The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to support College of Pharmacy faculty and students with administration of COVID-19 vaccines. The equipment included gowns, face shields, N-95 masks, disinfectant wipes, thermometers, and other equipment. “We appreciated the way TPA works to support our College of Pharmacy and pharmacists across Tennessee,” said Dr.… Read More
Shiyar “Shy” Kapan, a P3 student on the Nashville campus, was one of the winners of the inaugural UTHSC Student Social Justice and Diversity Healthcare Leadership Award. Kapan has served on the dean’s newly formed Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity (EID) Advisory Board, and is an active member of the college’s chapter of the Student National… Read More
In December 2020, two College of Pharmacy students received 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Awards in recognition of their scholarly achievements. Ying Mu (Mentor: Dr. Ted Cory) received the College of Pharmacy Outstanding Graduate Student Award, and Advait Shetty (Mentor: Dr. Maria Gomes-Solecki) received the Pharmaceutical Sciences Program Outstanding Graduate Student Award. “We are proud of… Read More
Zaid Temrikar, a graduate student in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program under the mentorship of Dr. Bernd Meibohm, was one of five individuals accepted as part of the inaugural class of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP) Leadership Development Program. The purpose of the program is to provide a structured experience for individual professional… Read More
The College of Pharmacy awarded 455 students with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences degrees from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy on Dec. 10. These students are the first of many who will receive this degree at UTHSC College of Pharmacy. “This new degree is another academic benefit… Read More
Amaya Kumar, coordinator in the Office of Student Affairs in the College of Pharmacy, was awarded the Thomas Connell Lichterman Employee of the Year Award for 2020. The award is presented to a non-exempt University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) employee who demonstrates the high standards and positive characteristics exemplified by Lichterman, who was… Read More
Dr. Kenneth Hohmeier, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, has been awarded the Wiederholt Prize for Best Published Paper Award for Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). Dr. Hohmeier received the award for his paper “Exploring the implementation of a novel optimizing care model in… Read More
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Dick Gourley, who served as dean of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy from 1989-2011. The first UTHSC alumnus to serve as dean of the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Gourley, a native of Paducah, Kentucky, received his pre-pharmacy education at UT Knoxville. He earned his… Read More
The College of Pharmacy led a 400-person virtual interprofessional education event November 4 that included students and faculty from the UTHSC Colleges of Pharmacy, Medicine, UTHSC Physician Assistant Program, and the University of Memphis School of Social Work. The interactive activity was conducted via Zoom in small interdisciplinary groups of 10-12 students and applied videos,… Read More
Elizabeth Trainham, fourth-year student pharmacist on the Knoxville campus, was selected by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) as a recipient of one of the 2020 ACCP Virtual Annual Meeting Travel awards. This award is open to students across the country, and recipients are selected based on application materials submitted. Trainham was one of… Read More
