Students on the College of Pharmacy’s Nashville campus provided flu shots to the community on September 22. Thirty-one P2-P4 students administered 429 flu shots over 6 hours at the St. Thomas Day of Hope, Health and Healing. Students also recently held an Immunization Clinic at Volstate Community College where they administered 93 flu shots.
The fifth-annual Race for the Summitt 4-Miler was held in Knoxville on Sept. 30. The event, organized by Michael Behal (P3, Knoxville) and the Knoxville branch of the College’s APhA-ASP chapter raised over $5,000 for The Pat Summitt Foundation. The Pat Summitt Foundation was founded by the legendary head coach of the Lady Vols Basketball… Read More
Four students from the College’s Nashville campus spent time helping at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Summer Camp. Ishani Lad (P2), Keaton Gafney (P3), Robert McCormick (P3) and Bo Emanuel (P3) assisted with medication check-in, reviewing the campers medication lists with parents.
Chris Wilson (P4-Nashville), recently presented his research poster titled “Targeted Cholesterol Education for Community Pharmacists to Improve Star Ratings (choleSTAR),” at the annual Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) meeting in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Wilson was part of the second class of PQA-CVS Health Foundations Scholars, and the first University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of… Read More
Jesse Jones, PharmD, a PhD student at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, has had his American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship renewed for a second year. Dr. Jones received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Idaho State University in 2012 and is currently pursuing his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His current research project is… Read More
With generous financial support from Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, 155 P3 and P4 students earned the NACDS Community Pharmacy Point of Care Testing Certificate. The certificate program, launched in 2015, trains participants to administer a variety of point-of-care tests, conduct patient physical assessments, and develop collaborative practice agreements and business plans. Led by Drs. Nancy Hart,… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s Omega Chapter of the Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity held its End-of-Year Banquet at the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid in Memphis on April 28. The fraternity welcomed UTHSC College of Pharmacy alum and former American Pharmacists Association (APhA) president Dr. Timothy Tucker to speak during the dinner and handed out… Read More
Several students from the College of Pharmacy’s Knoxville campus were featured in studio on Local 8 News where they discussed heart disease and a community outreach program at 9 Rounds Kick Boxing promoting physical activity for better heart health.
UTHSC College of Pharmacy students in the Class of 2021 received their White Coat during a ceremony at the Canon Center on Monday, April 16. The ceremony celebrates the conclusion of the students’ first year of the College’s curriculum.
The UTHSC chapter of the APhA-ASP attended the national organization’s Annual Meeting in Nashville in March and was recognized as national Second Runner-Up for the Division A Chapter Achievement Award. The recognition was for the chapter’s efforts with Operation Diabetes. Chapter President Kara Provence (P3, Memphis) was also elected as a National Member at-large. She… Read More
