At the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, P3 Lauren Bode (pictured left) was one of four students nationwide to receive the APhA Student Leadership Award. Each year schools and colleges of pharmacy with active APhA-ASP chapters nominate one student who demonstrates great academic achievement and leadership ability. This… Read More
Dr. Santosh Kumar (pictured left), associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was recently awarded the Society of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP) Outstanding Service and Support Award. Dr. Kumar has served as SNIP’s Chair of the Early Career Investigator Committee for the past six years. Each year, SNIP recognizes members who have demonstrated excellence in research and service to the… Read More
On April 28, Kenneth Sykes (pictured left) received the 2015 Rafael Dodd Graduate Scholarship Award presented by National Black MBA Association, Inc. Sykes is a member of the Class of 2018 and is a PharmD/MBA candidate. The Rafael Dodd Graduate Scholarship is for students enrolled in a business or management program and are awarded based on… Read More
Dr. Robert Lucas, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy preceptor, was recently awarded fellowship status by the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP). He will be honored at the ASHP Summer Meeting in Denver, CO, on June 9, 2015. The ASHP Practitioner Recognition Committee annually recognizes ASHP-member practitioners who have greatly contributed to ASHP and have served… Read More
Courson A, Jones GM, Twilla JD. Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: comparing the effects of adding rifaximin to lactulose. J Pharm Pract 2015 Jan 13 [Epub ahead of print]. Farland MZ, PB Barlow, TL Lancaster, AS Franks. Comparison of answer-until-correct and full-credit assessments in a team-based learning course. Am J of Pharm Educ 2015 79(2): 21.… Read More
Boucher B. Critical care: past and present, Practice standards, training, and professional development, and Fluids, electrolytes, acid-base disorders, and nutritional support. The Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course. ACCP Updates in Therapeutics. Chicago, IL. April 10, 2015. Byrd DC. Principles of interpersonal leadership development. ACCP Leadership and Management Academy. Chicago, IL. April 10, 2015. Byrd… Read More
Sheema Khan (pictured left), a junior UTHSC postdoctoral fellow, was awarded the Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Achievement Award presented by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Postdoctoral Association. This award recognized Khan for demonstrating consistently high achievement in her field of research in 2014 and 2015. Khan also received the UTHSC Postdoctoral Travel Award and… Read More
Dr. Rachel Bauer (’14) (pictured left), resident at the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services presented a poster at the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) National Annual Meeting held in Tampa, FL. Rachel also recently matched with the PGY-2 psychiatric residency at the University of North Carolina. Bauer R. Furosemide… Read More
Pharmacists, student pharmacists and members of the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) Brain and Spine Institute team donated healthcare kits for the K9 security members should they be wounded on the job. Drs. Leslie Hamilton and Emily Willett Gorman, as well as fourth year student pharmacists, Molly Kinsella and Nancy Rejoub, were a part of the… Read More
The American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) hosted the 2nd annual Knoxville “PARscription” Golf Tournament on Monday, April 20, 2015, at Green Meadow Country Club. The tournament was held to raise money to assist the UT APhA-ASP chapter in serving the community year round. Special thanks to those who assisted in organizing… Read More
