Dr. Emekalam is an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina and the UNC Eshelman School of pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the ECSU/UNC Pharmacy partnership program. He received his undergraduate education from Imo state College of Agriculture, Imo State, Nigeria and a post graduate diploma from the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria. He received a doctor of pharmacy degree from Howard University, Washington, D.C. in 2002. He is licensed to practice pharmacy in Maryland, Washington, D.C, Commonwealth of Virginia and North Carolina. Before his current positions, Dr. Emekalam was a pharmacy department manager for CVS Corporation from 2003-2006 and received several awards and citations for his innovative and dynamic leadership skills and community outreach involvements.

diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, olymer Chemistry, Drug Delivery Systems and Minority Health