Thakker joins five other scholars and personalities to receive degree in May 10 UNC-Chapel Hill’s Spring Commencement ceremony.
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Dhiren Thakker, Ph.D., founder of MAI Foundation and current President and CEO of Med Aditus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has been recognized for his work in pharmaceuticals sciences.
From the release:
“Dhiren R. Thakker
Doctor of Science
Thakker is a distinguished scholar, researcher and entrepreneur whose work in pharmaceutical sciences has had a lasting global impact. His held significant research and leadership roles at the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Glaxo Inc.
In 1996, Thakker joined the faculty at Carolina. At the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, he was interim dean, Eshelman Institute for Innovation director, associate dean for entrepreneurial development and global engagement, associate dean for research and graduate education, and Campbell Faculty Mentoring Program director.
In 2019, Thakker founded Med Aditus International, a nonprofit organization with the goal of improving patients’ access to affordable high-quality medicines.”
Thakker joins Mia Hamm, James Lowe Peacock III, Scott Sanders, Frances Jane Seymour, and Robert J. Wittman.