Chelsea Renfro, PharmD Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Q: When did you join the faculty here at UTHSC? A: I joined the faculty in September of 2017. What drew me here was really the state of the art simulation center and the opportunity to work with students in a simulated environment… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy celebrated the retirement of Dr. Stephanie Phelps on June 15. Dr. Phelps leaves the College after a 36-year career with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, of which more than 25 years she also served as our APhA-ASP Chapter Advisor. She has continued to make a… Read More
The UTHSC College of Pharmacy celebrated the retirement of Dr. Timothy Self on June 22. Dr. Self leaves the College after a 46-year career with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. The College has never had a faculty member serve a longer time or given more of themselves than Dr. Self.… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, recently spoke at the American Transplant Congress in Seattle Washington. Dr. Chisholm-Burns’ was one of the speakers at a symposium titled “Strategies to Ensure “Transplant-Readiness”: Preparing Patients for Post-Transplant Life in the Pre-Transplant Setting.” The American Transplant Congress is the Joint Annual Meeting… Read More
Dr. Murali Yallapu, PhD, was recently presented with the Outstanding Mentor Academy Inductee Award at the UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences Postdoctoral Year End Meeting. The award recognizes a UTHSC Mentor that demonstrates the highest level of dedication in the mentoring of predoctoral fellows.
Kinsie Arnst, a PhD candidate in Dr. Wei Li’s lab, received the 2018 Robert A. Magarian Outstanding Podium Presentation at MALTO 2018 on the campus of Texas A&M. Arnst’s presentation was titled “DJ101 targets the colchicine binding site on tubulin and overcomes taxane resistance.” Arnst competed with medicinal chemistry graduate students from colleges of pharmacy… Read More
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
