Education and Practice Advancement

We are preparing the next generation of pharmacists, scientists and educators to care for patients and discover innovative solutions to world’s most challenging health care issues.

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy implements new Pharm.D. curricular model

Geriatric pharmacy residency program receives ASHP accreditation

School launches online Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences

School, UNC Health recommit to Partnership in Patient Care program

More than 350 gather for virtual Innovations and Transformations in Pharmaceutical Sciences 2020 conference

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy achieves second highest residency match rate in US

DPOP and PACE launched AESARA/UNC Market Access and Health Informatics Fellowship

Continuing Education program earns reaccreditation

T32 Carolina Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program renewed for another five years

Our People

We are dedicated to making a positive difference in people’s health in North Carolina, across the United States and around the world.

Faculty/Staff Awards & Recognition

Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry

• David Lawrence, Ph.D., received the UNC Distinguished Teaching Award
• KH Lee, Ph.D., received an honorary Doctor of Pharmaceutical Degree from Kaohsiung Medical University of Taiwan
• Robert McGinty, MD, Ph.D., reveals safeguarding of a key DNA sensor in the innate immune system

Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics

• Leaf Huang, Ph.D., keynote speaker, Virginia Nanomedicine Forum, Virginia Commonwealth University; keynote speaker, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburg; Highly Cited Researchers 2018 in “Pharmacology & Toxicology” by Clarivate Analytics
• Sam Lai, Ph. D., received funding from NC Policy Collaboratory to combat COVID-19; received funding to explore the critical role of airway mucus in the transmission, infection and spread versus protection from COVID-19

Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics

• Angela Kashuba,BScPhm, PharmD, DABCP, FCP, received 2020 ASCPT Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award
• Kim Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D., received the 2020 Volwiler Research Achievement Award
• Craig Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D., awarded $3.5 million grant to study outcomes on use of genetic information to guide therapy to prevent blood clots
• Merrie Mosedale, Ph.D., received 2020 ASPET Early Career Award
• Niyati Vachharajani, Ph.D., post-doc fellow received Society of Toxicology’s Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in In Vitro Toxicology; won one of the inaugural Biomedical Research Core Voucher Awards to conduct pilot experiments at the Flow Cytometry Core; awarded 2nd place at the NCSOT Annual Meeting (Virtual) Poster Pitch Competition
• Andrew Lucas, Pharm.D., received the 2020 Junior Faculty Development Award for $10,000 from the UNC Committtee on Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves
• Benyam Muluneh, Pharm.D., received Best Paper Award (Research) for International Society of Oncology Pharmacist Practioners
• Amber Cipriani, Pharm.D., named one of the 2020 Experiential Precepting Stars for UNC Medical Center and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
• Gauri Rao, Pharm.D., M.S., works with School of Medicine to combat cystic fibrosis
• Erin Heinzen, Pharm.D., Ph.D. received two collaborative R01 grants totaling $7 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Practice Advancement and Clinical Education

• Kimberly Sanders, Pharm.D., BCPS, selected as a fellow for the Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program
• Stefanie Ferreri, Pharm.D., named Henry L. Smith and James L. Olsen, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor in Pharmacy Practice; awarded the Walmart Teachers Seminar Scholarship (AACP)
• Suzanne Harris, Pharm.D., BCPP, CPP, recognized by the PY4 class as Overall Instructor of the Year; received the Academic Excellence Award for Service; named Director of Well-Being and Resilience
• Scott Savage, Pharm.D., honored with The Ohio State’s Clinical Achievement Award
• Mary McClurg, Pharm.D., M.H.S., selected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Implementing High-Quality Primary Care
• Greene Shepherd, Pharm.D., won two Platinum Hermes Award for his work with The Crash Cart
• Kathryn Morbitzer, Pharm.D. M.S., recognized by the PY3 class as Instructor of the Year
• Amanda Savage, Pharm.D. and Kimberly Sanders, Pharm.D. selected to serve as a delegate in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)’s House of Delegates
• Carla White, BSPharm, received Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy; named Triangle Business Journal’s 2020 Leaders in Diversity
• Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D. M.H.A., completed three years of service on the ASHP Board of Directors
• Sachi Ozawa, Ph.D., M.H.S., received the 2020 Junior Faculty Development Award
• Charlene Williams, Pharm.D., received Kappa Epsilon (KE) Career Achievement Award
• Bob Shrewsbury, Ph.D., served on the USP Expert Compounding Committee
• Mollie Scott, Pharm.D., selected to serve as a North Carolina Delegate in the ASHP House of Delegates; and completed six years of service on the ASHP Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners Executive Committee
• Jon Easter received funding from NC Policy Collaboratory to combat COVID-19
• David Steeb, Pharm.D., MPH, helped launch APhA national special interest group
• Stephanie Kiser, RPh., awarded NC TraCS grant to study COVID-19 impacts on rural pharmacies

Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy

• Megan Roberts, Ph.D., received silver award for Collaborative Group of Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer
• Josh Thorpe, Ph.D. MPH, received VA R01-equivalent grant to study deprescribing, prescribing safety at end-of-life
• Betsy Sleath, Ph.D., received UCONN School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumna Award
• Delesha Carpenter, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., awarded NC TraCS grant to study COVID-19 impacts on rural pharmacies

Staff

• MEDIA team captured three platinum and five gold awards in this year’s international Hermes Awards
• Joel Floyd earned a silver place in the Telly Awards general education for the non-broadcast category

Learner Awards & Recognition

Pharm.D.

• Aliyah Cruz, Pharm.D. student, to serve as president-elect of Student National Pharmaceutical Association
• Ashley Buige, Ashley Kang and Wendy Sun, Pharm.D. students, presented at CPNP 2020 conference
• Ashley Mauch, Ben Penley, Thomas Wert and Jefferson Pike, Pharm.D. students, secured second place in AMCP’s national Pharmacy & Therapeutics Competition
• Matthew Broadwater, Pharm.D. student, elected for APhA-ASP national member at large
• Amy Guisinger, Pharm.D.-MPH dual-degree student; Andrew Stenger, Pharm.D. candidate; Erin Scholtz, Ph.D. candidate; and Jefferson Pike Jr., Pharm.D. student, placed first in Duke-UNC National Case Competition
• Carolyn Rath, graduating Pharm.D. student, honored with Chancellor’s Award
• UNC ESOP SNPhA Chapter won Clinical Skills Competition, Social Media Surge, and Chapter with the Most Attendees

Ph.D.

• Jordan Baer Joiner, Ph.D. student, received National Science Foundation fellowship to fund pancreatic cancer research
• Zoey Tang, Ph.D. student, received Presidential Trainee Abstract Award
• Rebeca Stiepel, Ph.D. student, won Ford Foundation Fellowship; aims to promote diversity, inclusion in academia
• Alison Mercer-Smith, Ph.D. student, won student talk awards for the 35th annual MD/Ph.D. National Conference; won UNC 3-Minute Thesis competition and placed first at the regional competition; is a finalist in the BioRender graphical abstract contest; and was awarded an NRSA Fellowship (F30) from the National Cancer Institute; received 2019 Kathryn A. Brewington Award
• Daisy Zhu, third-year graduate student, inducted into the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society
• Estefany Garcia, first-year graduate student in Rao Lab, received PharmAlliance E-symposium Award
• Jackie Gerhart, third-year graduate student in Gonzalez Lab, received PharmAlliance E-symposium Award; and the Heyward Hull Travel Award
• Kulchanok “Liw” Panichakornkul was selected for the national Zada M. Cooper Scholarship, an annual award given by the Kappa Epsilon Foundation
• Yien Liao, Ph.D. student, earns Ministry of Education of Taiwan fellowship to further studies, research
• Cathy Anderson, a Ph.D. student, was awarded the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award