The UTHSC Clinical Pharmacy Team comprised of Melanie Jaeger (P4), Amy Metcalfe (P4), Katherine Robinson (P3), and Alternate: Kristin Wilhite (P3) reached the quarterfinals of the ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge at the ACCP annual meeting in Phoenix. The competition started out with 115 teams competing in four rounds of online competition. Congratulations to the entire… Read More
Joseph Swanson, PharmD, BCPS, received the 2017 Critical Care PRN Education Award at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) meeting in October. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the education of pharmacy students, fellows and critical care practitioners. Dr. Swanson is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and a Critical Care… Read More
Shannon Finks, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology), ASH-CHC, was recognized with the Cardiology PRN 2017 Mentor Award at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) meeting in October. Dr. Finks was nominated for the award by mentee Dr. Cait Gibson from the University of North Texas School of Pharmacy. Dr. Finks is a professor in… Read More
Leslie Hamilton, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, was inducted as a fellow into the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) at the 2017 Annual Meeting. According to ACCP, fellowship (FCCP) recognizes excellence in the practice and science of clinical pharmacy. Fellowship is awarded to individuals who have made sustained contributions to ACCP and who have demonstrated exceptional… Read More
The College of Pharmacy provided UTHSC students, employees, post-docs, residents and retirees with free flu vaccinations at this year’s Boo Flu event in Memphis. The event was held in the Madison Plaza Lobby and a total of 2,025 vaccinations were administered. In 2016, flu cases in Shelby County tripled from the previous year according to… Read More
This fall, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy became the first among the six colleges on campus to establish and award a faculty and staff endowed scholarship. Eighty-six percent of faculty and staff in the college contributed to the scholarship as of August 31. The college has raised more than $29,000,… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy’s ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Team has reached the quarterfinals of the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge and will compete at the annual meeting in October in Phoenix. The students that comprise the team are Melanie Jaeger (P4), Amy Metcalfe (P4), Katherine Robinson (P3), and Alternate: Kristin Wilhite… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy Class of ‘73 graduate William Evans, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, was recently chosen by the Parker Medical Selection Committee as the 2017 recipient of the Paul F. Parker Medal for Distinguished Service to the Profession of Pharmacy. Evans currently holds the ALSAC Endowed Chair of Pharmacogenomics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital… Read More
Fourth-year student pharmacist Katlyn Krug represented the UTHSC College of Pharmacy and the APhA-ASP as an official delegate at the 63rd Annual International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) World Congress which was held in Taipei, Taiwan. Krug, who recently received a national APhA-ASP position as the IPSF National Contact Person, attended the congress with Andrew Gott,… Read More
Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns recently sat down with members of UCLA’s Terasaki Research Institute and Transplant Research and Education Center. The group discussed research concerning renal transplant recipients.
