The 44th Annual MALTO Medicinal Chemistry-Pharmacognosy Meeting was hosted by University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Pharmacy in Monroe, Louisiana May 21-23, 2017. The MALTO research conference is a forum, the focus of which is allowing graduate, undergraduate and professional program (Pharm.D.) students opportunities to present their research findings and share discussion in a collegial… Read More
Dr. Joanna Hudson, Professor in the department of Clinical Pharmacy, was elected Secretary of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Board of Regents. She will begin her 3-year term after the ACCP fall meeting in October.
Drs. Joanna Hudson and Benjamin Duhart received one of only two awarded ASHP Foundations grants for their project titled “Clinical Pharmacy Interventions to Improve Transitions of Care and Reduce Hospital Readmissions in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients with Heart Failure and Infection.” This is a 2-year project with the goal of providing evidence that implementation… Read More
Dr. Santosh Kumar, Associate Professor in the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, spoke to all the science students at Collierville High School in April. During the three lectures, Dr. Kumar spoke about Professional and Graduate Programs in the Health Science field and his research on HIV/AIDS and Drugs of Abuse. “My goal was to inspire… Read More
Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy, which has distance campuses in Nashville and Knoxville, received the 2017 Giving Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Giving Back Award honors college and university administrators… Read More
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy is pleased to announce that it has named Dr. Georgi V. Petkov, PhD, Chair and Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Petkov will join the College in August 2017, after serving as a professor of pharmacology at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He… Read More
Bernd Meibohm, PhD, FCP, FAAPS, Interim Chair in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, has been awarded the 2017 BMS Mentorship in Clinical Pharmacology award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP). This competitive award is given annually to an individual who demonstrates exemplary promotion of clinical… Read More
Traveling to the Caribbean in March may be a familiar spring break story for some students, but not for Mayuri Dharsandia. She traveled to St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children in Port au Prince, Haiti for a mission trip with Church Health. From March 5-12, she was one of a dozen student pharmacists who helped… Read More
UT College of Pharmacy students made a splash in the Tennessee community. It began at UT Day on the Hill where students from across the University of Tennessee system were on hand to represent their work and schools. Pharmacy students set up a booth to promote UTHSC College of Pharmacy and share their educational experiences… Read More
You may have recently read about the UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s open house for students interested in the PharmD/PhD dual degree program. It remains one of several facets of the College’s curricular philosophy to support the development of the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for students to become self-directed learners who are installed with the… Read More
