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 20th Annual Emmett Manley PARscription Golf Tournament   How you can help: Grand Corporate Sponsorship (Double Eagle Level):  $1300 Includes FREE entry fee for (4) golfers ($250 value), a sign on a Par 3 contest hole, an opportunity to set up an event station on that hole, and recognition during the awards ceremony Corporate Sponsorship… Read More

David Rogers, PharmD, PhD, professor of Clinical Pharmacy, and Vice-Chair of Research has been formally invited to become a member of the Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance Study Section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He will serve for a six-year term. Dr. Rogers was selected on the basis of his demonstrated… Read More

Dr. Tracy M. Hagemann, director of Clinical Affairs and professor at the University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Pharmacy, has been named UTHSC College of Pharmacy associate dean, Nashville. She has been in academic pharmacy since 1996, serving in various academic and clinical roles. Dr. Hagemann will begin her new role at UTHSC in October… Read More

Once again, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) was named Chapter of the Year at the organization’s 2014 National Conference, which was held in Arlington, VA July 18-21. This is the second consecutive win for this chapter. Many chapter achievements were recognized at this meeting. The… Read More

Richard Brown, BS, PharmD, FASHP retired this year after a 40-year career with the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Memphis and the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. There is likely no other clinical educator in Tennessee who has taught and mentored the number of students and residents as Dr. Brown. Even though the numbers of trainees and student… Read More

Debbie C. Byrd, PharmD, BCPS was recently installed as Chair-Elect of the American Association Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Pharmacy Practice Section. Dr. Byrd is associate dean of Professional Affairs and professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Medicine. She has… Read More

Fourth year student pharmacist, Susan Dickey was recently appointed as the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) representative on the APhA Policy Committee for 2014. The APhA-ASP National Executive Committee and the APhA-ASP Staff discuss and nominate one student pharmacist. This nomination is given to the Chair of APhA Policy Committee, who… Read More

The College of Pharmacy is pleased to welcome a new faculty member;  Dr. Justin Gatwood.  Dr. Gatwood received a BA in Economics from Cornell University, a MPH from Ohio State University College of Public Health, and a PhD from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. Prior to accepting the faculty position at… Read More