{"id":27935,"date":"2026-05-27T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/?p=27935"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:16:16","slug":"jim-fiordalisi-honored-with-unc-distinguished-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/jim-fiordalisi-honored-with-unc-distinguished-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Fiordalisi honored with UNC Distinguished Teaching Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><p class=\"lead\"><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Congratulations to Dr. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/directory\/james-fiordalisi-phd\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>James Fiordalisi<\/b><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> on receiving the University Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction!<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27995\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 510px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Henrik Dohlman, PhD with Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, James Fiordalisi, who is holding his award.\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/IMG_4416-HD-JF-withAward-800sq.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Pharmacology Chair, Henrik Dohlman (L), and James Fiordalisi (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This prestigious university-wide honor recognizes Dr. Fiordalisi\u2019s exceptional commitment to teaching excellence, mentorship, and dedication to student success. His impact on post-baccalaureate learners reflects both his passion for education and his meaningful contributions to our academic community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/posts\/2026\/02\/17\/2026-university-teaching-awards-honor-27-educators\/\">Read more about the 2026 University Teaching Awards <span class=\"s2\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #4b9cd3;color: #ffffff;padding: 10px\"><som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:27989,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;22429&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-07 15:46:44&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2026-05-07 19:46:44&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Fiordalisi teaching award 2026&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;fiordalisi-teaching-award-2026&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 15:02:20&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 19:02:20&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/pharm\\\/cell\\\/fiordalisi-teaching-award-2026\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;SingleCellBlocks&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{\\&quot;quoteText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Dr. Fiordalisi\\u2019s\\u00a0teaching impact stretches far beyond his home department of Pharmacology. He has developed curricula and taught courses and modules in the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the School of Nursing, and the Physician Assistant Program. His many student nominators praised his content area mastery, clarity of instruction, dedication, attention to student wellness, and sense of humor. Multiple students mentioned that they can still see his slides and diagrams in their minds years after taking his class, a testament to his effectiveness in making complex content stick for his students. As one of his students summarized, Dr.\\u00a0Fiordalisi\\u00a0\\u201cis the kind of educator who raises the standard for our entire program\\u201d.\\u00a0He is always thoughtfully prepared, student-centered, and committed to fostering a positive, efficient learning environment.\\u201d \\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkURL\\&quot;:\\&quot;\\&quot;,\\&quot;backgroundColor\\&quot;:\\&quot;mediumBlue\\&quot;},\\&quot;repeatableBoxes\\&quot;:[],\\&quot;blockType\\&quot;:\\&quot;textBlocks\\&quot;,\\&quot;blockStyle\\&quot;:\\&quot;cleanQuote\\&quot;}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.unc.edu\/awards-leaves-and-professorships\/university-teaching-awards\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 90%\">~ Quoted from the University Quoted from Teaching Awards 2025-2026, Office of the Provost.<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award is one of two 2025\u20132026 Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22429,"featured_media":27886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-news","category-featured","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/James-Fiordalisi-250.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/James-Fiordalisi-250.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/James-Fiordalisi-250.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/James-Fiordalisi-250.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2026\/05\/James-Fiordalisi-250-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"James Fiordalisi, PhD","category_details":[{"name":"Faculty News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/category\/news\/faculty-news\/"},{"name":"Featured News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/category\/featured\/"},{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27935"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28042,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935\/revisions\/28042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}