The College of Pharmacy hosted their spring Alumni Weekend in Memphis, Tenn., on April 5-6. The weekend kicked off with an Alumni Board dinner at the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum on April 5. Alumni were treated to a tour of the brand new state-of-the-art UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) on April… Read More
College of Pharmacy Alumnus Devlin Smith, Class of 2016, received the 2018 Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) Resident Award on April 6 at the TSHP Annual Seminar. The award is presented to a Resident or Fellow who demonstrates a commitment to the profession of pharmacy through service, practice, education, research and/or other activities. Smith… Read More
College of Pharmacy Alumnus Shane Reeves, Class of 1994, was elected to the Tennessee State Senate to represent District 14 on March 13. Reeves won 71.73 percent of the vote over his opponent Gayle Jordan. Reeves established the Reeves-Sain Family of Medical Services along with fellow alum UTHSC Rick Sain in 1995. The pair bought… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy Alumnus Madison Pavlechko was recently commissioned as an officer in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps with the rank of Lieutenant. Pavlechko, a member of the class of 2016, works with the Indian Health Service in Cherokee, N.C. She remains involved with the College as a preceptor and will receive students… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy graduate Dr. Shajila Siricilla recently received a JA Medal for Excellence from the Journal of Antibiotics for her original article titled “Discovery of a capuramycin analog that kills non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its synergistic effects with translocase I inhibitors.”