Category: News
School, University startups continue to boost economy in North Carolina, beyond
November 17, 2021The economic impact of startups connected with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continues to grow across the Tar Heel State. A recent semi-annual analysis conducted by Innovate Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill’s innovation services hub and University-wide initiative for innovation and entrepreneurship, reported the positive effect of UNC-affiliated startups during the past fiscal year as the COVID-19 pandemic dampened local and global economies. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy made a significant contribution to UNC’s overall startup success from 2020-2021: $38.4 million in revenue 243 total employees, 166 of which are in NC … Read more
Alumni Ping and Allen Rogers hope to inspire philanthropy, support next generation of pharmacy students through the David A. Rogers, Sr. and Dr. T.Y. Su Memorial Scholarship Fund
November 12, 2021Alumni Ping and Allen Rogers are incredibly grateful for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy – not only for the education they received, but for the lifetime of friendships and networks fostered by the close-knit pharmacy community within the School. “I have a deep sense of gratitude for the School and Allen and I have been able to move forward in our careers in ways we could not have dreamed of. Part of that is because of the great foundation that was laid at the School,” Ping said. For more than four years, Ping (’90, BSPharm) and Allen (’90 BSPharm, … Read more
Ronit Freeman, Jim Hagood awarded grant by Eshelman Institute for Innovation to pursue research in lung fibrosis
November 10, 2021The Eshelman Institute for Innovation recently awarded Ronit Freeman, Ph.D., and Jim Hagood, MD, a $350,000 opportunistic grant to pursue research in lung fibrosis. The award will fund the development of a new peptide-based approach to reverse lung fibrosis and will identify and validate a chemical lead to test for clinical use. Current treatments slow the progression of fibrosis, but do not restore damaged lung tissue. “This award will accelerate the development of our peptide drug technology. This is exciting, as peptide therapeutics occupy a well-defined space in the pharmaceutical landscape, in which they can outperform small molecules and larger … Read more
Carolina’s READDI awarded $5M to prevent future pandemics
November 9, 2021The award from the RTI Forethought Research Collaboration Challenge will help accelerate the production of antiviral drugs RTI announced on Nov. 8 that a group of nine researchers led by UNC-Chapel Hill is the winner of the institute’s Forethought Research Collaboration Challenge.Story By University Communications CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, announced the winner of its Forethought Research Collaboration Challenge is a group of researchers working to combat the next pandemic. The winning team, led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will receive $5 million in seed funding to produce antiviral drugs for the future. The … Read more
UNC team leads resource for evaluation of research training programs
November 5, 2021UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC School of Medicine leaders in professional development created a resource to help the National Institutes of Health evaluate T32 graduate and postdoctoral training programs at universities across the country. UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Jacqui McLaughlin, PhD, Kim Brouwer, PharmD, PhD, and Paul Watkins, MD, were co-leaders of this effort. A collaborative team of professional development and graduate education leaders from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the UNC School of Medicine developed a web resource to promote critical evaluation of UNC T32 graduate and postdoctoral training programs. The resource, funded … Read more
School honors, remembers life of Distinguished Professor Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Ph.D.
November 3, 2021UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Distinguished Professor Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Ph.D., passed away Oct. 24, at the age of 81. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 6, at 2 p.m. in the Mausoleum Chapel at Raleigh Memorial Park. Dr. Lee was a world-renowned natural product chemist in the School’s Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry (and served as Division Chair from ’98-‘99). He recently retired from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in June, after more than 50 years of service to our state and School. Since 1971, his efforts have led to the discovery of several thousand compounds, providing leads for … Read more
ASHP honors pharmacy, UNC Health Care team with 2021 Best Practices Award
October 29, 2021The American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP) has once again recognized the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy/UNC Health Care team with the ASHP Best Practices Award. The team’s awarded program, titled “Pharmacist-Led Program Leads to Safe and Efficient Outpatient Initiation of AML Venetoclax-Based Regimen,” was led by Katie Buhlinger, Pharm.D., BCOP, CPP, Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner with the NC Cancer Hospital Adult Leukemia Clinic, and alumna of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. “I’m very excited that our program was selected for this award, and I’m honored to be able to share this work with the pharmacy community. AML is … Read more
Meet online master’s student Rebekah Matthews
October 27, 2021At the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, our online and residential degree programs prepare future health care leaders to manage highly complex and multi-faceted pharmacy enterprise operations. Here, we chat with Rebekah Matthews, Pharm.D., a current student in the School’s online master’s program (Class of ’22). Q: Rebekah, what is your current role? A: Senior Regional Director of Acute Care Pharmacy for Cone Health in Greensboro, N.C. Q: What made you want to apply to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy master’s program? A: I had been considering a master’s degree for some time but was concerned about balancing work, … Read more
Yanguang Cao, Ph.D., promoted to associate professor in Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
October 22, 2021Yanguang “Carter” Cao, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics (DPET), effective Oct. 1. “I am extremely excited to move toward the next stage of my career. I have to give it to all my students and trainees, who work tirelessly on our projects, and all my mentors and DPET leadership team who have provided me unconditional support the past six years. The promotion is just a start. I will continue to challenge myself as a researcher, a teacher, and a mentor,” Cao said. Cao … Read more
A 3D printed vaccine patch offers vaccination without a shot
October 20, 2021Stanford University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill develop microneedle vaccine patch that outperforms needle jab to boost immunity. Scientists at Stanford University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill use 3D printer to create vaccine patch. Story by Shantell M. Kirkendoll CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a 3D-printed vaccine patch that provides greater protection than a typical vaccine shot. The trick is applying the vaccine patch directly to the skin, which is full of immune cells that vaccines target. The resulting immune response from the vaccine patch … Read more