The following are our 2014 PhD graduates, along with their research area and advisor. Congratulations graduates! Amira Hosni Ahmed Characterization studies of cancer therapeutic agents associated malignancy and toxicity and discovery of novel anti-glioma small molecules Advisor: Duane Miller, PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences Qiuye Zhang Development of a novel vaccine adjuvant system utilizing an… Read More
The Class of 2014 is excited to take the next step in their careers. For the Class of 2014, approximately 47% will be working in chain community pharmacy; 5% will join an independent community pharmacy; 35% will be taking part in residency training; 1.5% have positions in institutional pharmacy; and 1% will be graduate students/fellows.… Read More
Graduate Hometown Graduate Hometown Graduate Hometown Dagmawi Abebe Denver, CO Amy Heathcott Murfreesboro Miren Patel Germantown Numan Alabdan Riyadh, Saudia Arabia Nkesse Henshaw Murfreesboro Thang Pham Memphis Anna Anthony Memphis John Hinton Murfreesboro Tiffany Phiapalath Greenbrier Mallory Baird Cordova Dallas Hofmann Knoxville Lindsey Plogger Rustburg, VA Jared Barnes Franklin Justin Hooper Smithville Supriya Ponnapula Germantown… Read More
The Valedictorian Award: Anna Beth Dutton The Salutatorian Award: Ashley Lynn Marshall 2014 Outstanding Student Pharmacist Award: Phillip Keith Wilkins Tom C. Sharp, Sr., Leadership Award: Nathan Edward Cope Memphis Area Pharmacists Society Leadership Award: Binoy Anil Shah The Mid-South College of Clinical Pharmacy Practice Award: Cynthia Anne Brasher Clinical Pharmacy Award: Anna Beth Dutton,… Read More
Thirty UT COP student pharmacists had the opportunity to take part in an international APPE this year, traveling to countries across the globe. Student pharmacists learned about pharmacy practice, culture and people of Manchester and London, England; Chiang Mai and Mahasarkham, Thailand; Australia, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and Turkey. The international… Read More
Graduate student, Jordan Toutounchian, was accepted to a highly competitive course designed for promising young researchers in the field of vision research. The course titled “Fundamental Issues in Vision Research” is a two-week lecture and laboratory course intended for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the early stages of vision research or planning to enter… Read More
Foster SL. Immunization Update. King Super Regional Meeting. Denver, CO. May 3, 2014. Foster SL. Pharmacist Role in Vaccination. Rite Aid Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 16, 2014. Foster SL. OSHA Training: Maintaining Compliance with the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. March 31, 2014. Foster SL. Immunization Update. American… Read More
Residency match data for Class of 2014 have been released. Once again, UTCOP shows its dedication to producing well-qualified residency candidates. For PGY1 residencies, UT was in the top 10% of all colleges in the nation for number of students who initially matched, with 40 graduates matching across the country. Only 13 colleges of pharmacy in the… Read More
Bernd Meibohm, PhD, FCP, associate dean for Research and Graduate Programs and professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy has received a shared instrumentation grant in the amount of $315,651 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This grant will allow for the acquisition of a… Read More
Casey Laizure, PharmD and Robert Parker, PharmD, BA, both in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, received a $150,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study how rapidly caffeine gets into the body after consuming an energy drink or inhaling a caffeine powder. New types of caffeine fortified supplements can potentially be… Read More
