The College of Pharmacy Class of 2022 students arrived on campus for orientation starting on Monday, August 6. The incoming students received presentations from members of various student organizations, got tours of the campus facilities and received CPR training.
Anna Love (P4, Knoxville) and Greg Phelps (P4, Memphis) attended the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Pharmacy Education 2018 meeting in Boston as Walmart Scholars. Dr. Maura Jones, a PGY-2 Pharmacotherapy resident, also attended as a scholar and the three were joined by mentors Drs. Leslie Hamilton, Andrea Franks and Sam Li. The program, funded… Read More
This year’s national meeting of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) took place in Charlotte, NC in July. At the meeting, two UTHSC College of Pharmacy student pharmacists were elected to national leadership positions with SNPhA. Charnesa Tutwiler (P4, Memphis) was appointed to serve as Power to End Stroke Chair, which is responsible for the… Read More
The UT Fungal Pathogens Group held their 3rd Annual Research Conference and Retreat at the Inn at Evins Mill in Smithville, TN, July 11-13. This year’s First Tennessee Distinguished Visiting Professors who delivered keynote lectures were: David Andes, MD, William Craig Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Wisconsin, and Ted White,… Read More
A great number of the College’s faculty and students took part in this year’s American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) 2018 meeting in Boston. Some of the faculty highlights include: Nancy Hart appointed Chair of the Health Disparities and Cultural Competence Special Interest Group Leslie Hamilton named Secretary of Knowledge Management for the Pharmacy… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy celebrated the retirement of Dr. Stephanie Phelps on June 15. Dr. Phelps leaves the College after a 36-year career with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, of which more than 25 years she also served as our APhA-ASP Chapter Advisor. She has continued to make a… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy celebrated the retirement of Dr. Timothy Self on June 22. Dr. Self leaves the College after a 46-year career with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. The College has never had a faculty member serve a longer time or given more of themselves than Dr. Self.… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, recently spoke at the American Transplant Congress in Seattle Washington. Dr. Chisholm-Burns’ was one of the speakers at a symposium titled “Strategies to Ensure “Transplant-Readiness”: Preparing Patients for Post-Transplant Life in the Pre-Transplant Setting.” The American Transplant Congress is the Joint Annual Meeting… Read More
Dr. Murali Yallapu, PhD, was recently presented with the Outstanding Mentor Academy Inductee Award at the UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences Postdoctoral Year End Meeting. The award recognizes a UTHSC Mentor that demonstrates the highest level of dedication in the mentoring of predoctoral fellows.
Kinsie Arnst, a PhD candidate in Dr. Wei Li’s lab, received the 2018 Robert A. Magarian Outstanding Podium Presentation at MALTO 2018 on the campus of Texas A&M. Arnst’s presentation was titled “DJ101 targets the colchicine binding site on tubulin and overcomes taxane resistance.” Arnst competed with medicinal chemistry graduate students from colleges of pharmacy… Read More
