The Eshelman Institute for Innovation, within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, launched the First in Venture Studio (FVS) to partner with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in exploring how digital health innovation can improve health care. … Continued

Three-time EII grant recipient, Katelyn Arnold was recently included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science List for 2023! Katelyn Arnold is a research assistant professor in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry at the UNC Eshelman School … Continued

The First In Venture Studio is a partnership between UNC-Chapel Hill, the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, UNC Health and industry partner High Alpha Innovation, a leading venture builder headquartered in Indianapolis that partners with large corporations and universities. The studio – which aims to launch … Continued

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build an environment for startup creation that uses cloud technology to translate UNC-Chapel Hill digital health research expertise … Continued

Carolina leaders from the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, UNC Health, UNC Research and Innovate Carolina pilot a partnership with High Alpha Innovation – aiming to create digital health startups better positioned for success. Gaining traction over the past few years, … Continued

The Eshelman Institute Rankin Innovator Acceleration Award, supported by Lawson and Gisele Rankin, is given annually to provide students and Post Docs with funding to pursue entrepreneurial training opportunities. The 2022 recipients of this award are Brianna Vickerman, Ph.D., and … Continued

READDI, the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative, has just received a big boost in accomplishing its mission of putting five antiviral drugs “on the shelf” ahead of future pandemics. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Wednesday that READDI … Continued

On May 10-12, 2022,  the Eshelman Institute will be hosting Amazon AWS for a three-day immersion training. The training will focus on Amazon AWS’s data science toolsets and give participants an understanding of Amazon Cloud, SageMaker, AI services, and more. … Continued

In early 2020, the Eshelman Institute for Innovation helped launch the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI). Since then, READDI has been collaborating with partners across the globe to bring broad-spectrum antiviral drugs through Phase 1 testing to be … Continued

The Eshelman Institute for Innovation is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2021 grant cycle! A total of $2.1 million has been granted to the below seven projects. Since 2015, the Eshelman Institute has brought value to the University … Continued