duke University, and the Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences. The additional positions expand a five-year collaborative training grant established to prepare clinician-scientists to become leaders in clinical pharmacology. The program is funded by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant, known as a T32 grant, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the NIH. The NIH established the T32 program to prepare qualified individuals for careers … Read more
Photos: Awards Day 2012
May 1, 2012The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its 2012 Awards Ceremony on April 29 at the Rizzo Center. The complete list of award recipients follows the slideshow below. Click on one of the links to jump to a specific section. https://www.flickr.com//photos/uncpharmacy/sets/72157629570626472/show/ Academic and Professional Awards TEVA Outstanding Student Award Jane Yen Revollo This award, sponsored by TEVA Pharmaceuticals, is given to the graduating student who has excelled in the study of pharmacy. T. R. Burgiss Family Award Juliana Maykish Kyle This award is based on a student’s personal involvement in an intervention case that best illustrates the profession of pharmacy … Read more
School Receives University Diversity Award
April 26, 2012The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is the recipient of the 2012 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Academic Unit University Diversity Award. The University Diversity Award recognizes significant contribution to the enhancement, support and/or furtherance of diversity on the campus and in the community. The award is given annually in eight categories. “We have worked very hard over the past few years to strengthen our contributions in this most important area,” says Dean Bob Blouin, PharmD. “Carla White, our director of recruitment and diversity initiatives, has provided incredible leadership within our School and deserves much of the credit … Read more
Three Student-Faculty Teams Named 2012 Walmart Scholars
April 17, 2012Three student-faculty teams from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have been named Walmart Scholars by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, marking the sixth consecutive year that the School has had at least one recipient for the award. The School’s 2012 winners: Kara Parsons and her faculty mentor, clinical assistant professor Lisa Dinkins, PharmD Allison Riendeau, PharmD, and her faculty mentor, clinical assistant professorJena Ivey Burkhart, PharmD Jennifer Waitzman, PharmD, and her faculty mentor, clinical assistant professor Kelly Scolaro, PharmD The Walmart Scholars Program aims to strengthen the award recipients’ skills and commitment to a career in academic … Read more
Doctoral Student Talameh Receives Hadzija Award
April 13, 2012Doctoral student Jasmine Talameh, PharmD, has received the Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student from the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Graduate School recognized Talameh for her “impressive research, teaching, leadership, and community-outreach achievements,” says Leslie Lerea, the Graduate School’s associate dean for student affairs, who presented the award to Talameh at the Graduate Student Recognition Celebration on April 4. Talameh entered the PhD program at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2008 after receiving her doctor of pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh. … Read more
Pempe, Xu Receive University Impact Awards for Research
April 2, 2012Elizabeth “Liz” Pempe and Weichen Xu, both graduate students in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, have received Impact Awards from the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Impact Awards recognize outstanding graduate students whose research covers a variety of areas: education, the environment, economic development, health, public administration and more. Recipients present their research at the Graduate School’s Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration and receive a cash award for their accomplishments. Elizabeth Pempe, “Using Structural Motifs to Improve Heparin Clearance” Heparin is one of … Read more
UNC Research Center Receives Contract to Fight Kidney Cancer
March 8, 2012The Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a contract from SAIC-Frederick, Inc. to develop potential drug leads for treating renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. The contract, which is part of the National Cancer Institute’s Chemical Biology Consortium program, will provide more than $843,000 over eighteen months to support research led by William Janzen and Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD. Janzen is the director of assay development and compound profiling at the CICBDD, while Rathmell is an associate professor in the UNC … Read more