Category: News
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy announces chair for Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education
November 25, 2019The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is thrilled to announce Stefanie Ferreri, Pharm.D., has been named Chair of its Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education (PACE), effective January 1, 2020. Ferreri joined the School in 2001 as a clinical assistant professor, and today is a professor in PACE. She previously served as PACE’s Executive Vice Chair. In the past, Ferreri served as director of the community pharmacy residency program from 2004 to 2015, and previously as a residency preceptor for the program. Since 2001, she has supervised and mentored more than 90 community pharmacy residents. Based on her residency … Read more
Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine unite through pilot grant to improve care of older adults in nursing homes
November 19, 2019Dr. Christine E. Kistler of the UNC School of Medicine has dedicated her entire career to improving the care of older adults, especially those in nursing homes. She said evidence suggests that two-thirds of nursing home residents in the United States experience an adverse event from a medication in any four-year period. One in seven of those adverse events leads to a hospitalization. “Seeing the harms of adverse events from medications, I have wondered if pharmacogenomics might improve safe prescribing and reduce patient harm,” she said. That’s where a team of researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy come … Read more
Researcher named 2019 AAPS Emerging Leader of the Year
November 12, 2019For Juliane Nguyen, Pharm.D., Ph.D., every day at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy begins and ends with a patient in mind. Nguyen, an associate professor in the School’s Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics (DPMP), focuses on developing the next generation of safe and effective biotherapeutics for life-threatening diseases such as cancer and myocardial infarction. “I think if we have developed a clinically viable drug that improves patients’ lives, then we will have made a significant contribution to science and medicine,” Nguyen said. “Until then, we continuously strive to learn and grow.” And others are noticing her dedication to … Read more
Former Interim Dean Thakker, wife Kailas, support Global Pharmacy Scholarships
November 12, 2019Four years ago, former Interim Dean Dhiren Thakker, Ph.D., and his wife, Kailas Thakker, Ph.D., made a gift to initiate the Global Pharmacy Scholarships (GPS) Program at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in an effort to improve health around the world and inform pharmacy practice at home. “Giving our students a global experience is a passion of mine,” Dhiren Thakker said. “It is my hope that their experience in the GPS program will be transformative, opening their hearts to the health-care challenges of people who are less fortunate and their minds to learning from the rich diversity of people … Read more
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy at UNC recognized as a top chapter
November 7, 2019The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s student chapter of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) was recognized as a Top 3 Chapter of the Year at this year’s national convention on Oct. 30. AMCP is a national professional society whose mission is to support pharmacists in managed care. Managed care is a sector of pharmacy that focuses on making healthcare interventions more affordable while optimizing all possible resources. This is the most recent award out of several for a historically successful chapter. The group received Chapter of the Year in 2016 and took first place in the Pharmacy & … Read more
Researcher seeks answers for epigenetic abnormalities leading to cancer diagnoses
October 30, 2019Lindsey Ingerman James, Ph.D., with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is interested in epigenetic abnormalities that lead to cancer. For example, misregulation of the NSD2 gene has been implicated in numerous cancers including multiple myeloma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. NSD2 was further found to be among the most frequently mutated genes across 1,000 pediatric cancer genomes, representing 21 different pediatric cancer subtypes. Over the course of the next five years, James plans to apply medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and cancer biology approaches to discover first-in-class NSD2 bifunctional degraders in order to better understand NSD2 cancer biology, to assess NSD2 … Read more
Dean Kashuba earns ASCPT’s Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award
October 30, 2019Each year, the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT) recognizes individuals who exhibit outstanding science and achievement in clinical pharmacology and translational science. ASCPT’s awards span clinical pharmacology, translational medicine and therapeutics, and recognize every stage of a career path. This year, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Dean Angela Kashuba received the Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award. The award was established in 1978 by Dr. W. B. Rawls to further his commitment to continuing medical education and its impact on patient care. The goal of the Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award is to incorporate the efforts of modern … Read more
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy collaborates with UNC Health Care to improve, optimize patient care
October 29, 2019Researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Medication Optimization, in collaboration with UNC Health Care’s Pharmacy Services team, are coming together to improve and optimize patient care delivery, pharmacy analytics and outcomes. The partnership, called Optimizing Care Delivery, is a unique collaboration between an academic research center and a health system in North Carolina. The goal of the program is to develop, test and evaluate clinical pharmacy services that facilitates proactive, coordinated and connected care, especially for patients who manage chronic conditions. Optimizing Care Delivery will allow pharmacists and physicians to work hand-in-hand to address unmet needs … Read more
Alumna releases new book, ‘And the Silent Spoke,’ based on travel experiences
October 28, 2019Amy Greeson, RPh., estimates she’s been through about 15 different forests and jungles. She’s seen the rich landscapes of the Amazon, the Congo, Papua New Guinea, and Mexico, among others, all on a quest to learn about ancient medicinal treatments and gather plants to bring back home to study in North Carolina. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy alumna,’90, said she began traveling to jungles after graduating from pharmacy school. Through her travels, she began to expand her views on pharmacy and became interested in discovering plants that had yet to be researched for medicinal purposes, especially before they were … Read more
Carpenter receives National Institute on Drug Abuse funding for naloxone training project
October 24, 2019Naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, could save lives in rural areas that face a disproportionately high number of opioid-related deaths. Yet many rural communities struggle with limited access to naloxone due to a lack of adequate training for healthcare professionals. Delesha Carpenter, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., received a $594,082 R34 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse to create a module that would properly help pharmacists discuss the sensitive topics of overdose and naloxone with patients and their family and friends. This type of training is particularly important because community pharmacists are oftentimes the … Read more