In 2013, Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns and her husband, John F. Burns, decided they wanted to leave a legacy and help provide opportunities for UTHSC College of Pharmacy students by creating an endowed scholarship. The Dean Chisholm-Burns First Scholarship was fully endowed and awarded for the first time in 2016. The Dean Chisholm-Burns First Scholarship is… Read More
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation has donated funding to the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. Specifically, over the last few years, Dean Chisholm-Burns worked with the organization to establish the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Endowed Scholarship. Through NACDS Foundation’s continued generosity, the scholarship is now fully endowed and two scholarships… Read More
The Kosten Foundation for pancreatic cancer support announces a $200,000 grant to establish the Dermon II Family and Herb Kosten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The fund is to be used exclusively for the research of pancreatic cancer, the disease that claimed the Kosten Foundation’s namesake, Herb… Read More
Dr. Murali Yallapu, Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences, won the Early Career Investigators in Personalized Nanomedicine Research award in the Assistant Professor category. This honor is given to an individual that excels in research and boasts other academic accomplishments. Dr. Yallapu received his award in May at the Personalized Nanomedicine Conference at Florida International University in Miami.
Dr. Prashanth Kumar Bhusetty Nagesh, a postdoc in the lab of Dr. Muralli Yallapu, has been awarded a $1,000 Summer Travel Award from the Postdoc Office during their Postdoc Year-End Celebrations. The winner of the award was selected based on research progress and innovativeness of the work performed. Dr. Nagesh plans to use this award… Read More
On June 4, Romeo Jones “RJ” Duncan passed way at the age of 75. He was the husband of Dr. Dianne Duncan (’65), . The College of Pharmacy extends sympathy to his family during this time of mourning. On June 29, Dr. Courtney Kennemore (’15) passed away at the age of 31.The College of Pharmacy… Read More
Dr. Jarrod Fortwendel joins the faculty in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy July 1st as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Fortwendel received his BS in Clinical Laboratory Science from Indiana State University in 1999 and his PhD in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine from the University of Cincinnati in 2005. He completed his postdoctoral studies at the University… Read More
The College of Pharmacy alumni and friends joined together in the Cooper-Young district for a crawfish boil to celebrate the graduating class of 2016. Hosted at Memphis Made Brewing Company the evening prior to graduation and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of Memphis, the event was created as a fundraiser for the pharmacy general scholarship fund. In… Read More
Dr. A. Shaun Rowe, Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy-Knoxville Campus, received the designation of Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society (FNCS) this year. The Neurocritical Care Society awards fellow designation to those who have exhibited excellence and dedication on contributions to the field of neurocritical care in the areas of professionalism and collaborative multi-professional practice,… Read More
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy held its graduation ceremony on May 12, 2016. Graduates, faculty, family and friends came together at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis for the Honors and Awards Convocation, followed by the presentation of diplomas to 152 PharmD graduates. Bradley Boucher, PharmD, professor of Clinical Pharmacy and associate dean for Strategic Initiatives and… Read More
