Four students from the College’s Nashville campus spent time helping at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Summer Camp. Ishani Lad (P2), Keaton Gafney (P3), Robert McCormick (P3) and Bo Emanuel (P3) assisted with medication check-in, reviewing the campers medication lists with parents.
Chris Wilson (P4-Nashville), recently presented his research poster titled “Targeted Cholesterol Education for Community Pharmacists to Improve Star Ratings (choleSTAR),” at the annual Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) meeting in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Wilson was part of the second class of PQA-CVS Health Foundations Scholars, and the first University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of… Read More
Dr. Roland Dickerson, Pharm.D., BCNSP, FCCP, FASHP, FCCM, FASPEN, gave multiple presentations at Ganepão 2018, an annual international nutritional conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Dickerson gave four talks titled “Role of Clinical Phamacists in Nutrition Support”, “Glycemic Control in the ICU”, “Indications for Parenteral Nutrition” and “When is Parenteral Nutrition Adequate”.
Brian Peters, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Q: Why did you decide to become a Pharmacist? A: “So I am actually not a Pharmacist. I have a PhD and am trained in infectious disease and microbiology. I had some really excellent teachers that taught biology in high school and found… Read More
Bernd Meibohm, PhD, FCP, FAAPS Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs Q: When did you join the faculty here at UTHSC? A: “I joined the faculty here back in 1999. I was drawn here because the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy is one of the top pharmacy schools in the country… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy held its graduation ceremony on May 3, 2018 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis. Dean Marie A. Chisolm-Burns presided over the ceremony and the commencement address was given by Dr. Anne Lin, the Founding Dean and Professor of the School of Pharmacy at Notre Dame… Read More
Several members of the College of Pharmacy student body and faculty were honored at the 2018 Student Government Association Executive Council Award Banquet on April 18. Dr. Ryan Yates and Dr. Shannon Finks both received the Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Pharmacy while Dr. Santosh Kumar received the Excellence in Teaching Award… Read More
The College of Pharmacy was awarded a Diversity Grant from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) at the organization’s Annual Meeting in April. The NACDS Foundation Scholarship for excellence in diversity programs is meant to foster and support pharmacy education in underrepresented populations. The College will use the grant to expand its Pre-Professional… Read More
Jesse Jones, PharmD, a PhD student at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, has had his American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship renewed for a second year. Dr. Jones received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Idaho State University in 2012 and is currently pursuing his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His current research project is… Read More
Twenty-four UTHSC College of Pharmacy P3 students successfully completed their American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support Mega Code Check Off in March. The students participated in a month-long elective in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). The elective culminated in a mega-code skills test where each student had to serve as a team leader and… Read More
