UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

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UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Asheville
WebsiteUNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is located at the

UNC Asheville.[1] The Asheville School of Pharmacy campus opened in 2011, and graduated its first class in 2015.[2]

U.S. News & World Report ranked the Eshelman School the #1 pharmacy school in the United States in 2016, 2020, 2021, and 2022.[3]

The school is named after alumnus and Wall Street investor Fred Eshelman, who had by that point donated nearly $140 million to the school.[4]

It offers a

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an emphasis in four research areas.[7]

Robert A. Blouin was the Dean of the school from 2003 to 2017, until he became the school's Provost in 2017. Dr. Dhiren Thakker was appointed interim dean,[8] and turned the position over to Dr. Angela Kashuba when she became the college's first woman Dean since the inception of the historic school.[9]

References

  1. ^ Saylor, Jennifer. "UNC Asheville satellite campus is part of no. 1 pharmacy school in the U.S." ABC News 13 WLOS. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ "UNC Eshelman graduates first pharmacy class". The Blue Banner. 28 October 2015.
  3. ^ Best Graduate Schooks: Pharmacy Rankings, U.S. News & World Report (last accessed May 20, 2017).
  4. ^ Savchuk, Katia. "Pharma Multi-Millionaire Gives $100 Million To University of North Carolina". Forbes. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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  6. ^ "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pharmaceutical Sciences (with a specialization in Health System Pharmacy)". PharmGrad. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ^ "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy Academics webpage". Pharmacy.UNC.edu. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. ^ Stancill, Jane (August 22, 2017). "UNC names new provost to oversee academics". News Observer.
  9. ^ University, Gazette. "Professor Angela Kashuba selected as new pharmacy dean". Retrieved 16 October 2019.

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