The 10th annual P3 Pinning Ceremony was held on Nov. 16 at the Canon Center in Memphis. The event marked the culmination of student pharmacists’ didactic coursework and their transition to the advanced practice experience portion of the curriculum. Each student received a college of pharmacy lapel pin, and several faculty and students were recognized… Read More
The College’s American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Chapter hosted this year’s Mid-Year Regional Meeting in Memphis on October 26-28. Cameron Crowe (P4, Memphis) acted as the Mid-Year Regional Meeting Coordinator and worked with several chapter members to put on this event. At the meeting, Dean Marie A. Chisholm-Burns welcomed the regional scholars… Read More
The College of Pharmacy honored three award winners at the 2018 Awards Dinner during Alumni Weekend in Knoxville on Nov. 2. This year’s award recipients were Dr. Roland Dickerson, who was named the Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner, Dr. Stephanie Phelps, who was named the Distinguished Service to Pharmacy Award Winner and Dr. Leslie Shepard, who… Read More
Chasity Shelton, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, and Joe Swanson, PharmD, FCCM, BCPS were both inducted as fellows into the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) at the 2018 Global Meeting in Seattle on Oct. 20-24. According to ACCP, fellowship status (FCCP) recognizes excellence in the practice and science of clinical pharmacy. Fellowship is awarded to individuals… Read More
Faculty and students from the UTHSC College of Pharmacy attended the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Global Meeting in Seattle on Oct. 20-24 and presented posters on their research. Shaun Rowe, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FNCS, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, and Justin Gatwood, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in… Read More
Members of Dr. Santosh Kumar’s lab were recognized at the 5th Annual Society for Personalized Nano-Medicine Symposium in Miami on Nov. 1-2. Dr. Sunitha Kodidela and Ms. Yuqing Gong both received travel awards to give talks at the event and Dr. Sunitha Kodidela won the best poster award for her poster titled “Proteomic and cytokine… Read More
David Rogers, PharmD, PhD, has been named the University of Mississippi School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences Distinguished Alumnus of the Year for 2018. Rogers, who holds the First Tennessee Endowed Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy, is Vice Chair and Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the… Read More
Kelly Rogers, PharmD, FCCP, FACC, a professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, serves as the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) campus coordinator and began the annual CPR/AED event for the University eight years ago. The training course held on Oct. 30, was open to all campus faculty, students and staff. This year… Read More
Nirnoy Dan, a 3rd year PhD student who is advised by Dr. Subhash Chauhan, and Sanjana Haque, a 3rd year PhD student advised by Dr. Santosh Kumar, both placed in the College of Graduate Health Sciences Three-minute THeses Competition on Oct. 26. Dan finished second in the competition while Haque won People’s Choice. Individuals who… Read More
Kirk Hevener, PharmD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Q: When did you decide to become a Pharmacist? A: “I decided I wanted to become a pharmacist when I was in the military. I served as a pharmacy technician and a medic in the US Navy and I worked in pharmacies on Marine bases.… Read More
