Latest Posts:
RxRecap: Stories from the UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy

Students from the College of Pharmacy administered 2,148 free flu shots for UTHSC faculty, staff, and students on Sept. 16 as part of a campus-wide Flu Fighters event.

Lorraine Todor (P2, Memphis) received a Pharmacy Quality Alliance-CVS Health Foundation Scholarship. Todor will be invited to the PQA Leadership Summit this fall in Arlington, VA, and the PQA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, next spring.

Tyler Marie Kiles, PharmD, BC-ADM, has joined the College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. Kiles holds a Bachelor of Arts, Biology degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. She completed… Read More

Kelly Rogers, PharmD, professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and the UTHSC Campus AED Coordinator, led an event on Sept. 6 to train campus employees in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automated external defibrillators (AED). The training was free and certification will last two years. COP students assisted Dr.… Read More

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy donors enjoyed lunch and met with their scholarship recipients during scholarship lunches in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville on Aug. 22. “The scholarship lunch is one of my favorite events of the school year,” said Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns. “It is heartwarming to witness the scholarship recipients meet… Read More

The College of Pharmacy welcomed the Class of 2023 at P1 orientation August 5-9.

The College of Pharmacy’s chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) took home several prizes at the association’s 2019 national meeting in Houston, Texas in July. Awards included a trophy for first place in the Chronic Kidney Disease initiative, a $500 check for second place in the Power to End Stroke Initiative, and first… Read More

Knoxville pharmacy students met with Andrew Gonzalez, aide to Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, when he visited the College’s Knoxville campus on August 15. Gonzalez is part of the senator’s policy team working on healthcare issues and visited in response to a letter sent from two pharmacy students to the senator’s office.

Leslie A. Hamilton, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the Knoxville campus, has been selected as the Secretary/Treasurer for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Critical Care Practice and Research Network (PRN). Her responsibilities in this role include chairing the newsletter/web page committee, recording… Read More

Brian Winbigler, PharmD, MBA, is part of a team led by Dr. Stephanie Jonas-Fields, UTK, that has secured a grant of $1 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide training related to addiction. Winbigler serves as assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the Knoxville campus. He… Read More