Jackie Gerhart

PhD Candidate
Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Jackie earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She worked in various roles across the drug development pipeline for over five years as a scientist at GlaxoSmithKline. Jackie is currently pursuing her PhD in pharmaceutical sciences at UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy, where her research focuses on using data science and modeling techniques to determine safe and effective drug doses in children with obesity. She is also pursuing her Executive MBA at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, with a focus on strategy and entrepreneurship.