Effective September 12, the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products will be renamed the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry. “This new name more accurately reflects the nature of the research in the division,” says Bob Blouin, PharmD, … Read more
Scott Singleton, PhD, has been named vice chair of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. “Professor Singleton has extensive administrative experience, including running the School’s graduate program and initiating the biotechnology … Read more
Liz Pempe, a doctoral student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has won a predoctoral fellowship award from the American Heart Association to support her study of the blood-thinner heparin. The fellowship will provide $23,000 per year for two … Read more
Alexander Tropsha, PhD, has been named as the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s new associate dean for research charged with overseeing the School’s research and graduate education programs. David Lawrence, PhD, will replace Tropsha as the new chair of the … Read more
Jian Liu, PhD, a faculty member at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy known for his pursuit of a synthetic version of the anticoagulant heparin, was promoted to the rank of professor in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural … Read more
Bryan L. Roth, PhD, a professor in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, has received the PhRMA Foundation Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Toxicology. The annual award honors researchers who received PhRMA Foundation grants early in their careers and … Read more
Harold Kohn, PhD, a William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received one of two Faculty Mentoring Awards from the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council. The awards, which carry a $5,000 stipend, recognize outstanding … Read more
School faculty members Kim Brouwer, PharmD, PhD, and Harold Kohn, PhD, have received $10,000 grants from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute. Brouwer, a William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and chair of the Division of Pharmacotherapy and … Read more
Jian Liu, PhD, has taken another step forward in his quest for a synthetic version of the drug heparin by improving the process of building the drug molecule’s backbone using chemically modified cofactors instead of natural cofactors. Liu and colleagues … Read more
Rima Hajjo and Hao Tang, both graduate students in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, were granted this year’s CINF-FIZ Scholarship for Scientific Excellence. The German-American sponsored prize jointly awarded by FIZ CHEMIE and CINF, the Division of … Read more
