Rural Research Alliance of Community Pharmacies

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RURAL-CP is the first multi-state practice based research network developed exclusively for rural community pharmacies.

Pharmacies in 7 southeastern states collaborate with colleges of pharmacy to identify and address professional questions.

05/14/2026

BIG NEWS. RURAL-CP is expanding to Texas!!! This brings our state count up to 8 throughout the Southern US! Dr. Doug Thornton at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy will be our Texas state liaison. RURAL-CP Director Delesha Carpenter and Program Manager Abby Shackley from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy visited Houston and kicked off the collaboration with a site visit to a rural pharmacy in Brenham, TX. We are excited to bring more rural pharmacies in TX onboard!

05/09/2026

RURAL-CP Director and Program Manager have been busy visiting 11 rural pharmacies in Northeastern NC this week! We love seeing rural communities first hand and hearing directly from rural community pharmacists the impact they have as well as the challenges they face that we could bring attention to in future research. Pharmacists took the time to share their stories with us, including continued challenges related to reimbursement and excitement around starting new remote patient monitoring services.

03/09/2026

WNC pharmacists! Check out these FREE opportunities this month for live CE on overcoming dispensing barriers:
3/21 from 2-3:30 in Sylva at Jackson County Library
3/24 from 5:30-7 in Asheville at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)

If you can't attend in person, an online version of the training is available. DM us or comment for more information.

02/24/2026

RURAL-CP Director, Dr. Delesha Carpenter, gave an excellent, very informative presentation yesterday at Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation Seminar! She shared tips and lessons we've learned over the years on effectively engaging rural community pharmacies and patients in research.

01/29/2026

Newly published! Dr. Stefanie Ferreri et al. highlight the knowledge and practices of RURAL-CP pharmacists around opioid use disorder-related education and counseling in the Southeastern U.S. The study presents data by pharmacist demographic characteristics, knowledge, and experience with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

Check out the full article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-025-01364-z

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Health 2, 4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Room 3044
Houston, TX
77204-5000

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https://ruralcp.web.unc.edu/

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