Congratulations to Wei Li, PhD, who has been named Chair-elect of the ASPET Division for Drug Discovery and Development. He will also serve as Secretary/Treasurer of the division from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, a position he was elected to in 2024. Dr. Li’s tenure as Chair will begin on July 1, 2026,… Read More
On January 16, at the UT Women’s Basketball game, UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy students presented a $5,500 check to the Pat Summitt Foundation from the funds raised at the Sept. 22 Race for the Summitt 5K! The college’s student organization, the American Pharmacist Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists, held the race… Read More
Christina was nominated for going above and beyond to assist in transporting the college’s international student guests during her August and September APPE. The arrangement required students to pick up the guests before their scheduled start time and return them home after the rotation ended. Once scheduled, the office depended on volunteers to ensure the… Read More
On Tuesday, UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy students and faculty visited the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville to speak with legislature members about improving pharmacy care in the state. The group included Dean Reggie Frye, PharmD; Knoxville Associate Dean James Wheeler, PharmD; and students Amber Pagan, Darcy Doran, John Troy, Julie Burress, Erika Bates,… Read More
Congratulations to the third-year students who received their College of Pharmacy lapel pins during the P3 Pinning ceremony held across all three campuses on February 18! The ceremony signifies the successful completion of the didactic coursework for our student pharmacists and begins their transition to the advanced practice experience portion of their curriculum. Special thanks… Read More
The UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy is one of the few pharmacy schools nationwide that offers students the chance to complete an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course with AHA provider certification. Seven of our P3 students completed this elective course this year. It concludes with a Mega Code Skills Check-off, during which… Read More
Our students had a terrific time at the Tennessee Pharmacists Association Winter Meeting from January 31-February 2! They represented us well in the House of Delegates, exhibited their research findings, and engaged in a meaningful dialogue with American Pharmacists Association CEO Michael Hogue. This weekend was filled with valuable encounters and strengthened our commitment to… Read More
Congrats to P4 student Christina Pray, who was awarded the College’s Best Practices of Professionalism Award! Christina was nominated for going above and beyond to assist in transporting the college’s international student guests during her August and September APPE. The arrangement required students to pick up the guests before their scheduled start time and return… Read More
New faces joined the ranks of UT Health Science Center’s Rho Chi Honor Society and Phi Lambda Sigma in Nashville on Sunday! Rho Chi Honor Society The Rho Chi Society is dedicated to advancing pharmacy through sustained intellectual leadership, the Rho Chi Society is the premier academic honor society in pharmacy. We celebrate intellectual achievement,… Read More
Congratulations to Santosh Kumar, PhD, for being awarded a UT Research Foundation Maturation Grant! This grant will support Dr. Kumar’s project: Novel Extracellular Vesicles-Liposomes (EV-Lip)-Based Intranasal Drug Delivery Technology for Neuronal Diseases. The project aims to develop a new technology to deliver drugs and nutraceuticals directly to the brain in order to combat neuronal diseases,… Read More
