Congratulations to our Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) chapter on being the winner of the Shot@Life national competition sponsored by the United Nations Foundation. The Shot@Life competition is meant to advocate for global immunizations. During the challenge, each SNPhA team was to hold an in house district meeting and contact at least 5 state representatives… Read More
Duane Miller, PhD, Van Vleet Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was honored as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NIA). Dr. Miller has been working through the UT Research Foundation to protect and promote his discoveries; he has designed new drugs to treat disease areas from oncology to ophthalmology,… Read More
The ASHP Research and Education Foundation honored Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, at the Literature Awards during the 2014 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Anaheim, CA. The Literature Awards Program was established in 1971 and recognizes pharmacists for their leadership in safe and effective medication use. Dean Chisholm-Burns was awarded the Pharmacy… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) plans to invest as much as $40 million to build a distant campus on six acres next to Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. The UT College of Pharmacy (UTCOP) already has a presence in Nashville; the other professional colleges are planning to expand there soon. This… Read More
With a median salary of $116,700, a projected growth of 14% by the year 2022, and a pleasant, low-stress work environment, pharmacists were named the best healthcare job by Forbes. Pharmacists must complete a four-year “PharmD” program after getting a bachelor’s or associate’s degree with undergraduate coursework in physics, chemistry, biology and calculus. For… Read More
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) recently honored the Children’s Intestinal Rehabilitation Center at Le Bonheur (CIRCLe) as a Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction. This award recognizes excellence in clinical nutrition practice, scholarship, and professional service. To be considered, teams must have representation by dietetics, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. The CIRCLe team… Read More
Justin Gatwood, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy, has been selected as one of two recipients of a UTHSC Translational Research Award funded by Institute for Research Innovation, Synergy, and Health Equity (iRISE) and UTHSC. A total of four faculty in the department of clinical pharmacy applied for the award including Drs. Gatwood, Theodore… Read More
Technologies invented at the University of Tennessee, like the majority of university discoveries, typically require additional development to attract commercial interest. University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) awards grants each year through its annual maturation funding program to help researchers advance new technologies on the path to market. This year, UTRF was fortunate to receive… Read More
At the annual UTHSC Innovation Awards Ceremony on Dec 9, 2014, UTCOP Pharmaceutical Science faculty members Wei Li, PhD, Tao Lowe, PhD, Bernd Meibohm, PhD, Duane Miller, PhD, Bob Moore, PhD, and Charles R. Yates, PharmD, PhD, were honored with plaques recognizing their research resulting in patents. Dr. Li received 3 plaques and Dr. Miller received… Read More
Lichterman Award Finalist Rhonda Green, CPS, MS, senior administrative services assistant on the Knoxville campus, was selected as one of the 2014 Lichterman Award Finalists. Each year, a non-exempt employee with at least three years of service can be nominated for the Lichterman Award by a supervisor, co-worker or other UT or UT Medical Group employee.… Read More
