Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns has been appointed as chair of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Pharmacy Educators Executive Committee. The new section will focus on elevating and supporting educators in practice settings as they help to prepare the next generation of pharmacy practitioners for evolving opportunities and challenges in patient care and… Read More
Student pharmacists administered flu shots for students, faculty, and staff on the Memphis campus this month as part of the university’s effort to fight the flu. They also administered flu shots to University of Tennessee president Randy Boyd, University of Tennessee Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman, and Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally.
Dr. Leslie Hamilton, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Sciences, shared her story of working in the ICU setting during the COVID-19 pandemic with Pharmacy Today. Click the article to read about her and other pharmacists working as healthcare heroes.
Faculty, staff, and students of the College of Pharmacy have had the opportunity to learn about and cook meals from various cultures at two social gatherings via Zoom. The sessions, titled “Exploring Culinary Cultural Differences,” were a collaboration between the college’s Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity (EID) Advisory Board and the Office of Student Affairs. Student,… Read More
Three UTHSC College of Pharmacy students were accepted to participate in the Tennessee Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars program at the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center in Nashville. Nashville P3 students Dina Mikaiel, Shiyar Kapan, and Leah Wallace will complete a two-year curriculum designed to promote knowledge and skill in providing culturally competent care and health equity in an interprofessional, team-based environment. … Read More
Megan Sensmeier, a P4 student on the College of Pharmacy’s Nashville campus, was awarded the Lyndon Haviland Student Assembly Annual Meeting Scholarship on behalf of the American Public Health Association (APHA). She serves on the communication and student committee within the APHA Pharmacy Section and is working on an emergency preparedness poster to present at… Read More
Dr. Alina Cernasev, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, was elected as chair-elect for the Pharmacy Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Her one-year term as chair-elect will start immediately after the APHA meeting in October 2020. After that year, she will serve as chair of the Pharmacy Section for one year. “I look forward to collaborating with researchers, clinicians,… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, has been named the recipient of the Russell R. Miller Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). The award is ACCP’s most prestigious award, presented each year to an ACCP member who has made substantial contributions to the literature of… Read More
Dr. Tyler Marie Kiles, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, was selected as a participant for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation 2020-2021 Faculty Scholars Program. Dr. Kiles is one of only five faculty members chosen from colleges and schools of pharmacy nationwide to participate in the… Read More
Tracy M. Hagemann, PharmD, associate dean for the college’s Nashville campus, has been appointed to serve on a World Health Organization (WHO) committee. Dr. Hagemann will be an external reviewer for a guideline being developed for managing chronic pain in children. It is being developed through the WHO’s Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and… Read More
