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Kim Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D., receives ACCP’s Distinguished Investigator Award
August 10, 2022UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Kim Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is this year’s recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology’s Distinguished Investigator Award. This award is given annually and is intended to recognize superior scientific expertise and accomplishments by a senior investigator, usually involving a distinct area of research in basic or clinical pharmacology, for which the individual is internationally known. “It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by my clinical pharmacology colleagues as the 2022 ACCP Distinguished Investigator.” said Brouwer. “This award is particularly meaningful because many members of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology have been such … Read more
School creates early assurance program partnership with University of North Carolina Asheville
May 13, 2022Enrolled and incoming University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) students who express interest in pursuing a doctoral degree in pharmacy may now be eligible for assured admission to the Pharm.D. program at the University of North Carolina’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy. An Early Assurance Program (EAP) partnership between the two institutions was signed in March. This will be the fourth early assurance partnership agreement the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has established in North Carolina as it works to prepare the next generation of pharmacy leaders. This program offers early assurance of admission into the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s … Read more
School remains in top 10 QS World University Rankings
May 4, 2022In April, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy clinched the No. 7 ranking in the 2022 QS World University Rankings for the Best World Universities in Pharmacy and Pharmacology. “We are very excited by this news. It reflects the great work being performed by our faculty, staff, students, alumni and partners who are working daily to advance the fields of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences,” said Angela Kashuba, dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. “This is also a testament to our unique international partnership, PharmAlliance, in collaboration with two other top-10 ranked pharmacy schools at Monash University and University … 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
Ph.D. student focuses on HIV latency, enters UNC’s Translational Medicine Program to advance research
October 16, 2020UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Ph.D. student Anthony Sanchez is focused on understanding HIV latency with the goal of one day developing a cure for the virus. Because of his well-defined translational research proposal, Sanchez has been accepted into the UNC Certificate Program in Translational Medicine and received a T32 training grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences to support his research for a one-year term. Sanchez currently works under the guidance of principal investigator David Margolis, M.D. “I was very excited to hear that I was chosen for the NIH T32 training grant. I think it presents … Read more
Grant Funding Helps CMO Pursue Value-Based Care and Population Health Projects
October 2, 2020The Center for Medication Optimization (CMO) has received more than $600,000 in grant funding from the Eshelman Institute for Innovation to pursue new ideas spanning value-based care and population health. This June, the Eshelman Institute for Innovation (EII) awarded $3.5 million across 24 projects to support research and education initiatives at UNC, three of which were awarded to CMO. Earlier this year, CMO and EII partnered with other sponsors to hold the Medication Optimization Collaboration Summit, which served as the catalyst for many of these big ideas. For information about the summit, click here. Pharmacists are accessible, trusted, but underutilized and these grants will elevate … Read more
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy collaborates with UNC Health Care to improve, optimize patient care
October 2, 2020Researchers 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
Ready? Set. Go! How can you get ready to implement your pharmacy initiative?
October 2, 2020Have you ever had trouble implementing a new initiative into your practice? Have you tried delivering a new service, but it was not as successful as you had hoped? If this situation seems familiar to you, you are not alone. Being eager to roll up one’s sleeves and offer a new patient service as soon as it is available is not uncommon. Before you jump into implementation, it is important to ensure you are ready, as your service is more likely to fail if you have not taken the time to adequately prepare for it. In fact, failure to establish … Read more
A value-based program between health plan and pharmacy practitioners
October 2, 2020What is the program? UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and HealthPartners have formed a partnership to facilitate a learning and action collaborative around the delivery of medication therapy management (MTM) services for HealthPartners Partners in Excellence Program (PIE). PIE is a health plan pay for performance and recognition program for physicians, medical groups, and pharmacies that achieve top-notch marks in health, experience and affordability. The learning collaborative, or “Slice of PIE,” supports community pharmacists in integrating MTM services into their practice and make the most of PIE’s pay-for-performance opportunities. Since 2006, HealthPartners has provided payment … Read more
All Teach, All Learn to Impact Health Across the Community
October 2, 2020In Slice of PIE, 12 community pharmacy organizations representing over 100 pharmacies in Minnesota are working together to improve individual health and reduce patient care costs through engaging at least 1,000 patients in an initial and at least one follow up pharmacist medication therapy management (MTM) encounter by December 31, 2020. It takes the knowledge and experiences of everyone participating in the learning and action collaborative to reach this bold goal by the end of 2020. As part of the implementation support discussed in the previous blog post, Slice of PIE has rolled out a learning and action collaborative that runs 18 months … Read more