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College celebrates opening of new Nashville campus

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Pharmacy is expanding its Nashville footprint by moving to a new, larger facility in southeast Nashville at 301 South Perimeter Park Drive. College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, marked the new building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at… Read More

Receptions honor Dean’s List students

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The College of Pharmacy held receptions this month for students who made the Dean’s List at each campus. These students maintained a GPA of 3.25 or above for the 2018-19 academic year. Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns attended each reception and congratulated the students receiving this honor.

Pharmacy students give free flu shots

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Students from the College of Pharmacy administered 2,148 free flu shots for UTHSC faculty, staff, and students on Sept. 16 as part of a campus-wide Flu Fighters event.

Student receives PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholarship

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Lorraine Todor (P2, Memphis) received a Pharmacy Quality Alliance-CVS Health Foundation Scholarship. Todor will be invited to the PQA Leadership Summit this fall in Arlington, VA, and the PQA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, next spring.

Tyler Marie Kiles joins College of Pharmacy

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Tyler Marie Kiles, PharmD, BC-ADM, has joined the College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. Kiles holds a Bachelor of Arts, Biology degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. She completed… Read More

College of Pharmacy leads campus CPR and AED event

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Kelly Rogers, PharmD, professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and the UTHSC Campus AED Coordinator, led an event on Sept. 6 to train campus employees in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automated external defibrillators (AED). The training was free and certification will last two years. COP students assisted Dr.… Read More

Scholarship lunches provide chance for students to meet donors

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy donors enjoyed lunch and met with their scholarship recipients during scholarship lunches in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville on Aug. 22. “The scholarship lunch is one of my favorite events of the school year,” said Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns. “It is heartwarming to witness the scholarship recipients meet… Read More

Welcome Class of 2023

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The College of Pharmacy welcomed the Class of 2023 at P1 orientation August 5-9.

SNPhA chapter wins awards at national meeting

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The College of Pharmacy’s chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) took home several prizes at the association’s 2019 national meeting in Houston, Texas in July. Awards included a trophy for first place in the Chronic Kidney Disease initiative, a $500 check for second place in the Power to End Stroke Initiative, and first… Read More

Knoxville students meet with senator’s aide

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Knoxville pharmacy students met with Andrew Gonzalez, aide to Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, when he visited the College’s Knoxville campus on August 15. Gonzalez is part of the senator’s policy team working on healthcare issues and visited in response to a letter sent from two pharmacy students to the senator’s office.