Robert Dupuis

Robert Dupuis, PharmD, FCCP, is a Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he holds the positions of Executive Vice Chair of the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics (DPET) since 2019 and Director of DPET Fellowship Programs. He also serves as Clinical Specialist in Solid Organ Transplantation at UNC Hospitals since 1995. Dupuis earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1982 and Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Northeastern University in 1979. His career at UNC Chapel Hill began in 1985 as an Instructor in the School of Pharmacy, advancing through roles as Assistant Professor (1989-1995), Clinical Associate Professor (1995-2013), and Clinical Professor since 2013. He has extensive teaching responsibilities, coordinating coursework in integrative pharmacotherapy, clinical pharmacology, nephrology, and transplant pharmacotherapeutics, and advises graduate students, PharmD students, and fellows on research projects.

Dupuis's research focuses on clinical pharmacology and drug metabolism of immunosuppressants in organ transplant recipients, including drug disposition, pharmacogenomics, adverse effects, outcomes, and care enhancement for transplant patients. He has authored chapters on kidney and liver transplantation and solid organ transplantation in multiple editions of Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs (6th to 12th editions, 1995-2023) and contributed to PharmPrep and other texts. Key publications include "Reduced dosing versus standard dosing valganciclovir for prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus in high-risk abdominal transplant recipients" (Clinical Transplantation, 2023), "Alemtuzumab in renal retransplantation - transplant outcomes and associated infections" (Transplantation Proceedings, 2021), "Utilizing multimodal analgesia to evaluate postoperative analgesic requirements in kidney transplant patients" (Clinical Transplantation, 2021), and "Evolution of the Role of the Transplant Pharmacist on the Multidisciplinary Transplant Team" (American Journal of Transplantation, 2011). His contributions have advanced transplant pharmacotherapy practices. Dupuis has received numerous awards, including the Fred M. Eckel Pharmacy Leadership Award (2023), Excellence in Teaching Awards (2006, 2007, 2017), Fellowship in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (2008), and Instructor or Preceptor of the Year from UNC School of Pharmacy PharmD classes multiple times (1987-2017).

Professional Email: re_dupuis@unc.edu