Increasing diversity within the PharmD program at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy has been a top priority for the college, and the efforts are paying off. In the College of Pharmacy, Black or African American students comprise 16% of enrollment. This means the college has one of the highest percentages for Black student enrolment, with… Read More
Leslie Hamilton, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, was named as one of the first recipients of the Volunteer 40 Under 40 Award. The new recognition program celebrates University of Tennessee alumni who are 39 or younger and have excelled personally and professionally since completing… Read More
College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy for her service to the profession of pharmacy. She was also honored alongside 59 other professionals during the university’s “60 at 60” event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the desegregation at the University of Georgia.… Read More
Third-year students on all three campuses received College of Pharmacy pins at pinning ceremonies February 23 to mark the end of their classroom training and the transition into rotations for the remainder of their Doctor of Pharmacy education. The college found creative ways to have these important events while maintaining social distancing and good health… Read More
UTHSC student pharmacists have the opportunity to gain valuable research experience by working with faculty members on research projects through the Special Projects or Research and Scholarship in Pharmacy electives. In these electives, P2 and P3 students are matched with faculty mentors to work on projects with the goal of creating posters and achieving publication.… Read More
UTHSC’s Alpha Nu Chapter of the Rho Chi Society was announced as one of two winners of the Chapter Project Proposal Award for spring 2021 at this year’s Annual Meeting. As an award winner, the chapter will receive a $500 grant to implement its proposal, titled “Interview Survival Kit: Preparing Pharmacy Students for Residency Interviews… Read More
A poster by UTHSC student pharmacist Callee Brooks was recognized as a Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) Distinguished Poster at the Tennessee Pharmacists Association Winter Meeting. The poster is titled “Prescribing Patterns of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack at Methodist University Hospital.” “It was such an honor to have… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s Office of Continuing Education is presenting the 44th Annual Pharmacy Update this spring. Click here to register for one of the three remaining seminars, which are offered via live webcast. For any questions, please email [email protected].
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
