Student pharmacist Rachael Baggett, P3, was recently appointed to serve on the Educational Affairs Committee for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). She was appointed to this position by the 2021-2022 ACCP President-Elect, Elizabeth Farrington, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, who will assume the position of 2022-2023 ACCP President in October 2022. The ACCP President-Elect is… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy alumna Dr. Alexis Horace (Alexis Prince, ’08) was recently awarded a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide harm reduction education to first responders and decrease opioid overdose deaths in the state of Louisiana. The grant, which… Read More
Brian Winbigler, PharmD, MBA, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science on the Knoxville campus, recently received funding from the Tennessee Department of Health to begin roll-out of the Opioid Use Disorder Mentoring Program across the state of Tennessee. This program was created and is co-led by Dr. Winbigler and Jennifer… Read More
A research team made up of faculty from the UTHSC Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine were recently informed that their research will be featured on the website of the Congressional Directed Medical Research Program’s (CDMRP) Breast Cancer Research Page (BCRP). Wei Li, PhD, UTHSC distinguished professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the UTHSC College… Read More
Leslie Hamilton, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, BCPS, BCCCP, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science on the Knoxville campus, recently submitted a final grant report detailing the success of her diversity and inclusion mini-grant awarded by the UTHSC Office of Equity and Diversity. Hamilton’s project, entitled “Increasing diversity in residencies and… Read More
Dr. Arturo Luna, former postdoctoral fellow of Dr. Glen Palmer, associate professor in the department of clinical pharmacy and translational science, was recently appointed as Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Republic of Colombia. Dr. Luna received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from UTHSC in the Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry track and was… Read More
The College of Pharmacy is once again hosting the Annual Race for the Summitt on the Knoxville campus, and now is the time to sign up! The 5K race, put on by our UTHSC student pharmacists, benefits the Pat Summitt Foundation, which supports Alzheimer’s Disease research and awareness. The race will take place on October… Read More
Dear faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, Welcome back to the 2022-2023 academic year! It is a true pleasure to see the smiling faces of our students and to feel their energy and enthusiasm as they return for orientation and classes. August is traditionally one of the busiest months for everyone, particularly now as we enter… Read More
We are delighted to welcome back our student pharmacists, and we are excited to welcome our new P1s to the UTHSC pharmily. Best of luck in the new academic year, and we look forward to hearing and seeing great things from everyone!
Members of the UTHSC chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) were recipients of numerous prizes and scholarships during the SNPhA and National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA) National Convention held July 29-31 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Convention, which also commemorated the 75th anniversary of NPhA and the 50th anniversary of SNPhA, was the first in-person… Read More
