Veru, Inc. has announced significant potential of VERU-111, a drug developed at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, in treating COVID-19. VERU-111 was developed in the lab of Wei Li, PhD, distinguished professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the College of Pharmacy’s Drug Discovery Center, in close collaboration with Dr. Duane Miller,… Read More
Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns’ article “The Disease of Racism,” which was published in the July edition of the American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy (AJHP), was included in the Top 25 AJHP Articles of 2020. The articles in this collection were the most downloaded for the year and have been made available to read for free online… Read More
Dr. Eric Bailey II has accepted the role of Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the College of Pharmacy and will start on April 1. Dr. Bailey received a Bachelor of Liberal Studies (Business/Music Business) degree from the University Memphis and the Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Keller Graduate School of Management. He… Read More
UTHSC student pharmacists have continued to assist in COVID-19 vaccinations across the state this month. In Memphis, students and faculty members have volunteered alongside nursing and medical students at the Appling Emissions Station, a drive-through vaccination site coordinated in partnership between the city and University Clinical Health. They have administered the second dose of the… Read More
More than 300 University of Tennessee alumni have participated in a symposium on COVID-19 hosted by the UTHSC College of Pharmacy and the UT Alumni Association (UTAA). The event, titled “TODAY: Talking about the COVID-19 Vaccine” was a live webinar where alumni from across the University of Tennessee system talked with experts about the Covid-19… Read More
The College of Pharmacy participated in a virtual escape room inter-professional experience (IPE) focused on social determinants of health and medication adherence. The experience included the UTHSC College of Medicine and was developed in partnership with Memphis Escape Games and funded by Dr. Charles Snyder and the Office of Student Affairs and Community Engagement. To continue… Read More
In December, Methodist University Hospital donated five sterile compounding hoods to the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. The hoods, which are used in training student pharmacists on sterile product compounding, have been distributed to all three campuses in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville. Dr. Joyce Broyles, a long-standing affiliate faculty member in the College of Pharmacy, helped… Read More
The College of Pharmacy’s Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity (EID) Advisory Board and Office of Student Affairs hosted the first social interaction and listening sessions for the year this month. The listening session, titled “COVID-19: Health Disparities and Equity,” provided space to discuss the structural and trust-related reasons for health disparities and COVID-19. The social interactions… Read More
Shanea McKinney, PharmD, a 2008 UTHSC College of Pharmacy graduate, has been appointed to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy. She is the first person of color to serve in this position. “Coming from UTHSC as a student, so many of us likely aspired to being on the Board of Pharmacy,” Dr. McKinney said. “It was… Read More
James Wheeler, PharmD, BCPS, director of Continuing Professional Development and faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, has been appointed as Associate Dean of the Knoxville campus. “I am honored to serve the College of Pharmacy in the Associate Dean role for the Knoxville campus,” Dr. Wheeler said. “The UTHSC College of… Read More
