Category: Research
Helping oncology patients avoid acute care events
July 12, 2023For oncology patients, emergency visits and unplanned hospital stays are common. Those who have been marginalized because of race, ethnicity, income or other factors are even more likely to experience one of these acute care events. As part of the University’s North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Insititute (NCTraCS) renewal, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Jennifer Elston Lafata, Ph.D., professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy and her colleague, Jake Stein, M.D., MPH, assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine, have received funding as co-principal investigators for a project focused on developing and identifying a process … Read more
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University to be awarded up to $50 million from the FDA for new research center
July 11, 2023The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will award up to $50 million over five years to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University to establish the Research Triangle Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation. The center will also involve collaborations with North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University, a leading historically black university. Triangle CERSI, the newest of only five CERSIs across the country, will work with FDA scientists to perform cutting edge scientific research to better inform and support the FDA’s needs. The four other FDA-funded CERSIs include the University of … Read more
Monash University students research with CIPhER
July 5, 2023Five pharmacy students from Monash University in Australia, a PharmAlliance partner, recently completed their eight-week visiting scholars program with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research (CIPhER). Each visiting scholar is a fourth-year honor student in Monash’s Master of Pharmacy program. They will complete the master’s course after their upcoming fifth-year internship. Mohmmed Almosawy, Yuko Ito-Kay, Rimsha Kalia, Yannee Liu and Alexandra Steel unanimously agreed that this experience enhanced their pharmacy education—particularly all the research tools and skills they learned. “This was my very first experience in research. Coming into this was very daunting, but … Read more
Study finds female authorship is underrepresented across drug delivery journals
June 28, 2023Female authorship in drug delivery related journals should increase to better represent the work of female senior authors according to a study done by UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Professor Kristy Ainslie, Ph.D. and Associate Professor Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D. First and last authorship on publications is an important metric of productivity and scholarly success for trainees and professors. McLaughlin and Ainslie found that, based on 11 drug delivery related journals in 2021, scholarly papers were about one and a half times more likely to have a male first author and three times more likely to have a male last author. … Read more
School ranks No. 2 in nation in research funding with over $75 million
June 21, 2023The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy ranks No. 2 among the nation’s pharmacy schools in total research funding according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The School received over $75 million in research grants during the federal fiscal year, October 2021-September 2022 (FY22), nearly doubling the $39 million research total from 2019. There were 84 funded investigators who received $75,082,027 in awards from all funding sources. Of those awards, nearly $60 million was secured in National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards by 59 investigators. “This ranking reflects our faculty, staff and students’ dedication and commitment to advancing … Read more
Brain slice technology opens the door for personalized cancer treatment
May 15, 2023In a full-circle moment, brain cancer survivor Andrew Satterlee, Ph.D. is one step closer to helping brain cancer patients receive the personalized treatment they need. Satterlee, research assistant professor and associate director of the Brain Slice Technology Platform at the Eshelman Institute for Innovation within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and his team have been researching a new way to help doctors treating patients with brain cancer make personalized decisions about the drugs they give each patient. “When I was in college, I had brain surgery to remove my tumor, but there was a disagreement on what my chemotherapy … Read more
Structural Genomics Consortium receives $1.5 million grant to help find possible new treatment options for patients with ALS
May 10, 2023The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Alison Axtman, Ph.D. in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC-UNC) a two-year grant totaling $1.5 million. The grant will go toward research that could one day lead to new medications and new treatment options for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a neurological disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. Most cases are sporadic, meaning the disease seems to occur at random with no connection to family history or other risk factors. Primary investigator Alison … Read more
Jeff Aubé receives prestigious AACP Volwiler Research Achievement Award
May 1, 2023The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) announced UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Professor Jeff Aubé as the recipient of the AACP Volwiler Research Achievement Award. The Volwiler Research Achievement Award is intended to recognize a person within the ranks of pharmacy who is a leading researcher in an area of the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences, pharmacy practice and the social and administrative sciences and for outstanding contributions to the respective disciplines. “It’s a very nice recognition for a lot of work done by a lot of people—science is a community effort,” said Aubé, Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the … Read more
Faculty receive grant funding for project studying access to childhood vaccines through community pharmacies in rural communities
April 26, 2023The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation awarded the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy a $250,000 research grant. The grant will help fund the research project entitled, “Evaluating Access to Childhood Vaccines Through Rural Community Pharmacies.” Through this project, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy researchers will work with pharmacy partners to help ensure children in rural North Carolina communities have access to vaccinations. “We were seeking forward-thinking, community-centered projects that would explore creative solutions to some of the most pressing public health problems facing diverse and underserved communities across the U.S.,” said NACDS Foundation President Sara Roszak. … Read more
Students share research findings at poster presentation
April 24, 2023Third year Pharm.D. students in the Research and Scholarship in Pharmacy (RASP) pathway presented their research findings to peers, faculty and staff members of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy on April 19. RASP is a longitudinal, selective pathway within the Doctor of Pharmacy elective curriculum built around a mentored, in-depth, scholarly project. Each student frames an answerable question with a faculty mentor, generates and interprets relevant data and communicates their findings. “RASP was one of the reasons why I applied to the Eshelman School of Pharmacy,” said Paula Paseiro, Pharm.D. candidate class of 2024 and student senate vice president. … Read more