Several students from the College of Pharmacy’s Knoxville campus were featured in studio on Local 8 News where they discussed heart disease and a community outreach program at 9 Rounds Kick Boxing promoting physical activity for better heart health.
Chelsea Renfro, PharmD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, recently completed her Community Pharmacist Foundation Grant research. Renfro’s project was entitled “Integrating Community Pharmacists Into Team-Based Care”. The objective of the study was to explore successful collaborative practices between community pharmacists in the North Carolina enhanced services network and… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy students in the Class of 2021 received their White Coat during a ceremony at the Canon Center on Monday, April 16. The ceremony celebrates the conclusion of the students’ first year of the College’s curriculum.
Santosh Kumar, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was recently named a UT Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Recipient for 2018. Kumar was selected by the UTHSC Student Government Association (SGA) based on nominations from the student body. The UT Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes excellence in the classroom as part… Read More
The UTHSC chapter of the APhA-ASP attended the national organization’s Annual Meeting in Nashville in March and was recognized as national Second Runner-Up for the Division A Chapter Achievement Award. The recognition was for the chapter’s efforts with Operation Diabetes. Chapter President Kara Provence (P3, Memphis) was also elected as a National Member at-large. She… Read More
Elham Hatami (P2, Memphis) was part of a joint team that won the Memphis Scipreneur Challenge (MSC) in March. Hatami’s team project was about a nanotechnology for delivering a drug to eye tissue for treating glaucoma, a potent eye drop which was named Oculmulsion. The intellectual property is under patent process by Dr. Monica M.… Read More
Joanna Hudson, PharmD, BCPS, FASN, FCCP, FNKF, a professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, was named as a recipient for the 2017-18 ASHP Pharmacy Practice Advancement Demonstration Grant on April 9. This research grant program supports demonstration projects related to practice advancement, consistent with the ASHP/ASHP Foundation Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI)… Read More
The College of Pharmacy hosted their spring Alumni Weekend in Memphis, Tenn., on April 5-6. The weekend kicked off with an Alumni Board dinner at the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum on April 5. Alumni were treated to a tour of the brand new state-of-the-art UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) on April… Read More
College of Pharmacy Alumnus Devlin Smith, Class of 2016, received the 2018 Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) Resident Award on April 6 at the TSHP Annual Seminar. The award is presented to a Resident or Fellow who demonstrates a commitment to the profession of pharmacy through service, practice, education, research and/or other activities. Smith… Read More
Students from the College recently volunteered at Walgreens Senior Day in Memphis, Tenn. The students provided blood pressure screenings, stroke information and information on how to prevent incidents such as falls.
