Faculty & Staff Achievements

DR. COURTNEY CALHOUN, nursing instructor, finished her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree on August 1, 2021.

DR. MICHAEL JIROUTEK, associate professor of Clinical Research, was named 2021 CPHS Educator of the Year.

DR. SCOTT PERKINS, clinical assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, was awarded a CPHS Internal Research Grant for the project Development and Assessment of an Evidence-Based Rubric to Facilitate Faculty-Created Educational Pharmacotherapy Videos. Dr. Carrie Baker, Dr. Riley Bowers, and Myrah Stockdale are co-investigators.

DR. VICTOR PULGAR, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently presented his award winning poster and gave an oral presentation at the Heme Biosynthesis and the Porphyrias 2021: Consensus Diagnoses, Variant Disorders, New & Emerging Therapies symposium in Chicago, IL.

DR. DAVID TILLMAN, chair of the Department of Public Health, began serving as a peer reviewer for the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) as a part of the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Research Program. Dr. Tillman will review research proposals related to Fragile X Syndrome.

DR. TONYA WILLINGHAM, assistant director and assistant professor of Nursing, was elected president-elect for the North Carolina League for Nursing for their 2022-2024 term.

CPHS Student Engagement in Research (SER) Grants

Three Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty members were awarded CPHS Student Engagement in Research (SER) Grants. DR. STEVE HOLLY “Interrogation of AADACL1 Function via a New Animal Model of Hemostasis and Thrombosis” working with P3 student Philip Oji.

DR. JINSONG HAO “Development and Characterization of Digitoxigenin Bigels for Wound Healing” working with P2 student Joy Morrow.

DR. CHRIS BREIVOGEL “Investigating the Interactions of CBD and CBG with Anesthetic Propofol” working with P3 student Linda Nguyen. “Investigating the Interactions of CBD with the GABA-A Modulators Midazolam and Zolpidem” working with P3 student Hunnain Siddiqui.

Recent Promotions

The following faculty members received promotions confirmed by the University Board of Trustees:

DR. TARA BELL, associate professor, Pharmacy Practice DR. BRADLEY MYERS, associate professor, Physical Therapy

DR. CHARLES CARTER, professor with tenure, Clinical Research DR. KATIE TROTTA, clinical associate professor, Pharmacy Practice

DR. MICHELLE GREEN, associate professor, Physical Therapy

In Memoriam

TAMMY BORDEAUX (MALPASS) (’90 PHARMD) passed away on December 27, 2021. She was a long-time employee of Clinton Drug Company in Clinton, NC.

DR. RICK TURNER passed away on October 30, 2021. He was an associate professor of Clinical Research, Drug Safety Scholar, and chairman of the Clinical Research Department from 2005 to 2009. Rick served as an adjunct professor of Pharmacy Practice since 2015.

CPHS INNOVATION AWARDS

Left to Right: Dr. Michael R. Jiroutek (3rd Place); Drs. Tim Marks and Dorothea Thompson (2nd Place); Dr. Scott Perkins (1st Place) (View the story using the QR code)