August 5, 2008
Flori Sassano, a graduate student in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, will receive the GlaxoSmithKline Fellowship for the 2008-09 academic year.
The GSK Fellowship is awarded annually to a full-time graduate student in the pharmaceutical sciences. The fellowship covers tuition for the year and provides a $22,500 stipend.
The nomination for the fellowship is made by the School’s Graduate Student Organization and endorsed by the Graduate Education Committee. The nominee is selected based on outstanding contributions to the graduate program, the GSO, and the local area scientific community.
Sassano is the GSO student representative for the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products. She also has served as the treasurer for the UNC chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and is volunteering at the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. She previously received a named fellowship from the School for her academic achievements.
After earning a BS in biochemistry and a BA in chemistry at the College of Charleston, Sassano joined Associate Professor Michael Jarstfer’s lab at the School in 2004. Her research focuses on finding small molecules that can be used for drug therapy to regulate pathways involved in social behaviors.
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