Category: Grants and Awards
Marciniak Receives Faculty Development Fellowship
June 1, 2009Macary Marciniak, PharmD, a clinical associate professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a faculty development fellowship from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation and the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. Marciniak will receive a $25,000 stipend, which will be matched by the School. It will support her research project, “Design and Development of a Postgraduate Year 2 (PGY2) Community Pharmacy Residency with a Focus in Academia.” Marciniak’s mentor for the fellowship is Clinical Associate Professor Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, who directs the Community Pharmacy Residency Program at the School. The AFPE-NACDS Foundation Faculty Development Fellowship … Read more
2009 UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Awards
May 4, 2009The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its 2009 awards banquet on May 1 at the Carolina Club. Student Academic Awards TEVA Outstanding Student Award Caroline Anne Howard The faculty recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the study of pharmacy. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Care Award Lisa Deeren The faculty recognize an outstanding student for excellent performance during his or her pharmacy clerkships with special emphasis on patient relations in both health-system and community practice. Roche Pharmacy Communications Award Ginny Diana Schaffer The faculty recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the area of communications, both in the classroom … Read more
Eckel to Receive Honorary Degree
May 1, 2009Professor Fred Eckel will receive an honorary doctor of science in recognition of his contributions to the pharmacy profession from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia at the university’s commencement ceremonies on May 20. Eckel is a 1961 graduate of USP. According to the USP announcement, Eckel “has been a strong advocate for the university and dedicated to the advancement of pharmacy, as well as an inspiration to pharmacists throughout the nation.” The other degree recipients are Britton Chance, PhD, a professor emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of Pennsylvania. Marilyn Moffat, PT, PhD, professor … Read more
Bethea Receives Dissertation Completion Fellowship
April 22, 2009Heather Bethea, a graduate student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The fellowship provides a stipend of $16,000 for the 2009-2010 academic year, as well as a tuition-and-fees scholarship for three hours of doctoral dissertation credit. Bethea entered the School’s graduate program in 2005 after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. She has been conducting research on heparan sulfate in Associate Professor Jian Liu’s lab in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products. She … Read more
Student, Alumna, Faculty Mentors Receive Travel Scholarships from AACP
April 21, 2009A doctor of pharmacy student, two faculty members, and an alumna from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have received travel scholarships from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The recipients are: third-year student Kathryn Givens Merkel and her faculty mentor, clinical instructor Lisa Dinkins, PharmD; and alumna Megan Wheatley, PharmD, who is a resident at Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro, and her faculty mentor, clinical assistant professor Dawn Pettus, PharmD. The AACP/Walmart Scholars Program strives to strengthen the scholarship recipients’ skills and commitment to a career in academic pharmacy through participation in programming and activities at the … Read more
Tropsha Receives UCRF Innovation Award
April 20, 2009Alex Tropsha, PhD, a professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received an Innovation Award from the University Cancer Research Fund. The award provides $100,000 over two years to support a project aimed at developing a novel virtual screening workflow to search for novel anti-cancer agents. Tropsha, an expert in computer-assisted drug discovery and the chair of the School’s Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, will use information about physicochemical and geometrical features of proteins to establish new computational methodologies that will enable researchers to efficiently and accurately cull very large chemical libraries of potential anti-cancer agents … Read more
Sleath Receives $2.65 Million Grant to Study Glaucoma Patients
April 17, 2009Betsy Sleath, PhD, a professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a four-year, $2.65 million grant from the National Eye Institute to study how the communication between glaucoma patients and their doctors affects how well the patients take their medication and the effectiveness of the treatment. There is currently no cure for glaucoma, but it is possible to treat the disease with medication or surgery and prevent further loss of vision. However, about half the patients who start on glaucoma medications stop taking them within six months even though they should take the medications for the rest … Read more
Preceptor Joe Moose Receives Award from Campbell
April 13, 2009Joe Moose, a pharmacist at Moose Pharmacy in Concord, North Carolina, received the 2009 M. Keith Fearing Jr. Community Pharmacy Practice Award from Campbell University. Moose is a fourth-generation pharmacist whose great-grandfather started the company. He serves as a preceptor to students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The M. Keith Fearing Community Pharmacy Practice Award is given in memory of Keith Fearing, a 1941 Campbell alumnus who was instrumental in the establishment of the Campbell University School of Pharmacy. The Fearing award was established in 1997 to honor his memory and his contributions to community pharmacy practice. Fearing … Read more
Undergraduate Student in Mumper’s Lab Selected for Workshop
April 1, 2009Eric Butter, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was selected by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to attend a workshop for academically talented, undergraduate and graduate students performing research in allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases. Only 23 students were selected out of 203 applicants for the Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities program. The four-day workshop, held Feb. 2-5, gave students the opportunity to learn about research and training opportunities in NIAID’s Division of Intramural Research, hear scientific lectures and participate in informal discussions with world-renowned researchers within the various NIAID laboratories, tour NIAID … Read more
Preceptor Heidrick Receives Immunization Award
March 9, 2009Joe Heidrick, PharmD, a preceptor for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received an honorable mention in the Individual Practitioner category of the American Pharmacists Association’s 2009 Immunization Champion Awards. Heidrick, who holds an adjunct assistant professor appointment in the School, is a 2005 graduate of the School’s Community Pharmacy Residency Program and works as the clinical coordinator for Kerr Drugs in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He provides a broad range of immunization services in his practice and coordinated successful community outreach activities in the state’s two largest community fairs, immunizing more than 5,000 people. This is the first … Read more