Timothy Howze, fourth year student pharmacist, has been appointed Member-at-Large of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) National Student Network (StuNet) Advisory Committee. His duties will include advising the ACCP Executive Committee on student concerns and contributing to student newsletters and the annual student report. “It’s really exciting,” said Tim. “When I attended the ACCP… Read More
Wei Li, PhD was recently promoted to tenured full professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. Dr. Li obtained a B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1992. Followed by two years of graduate study in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He traveled… Read More
The College of Pharmacy is pleased to welcome two new faculty: Dr. Kenneth Hohmeier, assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Dr. Santosh Kumar, assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Kumar completed his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India. Prior to this, Dr. Kumar was an assistant professor at the University of… Read More
The Omega Chapter of Phi Delta Chi organized and participated in a skydiving fundraiser for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Family members and friends of the brave skydivers watched and cheered for their loved ones. Brothers that could not participate in the skydiving adventure designed and purchased “Jump for St. Jude” T-shirts. This experience… Read More
The Tennessean recently published an editorial submitted by Dean Marie A. Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA,FCCP,FASHP. The article highlights the importance of pharmacist-physician collaboration in the changing healthcare system. The Tennessean Editorial
The College of Pharmacy extends sympathy to the family and friends of Deryk Cooper, PharmD, of Memphis who passed away on July 9, 2014 at the age of 31. A 2009 graduate of the UT College of Pharmacy, Dr. Cooper served as an ASP chapter and regional officer. A non-endowed College of Pharmacy Memorial Scholarship fund has… Read More
Chhim R, Crill C, Collier H, Arnold S, Pourcyrous M, Meibohm B, Christensen M. Ethanol Lock Therapy: A Pilot Safety Study in Infants. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Grapevine, TX. July 27, 2014. Hamilton LA, Suda KJ, Heidel RE, McDonough S, Franks AS. The role of online learning in pharmacy… Read More
Chen J, Wang J, Schwab L, Park K, Seagroves T, Jennings L, Miller D, Li W. Novel benzimidazole analogs as potent HIF-1α inhibitors: biological evaluation, profiling drug-like properties, and biotransformation. Anticancer Research 2014. In press. Lin Z, Yang R, Guan Z, Chen A, Li W. UPLC separation and QTof-MS identification of major alkaloids in plumula… Read More
It’s football time in Tennessee!
UT College of Pharmacy PharmD graduates, faculty, family and friends came together at First Baptist Church on Thursday, May 29, in Memphis for the Honors and Awards Convocation. Rev. Mark Bryson, Liberty Institutional Baptist Church, gave the invocation and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and “America the Beautiful.” Peter Chyka, PharmD, Professor… Read More
