Alaina Darby, a second year student pharmacist, has been appointed to the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) National Awards Committee. Darby will serve with other student pharmacists from around the country to review reports submitted by APhA-ASP chapters and select the winners for chapter and committee awards presented at regional and national meetings. Darby currently… Read More
The Rho Chi Society, pharmacy’s academic honor society, encourages and recognizes excellence in intellectual achievement and fosters fellowship among its members. The Society encourages high standards of conduct and character, and advocates critical inquiry in all aspects of pharmacy. Students with grades in the top 10% of their class are inducted in the spring of… Read More
Alaina Darby’s work with Justin Gatwood PhD, MPH, assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy, is set to be published in Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics this month. The project compared the nutrition tracking and logging applications available on smartphones and determined which apps could provide the most benefit for diabetic patients. Each application was downloaded and reviewed… Read More
Congratulations to two of our third year student pharmacists, Luella Jones and Jennifer Miller, for being accepted and assigned to national-headquarter advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs). Luella Jones (pictured above left) will be traveling to Virginia in July for her APPE at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). She will be able to… Read More
On February 16, student pharmacists from the Nashville campus and Dean Chisholm-Burns attended the University of Tennessee State of the University Address. The State of the University Address, presented by University of Tennessee President Joseph DiPietro, was held at Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. Student pharmacists attended this address as President DiPietro discussed the construction of the new… Read More
On Saturday February 27, student pharmacists from across the state attended the 8th Annual Tennessee Society of Student Pharmacists (TSSP) Meeting in Nashville. The focus of this year’s meeting was the history of TSSP. The meeting commenced with a message from Dr. Don Branam, President of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA). The keynote speaker for the meeting… Read More
As part of the Tennessee Society of Student Pharmacists (TSSP) meeting in Nashville, the following UT student pharmacists presented their research during the poster sessions: Bethany Leachman – Drug Information Resources Used by Community Pharmacists in Tennessee William (Sam) Slaughter – Assessing Self-Assessment in the Pharmacy Curriculum
As part of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) Meeting, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy student pharmacists attended the annual student-organized Tennessee Society of Student Pharmacists (TSSP) Legislative Health Fair on February 29th alongside students from the other colleges and schools of pharmacy across the state. The health fair was held at the Tennessee State Capitol and included… Read More
Mr. David Pesterfield has been an avid supporter of the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy for more than ten years. His generous contributions have helped fund the annual Pharmacy Update Continuing Education Seminar that is presented at eight sites throughout the state. He is also an advocate of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association and all… Read More
On Friday March 4, Elly Baker (’15), a pharmacist at Brookshire Grocery Company in Bullard, TX , was checking prescriptions when a woman and her husband showed up at the drop-off window in obvious distress. “I could see that she was swelling up and having trouble breathing,” says Baker. “I asked what the circumstances were. She… Read More
