Asthmatic children do a better job of taking their meds if they and their parents are included in the decision-making when the doctor and child are discussing medications, according to a new study from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy … Read more

Less than one in ten children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. And while children have more success when equipped with newer inhaler designs, at best … Read more

Betsy Sleath, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She has also been named the George H. Cocolas Distinguished Professor. Sleath has served as interim director of … Read more

More than 85 percent of North Carolina children who have asthma need more help understanding how to take their medications, according to a new study from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more

Professor Betsy Sleath, PhD, has been named the interim chair of the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She will officially assume the position’s duties on March 1. Mick Murray, PharmD, MPH, is … Read more

Faculty from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy were very active at the recent annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in Boston July 17 to 20. Five members of the faculty were installed to elected positions … Read more

Betsy Sleath, PhD, a professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received a four-year, $2.65 million grant from the National Eye Institute to study how the communication between glaucoma patients and their doctors affects how well the patients … Read more

A study by researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy found that 42 percent of Latinos in North Carolina who take prescription drugs have purchased medicines at grocery stores known as tiendas and 30 percent have bought medicines from … Read more

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis, are twice as likely as individuals without rheumatoid arthritis to experience depression but aren’t likely to talk to a doctor about it, according to researchers at the University of North … Read more

Two faculty members from the UNC School of Pharmacy have been elected to posts with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Betsy Sleath, PhD, a professor in the School’s Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, was elected as chair … Read more