Michael Veve, PharmD Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Q: When did you join the faculty and what drew you to UTHSC? A: I joined the faculty here at UTHSC in June of 2017 and what drew me here was the opportunities the position held. There are not many positions out there… Read More
The College of Pharmacy hosted its “Knock Out The Flu” event in the Madison Plaza Lobby on Sept. 17, providing flu shots to all UTHSC students, employees, postdocs, residents and retirees. The event was sponsored by University Health Services (UHS), the College of Pharmacy, the Office of Student Life, the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student… Read More
Alicia Guthrie (P3, Memphis) was selected as a 2018-19 PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholar. Guthrie’s project that was selected is designed to determine a correlation between long prior authorization delays with hepatitis C treatment and whether this contributes to lower therapy completion rates. The PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholar program provides a $1,250 scholarship to Scholars to… Read More
Julie Farrar (P4, Memphis) was named to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) National Student Network Advisory Committee. Members of the committee have an integral role in the development of new programs and services for student members. The committee is typically composed of 5–8 members-at-large who are appointed for a 1-year term. The committee… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy welcomes Edward Van Matre, PharmD, to the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. He received his PharmD degree from the University of Colorado in 2014. After graduation, Dr. Van Matre completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at the University of Kentucky in… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy held scholarship lunches in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, inviting endowed scholarship recipients and the stewards of those scholarships which provided an opportunity for the students and stewards to meet and get to know each other. For the 2018-2019 academic year, the College awarded approximately $1.5 million dollars in scholarships which… Read More
The College of Pharmacy Class of 2022 students arrived on campus for orientation starting on Monday, August 6. The incoming students received presentations from members of various student organizations, got tours of the campus facilities and received CPR training.
Anna Love (P4, Knoxville) and Greg Phelps (P4, Memphis) attended the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Pharmacy Education 2018 meeting in Boston as Walmart Scholars. Dr. Maura Jones, a PGY-2 Pharmacotherapy resident, also attended as a scholar and the three were joined by mentors Drs. Leslie Hamilton, Andrea Franks and Sam Li. The program, funded… Read More
This year’s national meeting of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) took place in Charlotte, NC in July. At the meeting, two UTHSC College of Pharmacy student pharmacists were elected to national leadership positions with SNPhA. Charnesa Tutwiler (P4, Memphis) was appointed to serve as Power to End Stroke Chair, which is responsible for the… Read More
The UT Fungal Pathogens Group held their 3rd Annual Research Conference and Retreat at the Inn at Evins Mill in Smithville, TN, July 11-13. This year’s First Tennessee Distinguished Visiting Professors who delivered keynote lectures were: David Andes, MD, William Craig Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Wisconsin, and Ted White,… Read More
