On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research announced seven Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards to distinguished faculty of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. The purpose of the award is to stimulate innovative, interdisciplinary, team research that crosses UTHSC College boundaries, and will give… Read More
Pictured L to R above: Kumar, Midde, Patters American Association of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Annual Meeting On April 2-6, 2016, Santosh Kumar, PhD, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and his research group traveled to San Diego, CA for the ASPET 2016 Annual Meeting. Dr. Kumar organized and chaired a symposium on “Drugs… Read More
Sorensen T, Shapiro N, Benedict N, Edwards K, Chan A, Covey D, Daniels C, Hagemann T, Hemstreet B, Miller W, Musselman M. Recommendations for aligning PGY2 pharmacy residency training and pharmacy specialist board certification. Pharmacotherapy April 2016, ahead of print.
Byrd DC, Hurd P. Principles of interpersonal leadership development. American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Leadership and Management Academy. Phoenix, AZ. April 8, 2016. Byrd DC, Hurd P. Attributes of a leader. ACCP Leadership and Management Academy. Phoenix, AZ. April 9, 2016. Franks AR. Engagement and Motivation: Creating significant learning experiences. ACCP Leadership and Management… Read More
Gregory Phelps, a Class of 2019 student pharmacist, was selected as the 2016 recipient of the $6,000 University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy PharmD/PhD Scholarship. Phelps is under the advisement of Dr. Richard Lee at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics. His research is focused… Read More
On March 31, 2016, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee on a volunteer and philanthropic service project for the local community. Student pharmacists coordinated food drives on all three UTCOP campuses and brought these items to the event. Volunteers (students, faculty, and attendees of the AACP Leadership Forum) assembled… Read More
The American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists hosted the 3rd annual Knoxville “PARscription” Golf Tournament on Monday April 25, 2016 at Green Meadow Country Club. The tournament is held to raise funds to assist APhA-ASP in continuing to serve the community throughout the upcoming year. A total of 29 players participated, raising nearly $4,000 overall… Read More
On March 14, 2016, Mark Dunnenberger, PharmD (‘12), was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article “Is Your Medicine Right for Your Metabolism?: More genetic tests aim to help predict how people might respond to many common medications.” Dunnenberger is a pharmacy specialist in the field of pharmacogenomics who heads the pharmacogenomics clinic at NorthShore University… Read More
Last day of P1 & P2 classes, May 6 Spring Final Exam, May 10 OSCE Week, May 11-13 Graduation, May 12 Memorial Day Holiday, May 30
Special thanks to student pharmacists, Alix Andreaco and Madison Pavlechko, for their invaluable contributions to this issue. In addition, thank you to Drs. Nancy Hart, Santosh Kumar, Wei Li, David Rogers and students, Jeffrey Pressly and Greg Phelps, for their assistance.
