Thirty UT COP student pharmacists had the opportunity to take part in an international APPE this year, traveling to countries across the globe. Student pharmacists learned about pharmacy practice, culture and people of Manchester and London, England; Chiang Mai and Mahasarkham, Thailand; Australia, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and Turkey. The international… Read More
Graduate student, Jordan Toutounchian, was accepted to a highly competitive course designed for promising young researchers in the field of vision research. The course titled “Fundamental Issues in Vision Research” is a two-week lecture and laboratory course intended for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the early stages of vision research or planning to enter… Read More
Foster SL. Immunization Update. King Super Regional Meeting. Denver, CO. May 3, 2014. Foster SL. Pharmacist Role in Vaccination. Rite Aid Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 16, 2014. Foster SL. OSHA Training: Maintaining Compliance with the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. March 31, 2014. Foster SL. Immunization Update. American… Read More
Residency match data for Class of 2014 have been released. Once again, UTCOP shows its dedication to producing well-qualified residency candidates. For PGY1 residencies, UT was in the top 10% of all colleges in the nation for number of students who initially matched, with 40 graduates matching across the country. Only 13 colleges of pharmacy in the… Read More
Bernd Meibohm, PhD, FCP, associate dean for Research and Graduate Programs and professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy has received a shared instrumentation grant in the amount of $315,651 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This grant will allow for the acquisition of a… Read More
Casey Laizure, PharmD and Robert Parker, PharmD, BA, both in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, received a $150,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study how rapidly caffeine gets into the body after consuming an energy drink or inhaling a caffeine powder. New types of caffeine fortified supplements can potentially be… Read More
Jennifer Williams, PharmD, assistant dean and campus director for the University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s St. Petersburg Campus, has been named the new associate dean of Student Affairs at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. In August 2014, Dr. Williams will succeed Dr. James Eoff who faithfully has served the College for over 45 years. … Read More
Michelle Farland, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy has received a grant in the amount of $3011 from the Physicians Medical Education and Research Foundation (PMERF). This Knoxville-campus based grant will allow for the development and administration of a survey of primary care physicians to… Read More
On January 20th, Dr. Catherine Crill was presented with the Distinguished Nutrition Support Pharmacist Service Award by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) at the 2014 Clinical Nutrition Week in Savannah, GA. Dr. Crill is associate professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. This annual… Read More
Andrea Franks, PharmD, BCPS and Michelle Farland, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, associate professors of Clinical Pharmacy, were invited to present programming on Team-Based Learning (TBL) for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy in April. Drs. Franks and Farland presented a seminar entitled “Team-Based Learning: Overview, Tools, and Tips” followed by a… Read More
