The dominating 63-37 victory by the University of Tennessee’s football squad over Missouri on November 19th was quite the experience for any Volunteers’ fan. But for UTHSC College of Pharmacy Associate Dean and Professor Dr. Glen E. Farr, it was “one of those once-in-a-lifetime things that you’ll never forget.” A season ticket holder since 1974,… Read More
Nashville College of Pharmacy students and the UT College of Social Work students joined forces to collect non-perishable food items and gently used/new winter clothes for Nashville Second Harvest. This is the first time both Colleges participated in a service event together. Because of generous students, faculty, and staff, Pharmacy students collected 6 boxes of… Read More
The College of Pharmacy’s Continuing Education program hosted the 2016 Feurt Symposium on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The topic of this year’s Symposium was Prescription Drug Abuse/Diversion. The featured speakers were Mrs. Adrienne Baker and Dr. Reggie Dilliard. Baker is associate director of RXReacts, an initiative sponsored by Purdue Pharma. She presented on lawful prescribing… Read More
Dr. Roland N. Dickerson of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy spoke at the International Protein Summit, which took place at the Nestle Nutrition Institute in Charleston, SC, Sept. 23-25, 2016. Dr. Dickerson was the only pharmacist at the invitation-only event.
Written by Peggy Reisser Students in the College of Pharmacy at UT Health Science Center got the chance to make a little girl’s dreams come true. Members of Kappa Psi, a pharmaceutical fraternity, provided a wish for 5-year-old Nicohl through Make-A-Wish Mid-South. The child, who is from Mexico, loves the movie “Frozen” and wished to… Read More
Michael Braud (P3, Knoxville) shares why he wanted to help the residents of Louisiana: As a former Louisiana resident and Louisiana State University graduate in 2014, I saw many of my friends and their families become devastated by the recent storm system that passed over central Louisiana. Many of them lost everything they owned. I… Read More
College of Pharmacy students participated in administering flu shots to UT faculty, staff, and students on the Memphis and Knoxville campuses. Alaina Darby and Corey Medler (P3s, Knoxville) immunized UT President Dr. DiPietro against influenza at their event on September 29, 2016. The students on the Memphis campus participated in the Annual Boo Flu event… Read More
State Senator Randy McNally spoke to student pharmacists and faculty at the Knoxville campus Friday, Oct. 21. He also received his flu shot from student pharmacist Anna Kegley (P2, Knoxville).
Zongtao Lin, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been selected to receive the Hal and Alma Reagan Endowment Fellowship award in recognition of his academic and cancer research accomplishments. The award is for one year in the amount of $22,000 ($21,000 stipend plus $1,000 for travel, books, and supplies) with the potential… Read More
Jessica Some (P3, Memphis) was appointed Regional Director of Communications for the Mid-Atlantic Region of Phi Delta Chi pharmacy fraternity in September 2016. Some will serve the region by streamlining communications between chapters (as well as to and from the national office), implementing programs to unite the region, and creating content to share with the… Read More
