Kirk Hevener, PharmD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Q: When did you decide to become a Pharmacist? A: “I decided I wanted to become a pharmacist when I was in the military. I served as a pharmacy technician and a medic in the US Navy and I worked in pharmacies on Marine bases.… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy hosted its annual Feurt Symposium in Memphis on Oct. 3. The topic of this year’s symposium was “Resilience and Grit in Pharmacy: Perspectives from Academic and Practice Leaders.” The College welcomed Alex Varkey, PharmD, MS, FAPhA and T. Kristopher Harrell, PharmD, MA, FASHP as guest speakers for the event. Dr.… Read More
The fifth-annual The Kosten Foundation Purple Night was held at the College of Pharmacy Building in Memphis on Oct. 6. The event brought together the College’s leading pancreatic cancer research team with physicians, patients, and their families to talk about the disease and the ongoing fight for a cure. The team from the Department of… Read More
Santosh Kumar, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Q: When did you join the faculty here at UTHSC and what drew you to the position? A: I joined the faculty at UTHSC in June 2014. There are so many possibilities here and the environment is very strong for research. Q: What advice do you… Read More
Michael Veve, PharmD Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Q: When did you join the faculty and what drew you to UTHSC? A: I joined the faculty here at UTHSC in June of 2017 and what drew me here was the opportunities the position held. There are not many positions out there… Read More
The College of Pharmacy hosted its “Knock Out The Flu” event in the Madison Plaza Lobby on Sept. 17, providing flu shots to all UTHSC students, employees, postdocs, residents and retirees. The event was sponsored by University Health Services (UHS), the College of Pharmacy, the Office of Student Life, the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student… Read More
Alicia Guthrie (P3, Memphis) was selected as a 2018-19 PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholar. Guthrie’s project that was selected is designed to determine a correlation between long prior authorization delays with hepatitis C treatment and whether this contributes to lower therapy completion rates. The PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholar program provides a $1,250 scholarship to Scholars to… Read More
Julie Farrar (P4, Memphis) was named to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) National Student Network Advisory Committee. Members of the committee have an integral role in the development of new programs and services for student members. The committee is typically composed of 5–8 members-at-large who are appointed for a 1-year term. The committee… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy welcomes Edward Van Matre, PharmD, to the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. He received his PharmD degree from the University of Colorado in 2014. After graduation, Dr. Van Matre completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at the University of Kentucky in… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy held scholarship lunches in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, inviting endowed scholarship recipients and the stewards of those scholarships which provided an opportunity for the students and stewards to meet and get to know each other. For the 2018-2019 academic year, the College awarded approximately $1.5 million dollars in scholarships which… Read More
