Category: Staff
CIPS Wins Awards for Web Design and Video Production
June 5, 2018Members from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Center for Innovation in Pharmacy Simulation won four Hermes awards and two Telly Awards for web design and videography. An interactive webpage designed by CIPS won four Hermes Creative Awards on May 18. The page, designed for the Community Pharmacy Foundation, outlines principles of team-based health care. Jason Whitley, M.S.; Joel Floyd, M.S.; and Catherine MacAllister, M.Ed. designed the webpage. It was based on research conducted by postdoctoral researcher Chelsea Renfro, Pharm.D. Whitley is the creative lead for instructional innovation in CIPS, Floyd is a multimedia producer and MacAllister is an instructional … Read more
Asher Prince Honored as Physician Assistant Fellow
April 20, 2018Heather Asher Prince has been named a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Asher Prince is director of clinical operations for Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory in the Division of Pharmacy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Distinguished fellows are physician assistants who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to their profession in the following areas: Distinction in medical practice, education, research or health-care management Leadership in medicine and health care Professional involvement Commitment to lifelong learning Community service The UNC Physician Assistants Program published a Q&A interview with Asher Prince. “Heather has been … Read more
McDaniel Receives 2017 Smith Staff Award for Excellence
January 5, 2018Ryan McDaniel is the recipient of the 2016 Phyllis Smith Staff Award for Excellence at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The award was presented at the annual holiday staff luncheon at the Carolina Inn on Friday, Dec. 15. McDaniel is the executive assistant floater at the School. Rather than having one permanent administrative role, McDaniel moves from job to job, filling in wherever he’s needed. He joined the School in January 2017. The $500 staff excellence award honors the career of Phyllis Smith, the School’s former director of facilities, who retired in 2014 after more than 30 years of … Read more
Wingo Returns to Direct Office of Curricular and Student Affairs
June 29, 2017Brad Wingo, M.Ed., has returned to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as the director of the Office of Curricular and Student Affairs. Wingo worked at the School previously as the director of student affairs and spent a year in between as the director of academic advising in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. The Office of Curricular and Student Affairs was formerly two separate offices, the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Experiential Education. Wingo said he is excited by the new opportunities the combined office offers to align the curriculum and cocurriculum … Read more
Musgrove Receives Outstanding Employee Forum Delegate Award
June 20, 2017Katie Musgrove, executive associate for Kenan Distinguished Professor Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Ph.D., and the Natural Products Research Laboratories, was given the Kay Wijnberg Hovious Outstanding Employee Forum Delegate Award on June 14 after being nominated by her fellow delegates. The award recognizes the work of outstanding forum delegates who go above and beyond the call of duty when performing work on behalf of the forum. There are three winners each year, who are voted on by the other delegates. Ricky Roach, energy utilities technician at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and forum delegate, nominated Musgrove for the award. … Read more
Fiscelli Receives 2016 Smith Staff Award for Excellence
January 18, 2017Kathryn Fiscelli, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2016 Phyllis Smith Staff Award for Excellence at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Fiscelli is the assistant director of research administration here at the School. She works to manage nearly 150 grants and contracts and the 20 to 30 grant applications active at any one time that are handled by the School’s Office of Research Administration. As assistant director, she oversees the activities of five grants managers and reports to Raj Kshatriya, M.B.A., director of business operations and research administration. Her job is defined by the need to multitask and juggle … Read more
Research Tech Paints with Purpose to Brighten NC Children’s Hospital
December 16, 2016Rachel Howard, a research technician at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, is blanketing the North Carolina Children’s Hospital with holiday spirit one window at a time. Howard is painting wintry scenes for children at NC Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill. She calls her project Paint with Purpose and plans to decorate 72 windows in the hospital, which include all the individual children’s rooms on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors along with the pediatric playroom. “It’s been very interactive,” Howard said. “I have enjoyed taking requests from the kids, and sometimes they, too, like to grab a brush and … Read more
Roy Zwahlen Joins School as Assistant Dean for Innovation and Strategy
September 15, 2016Roy Zwahlen, J.D., has joined the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as assistant dean for innovation and strategy. Zwahlen’s first responsibility is to assist the dean in formulating, interpreting and implementing policy at the School. “Because the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s mission is to transform pharmacy practice, education and science to drive discovery, improve health and power economic growth, our bold ideas often create interesting and difficult policy and legal questions that may have never been addressed on this campus,” Zwahlen said. “Dean Blouin has asked me to ensure that we successfully navigate these unique issues and strategically plan, … Read more
Jennifer Fox Wins Phyllis Smith Staff Award for Excellence
January 20, 2016Jennifer Fox is the recipient of the 2015 Phyllis Smith Staff Award for Excellence given by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. As the executive assistant in the Office of Professional Education, she supports the work of Pam Joyner, Ed.D., M.S., executive associate dean for professional education; Wendy Cox, Pharm.D., associate dean for curricular and student affairs; and Phil Rodgers, Pharm.D., assistant dean of pharmacy practice partnerships. The award recognizes a staff member who is committed to the School’s pursuit of excellence through its business practices. The winner must demonstrate leadership, be an effective team member, have a positive attitude … Read more
Asheville Administrator Laura Bratsch Wins 2014 Staff Award for Excellence
January 9, 2015When Laura Bratsch, administrative support specialist for the Asheville satellite campus of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was told that she had to drive from the Great Smokey Mountains to Chapel Hill, she thought that it was to discuss the 2015 pharmacy student curriculum. Instead, she was surprised to learn that she was receiving the Phyllis Smith Staff Award for Excellence. “I was tricked into coming to Chapel Hill, but this turned out to be much better than a meeting,” Bratsch says. “I was honored and completely surprised to win this award.” The award is given every year to … Read more