Hassan Almoazen, PhD, and Kirk Hevener, PhD, PharmD, received Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2020 from the UTHSC Student Government Association Executive Council (SGAEC). Dr. Almoazen serves as associate professor and director of Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD and Dual Degree PharmD/PhD Programs. Dr. Hevener, PhD, PharmD, serves as assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.… Read More
Chelsea Renfro, PharmD, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, completed the “Leading for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in High Education” program this month. The course was offered through Coursera and covered topics related to equity, diversity, and inclusion, such as leadership, bias of consciousness, contested discourse, and strategic diversity planning.… Read More
Dr. Rachel Barenie joined the UTHSC College of Pharmacy as an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Continuing Professional Development program. Prior to joining UTHSC, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmaceutical policy at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law. She centered her research… Read More
Marcus Dortch, PharmD, has been tapped to serve as president of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy Alumni Board. A native Memphian, Dr. Dortch spent time in both Memphis and Oxford, Mississippi, on his family’s farm while growing up. After graduating from East High School in Memphis, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,… Read More
Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, has been appointed as chair of the newly created Inclusion, Diversity, Equality, and Access to Life (IDEAL) Task Force established by the American Society of Transplantation (AST). The task force was set up following AST’s recent statement on racism, and it will serve to coordinate and… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy launched a new Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity Advisory Board this month. The board includes a diverse group of faculty, staff, and student members representing all three college of pharmacy campuses in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville. “The mission is to provide an empathetic, attentive, and healing… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy began a series of training sessions July 10 to provide student leaders with resources for dealing with racism and inequity. The implicit bias training session included the leaders of each of the College’s 20 Pharmilies, student groups made up of students in the P1-P4 years. “We wanted to equip our… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy has had a number of faculty members participate in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Virtual Pharmacy Education 2020 Programming, with ten presenting posters and five involved in other presentations. The programming is hosted online. It began July 13 and will conclude July 31.
Drs. Emily Olivier and Kelsey Frederick became the first UTHSC College of Pharmacy fellows to complete inaugural programs at the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Olivier completed a fellowship in Pharmacy Teaching, Learning, and Assessment with the college. She finished the program in June and also received her Master’s in Instruction & Curriculum Leadership from the… Read More
Dr. Tyler Marie Kiles, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, became the main advisor of record for the UTHSC chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) in July. She will take over the duties from Dr. Kenneth Hohmeier, and we thank him for his services to the chapter. “The… Read More
