FACTS

• Founded: March 1897.
  
• The only public school of pharmacy in the state of North Carolina and one of the oldest in the nation.

ACCREDITATION

• Accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education
• Member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
  

RANKINGS

• Ranked number three among the nation’s doctor of pharmacy programs in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s 2006 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools
• Received more than $8.2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2006, ranking eighth among the nation’s pharmacy schools

DEGREES OFFERED

• Doctor of pharmacy (PharmD)
• Doctor of philosophy in pharmaceutical sciences (PhD)
  

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

• Robert A. Blouin, PharmD—Dean
• Gary Pollack, PhD—Executive Associate Dean
• Kevin Almond, BS, RPh—Associate Dean for Advancement
  
• Pamela U. Joyner, EdD, MS Pharm—Associate Dean of Professional Education
• Mike Patil—Assistant Dean for Integrated Business Systems
  
• Dhiren Thakker, PhD—Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Division Chairs

• Kim Brouwer, PharmD—Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
• Steve Caiola, MS—Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education
  
• Leaf Huang, PhD—Molecular Pharmaceutics
• Michael D. "Mick" Murray, PharmD, MPH—Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
  
• Alex Tropha, PhD—Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products

STUDENT BODY PROFILE

Annually, the School educates 500 professional students and 100 graduate students, postdocs, residents, and fellows. School graduates work in many dynamic fields, including academia, pharmaceutical sales, drug development and research, community and health-system pharmacy, and long-term and managed-care pharmacy.

Incoming PharmD Students, Fall 2006

• Interviewed: 250
• Accepted: 155
• Average PCAT: 389
• Average GPA: 3.5
• In-State: 79%
• Out-of-State: 21%
• Females: 71%
• Male: 29%
• Age Range: 19-46
• Number of States Represented: 20
• Number of North Carolina Counties: 44