Category: News
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Selects New Dean
May 30, 2019The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has selected Angela Kashuba, B.Sc.Phm., Pharm.D., DABCP, FCP, to be the next dean of the School. Kashuba, who currently chairs the School’s Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics (DPET), will assume her new position as dean on October 1, pending final approval by the University’s Board of Trustees. “It has been my great honor to be a part of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to build upon the School’s success and culture of innovation,” Kashuba said. “I look forward to working with our brilliant students, … Read more
Building Something Great
May 30, 2019When Neal Fowler ’84 (B.S. Pharm.), ’88 (M.B.A.) rang the closing bell on the Nasdaq trading floor in August 2018 — marking Liquidia’s initial public offering from the prior month, he thought about the people around him. The CEO of Liquidia Technologies thought about the patients whose lives would benefit from the products his company was developing. He also thought about the scientists who had dedicated nearly 20 years to the nanotechnology they helped develop as post-doctoral researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “It was a moment of great academic work coming out of Carolina,” Fowler … Read more
Eshelman Institute for Innovation awards $3.5 million across 24 research projects
May 29, 2019On June 1, the Eshelman Institute for Innovation (EII) awarded $3.5 million across 24 projects to support research and education at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The EII, created in 2014 with a $100 million gift from alumnus and pharmaceutical executive, Fred Eshelman, serves as an engine for innovation within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Continuing on the previous theme, in this cycle the Institute is funding innovative solutions to address society’s pressing problems in healthcare, such as developing therapeutics for cancer, utilizing 3D approaches to treat osteoporosis, developing artificial intelligence to predict adverse drug events, and implementing … Read more
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure grants researchers $170,000
May 24, 2019Goal to develop tumor-homing stem cell beacons for immune-based cancer therapy Shawn Hingtgen, Ph.D., Gianpietro Dotti, Ph.D., and Samir Mitragotri, Ph.D., had an idea – collaborate to create a cell therapy unlike any other to target hard-to-treat cancers. The three researchers from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Harvard University, are utilizing each of their strengths to develop a new approach to cell therapy for brain cancer. Hingtgen said their team is developing a hybrid cell therapy that begins by loading neural stem cells with nanoparticle “backpacks”. When released into the brain, the cells … Read more
Research in Education and Practice Symposium attracts more than 200 individuals to share research, network
May 24, 2019More than 200 individuals, including pharmacy residents, fellows, graduate students, preceptors, residency program directors and faculty members, attended the 2019 Research in Education and Practice Symposium (REPS). The sixth annual event held May 20-21, at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Kerr Hall, gave trainees the chance to receive high-level feedback on their work and to also network with other practitioners across the region. “This is a rare opportunity for residents and other learners to convene and get open, honest feedback about their research,” said Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D., M.H.A., who leads the REPS planning committee. “It’s a time to network, … Read more
Kim Brouwer honored as Inventor of the Year
May 24, 2019UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Kim L. R. Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D., was distinguished as Inventor of the Year during the 2019 UNC Celebration of Inventorship, on May 23. During the celebration, the UNC Office of Technology Commercialization presents the Inventor of the Year Award to a UNC-Chapel Hill innovator in recognition of their contributions to inventions and patents. The award honors the recipient’s commitment to the University’s culture of encouraging innovation, disseminating knowledge and promoting entrepreneurship. Brouwer is the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, … Read more
Class of 2019 closes one chapter, begins a new
May 23, 2019Over Mother’s Day weekend, nearly 160 degrees were conferred for master of science, doctor of philosophy and doctor of pharmacy graduates at Memorial Hall. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bob Blouin told graduates they played an integral part in the installment of the re-envisioned Pharm.D. curriculum and they were ready to face the complexities of healthcare in the future. Graduate student representative John P. Prybylski brought comments on behalf of the doctor of philosophy and master of science students and said, “It has amazed me how unpretentious people are here, despite the prestige of the institution; there is much less … Read more
Second-year Pharm.D. candidate receives national scholarship
May 23, 2019Christopher Wang, a second-year Pharm.D. candidate in the Research and Scholarship in Pharmacy (RASP) pathway at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, received the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Gateway to Research Scholarship. Wang was presented the $5,000 award for his project, “Optimization of Naphthyl-Pyridine-based Inhibitors for the Right Open Reading Frame (Rio) Kinase 2.” The primary goal of the Gateway to Research Scholarship program is to help students gain an understanding of the importance of research by enabling them to apply that knowledge to improve their clinical skills. This scholarship provides an opportunity for Pharm.D. and baccalaureate degree … Read more