The Department of Clinical Pharmacy has changed its name to the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. The name change was implemented to a more contemporary name consistent with other colleges of pharmacy and emphasize the growth of the research within the department. “Clinical Pharmacy adequately describes the activities of our education practitioner faculty… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy welcomes Dr. Michael Veve, PharmD, to the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. Dr. Veve is originally from New York and completed his PharmD at the Albany College of Pharmacy, where he first began infectious diseases research under Drs. Nimish Patel and… Read More
The second annual University of Tennessee Fungal Pathogens Group Research Conference was held July 26-28 at the Graduate Oxford Hotel in Oxford, Mississippi. The Fungal Pathogens Group is part of the UT Center of Excellence in Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics (CPET) housed within the College of Pharmacy and includes the laboratories of Drs. Glen Palmer, Brian… Read More
Written by Peggy Reisser The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is now ranked Number 23 in annual research funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to a new listing of 141 member institutions published by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The ranking for federal fiscal year 2016… Read More
On Sunday, July 16, Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns welcomed over 200 guests to the Grand Ole Opry House for the UTHSC College of Pharmacy Reception during the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting in Nashville. The reception was held on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House and guests were treated to… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy hosted members of the Direct Admissions program at its Memphis campus for a retreat on Tuesday, July 11. Students learned more about the college from current students and had the chance for some hands-on experiences, including time in a compounding lab. The Direct Admissions program… Read More
Jesse Jones, PharmD, a PhD student at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, has been awarded an AFPE Predoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Jones received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Idaho State University in 2012 and is currently pursuing his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His current research project is titled “Targeting Type IA Topoisomerases for Selective Anti-Streptococcal Drug… Read More
At this year’s summer meeting of the Tennessee Pharmacist Association, two College of Pharmacy faculty were awarded for their contributions to the pharmacy profession. Dr. Chasity Shelton, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, was named the TSHP Health-System Pharmacist of the Year. Dr. Leslie Hamilton, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy (Knoxville Campus), was named TPA Distinguished… Read More
Students from the UTHSC College of Pharmacy Nashville Campus took time this summer to volunteer at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) camp held at YMCA Camp Widjiwagon in Antioch, Tenn. Dr. Tracy Hagemann, Associate Dean of the Nashville Campus, led a group of four students: Kyle Tran (P2) and Jordan Perrine (P4), Rebecca Moser (P4)… Read More
Alumni and friends of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy gathered for the Annual Big Orange Breakfast at the Tennessee Pharmacists Association Summer Meeting in Kingsport, Tenn., on Saturday, July 8. Fifty people attended the breakfast emceed by Dr. Glen Farr, Associate Dean for Continuing Education. The keynote speaker was University of Tennessee Alumni Association president… Read More
