Walgreens has pledged $10,000 to support diversity-promoting initiatives at the College of Pharmacy. Since 2008, Walgreens has donated over $1 million to colleges and schools of pharmacy throughout the nation in order to advocate for programs that foster diversity within the profession. Pictured (L-R): Dr. Jennifer Williams, associate dean for Student Affairs; Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns;… Read More
Third-year student pharmacists Fred Sandefer, Lindsey Schobert and David Skinner took the top prize in this year’s UT College of Pharmacy Business Plan Competition held in December. The event, sponsored by the UT American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Community Pharmacy Special Interest Group, and overseen by Drs. Justin Gatwood and Ken Hohmeier, assistant… Read More
Sarah Vest Cogle, PharmD, BCPS, recently was awarded the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) New Practitioner Award on behalf of the Pharmacy Practice Section at the Fifteenth Clinical Nutrition Week in Austin, Texas, on January 17, 2016. She received the award for her research titled “Sliding scale regular human insulin for critically ill… Read More
On February 18, 2016, Drs. David and Martha Shepard participated in an eighth grade career fair held at the Knoxville Expo Center. The duo represented the College of Pharmacy as members of the new Alumni Recruiting Team (ART), educating students about the profession of pharmacy. In addition to participating in recruiting events, ART participants can provide shadowing experiences for future… Read More
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy presents the annual 15 hour live knowledge-based continuing education seminar, Pharmacy Update. Participation in both days of this seminar will grant 15 live contact hours of CE or you may choose to attend either the 8 live contact hour session Drug Update or the 7 live contact hour… Read More
The 2016 University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Innovation Awards Luncheon was held on February 3, 2016 on the Memphis campus. Dr. Richard Magid, vice president of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation and Dr. Steve J. Schwab, UTHSC chancellor, presented awards for patents, licensed technology and start-up companies. The following College of Pharmacy faculty… Read More
To kick off the spring semester, entrepreneurs from the Nashville area were invited to speak to second-year student pharmacists during the Pharmacy Practice Management and Pharmacoeconomics course. The first presentation of the term featured Don Hejny (pictured far left), founder and CEO of Nerdwax™, a Nashville entrepreneur whose company was featured this season on ABC’s… Read More
As part of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s celebration of Black History Month, Dean Chisholm-Burns’ art was displayed on the Memphis campus at Taste of Soul, a one-day event showcasing African-American cuisine.
Liang B, Wheeler J, Blanchette, L. Impact of combination antibiogram and related education on inpatient fluoroquinolone prescribing patterns for patients with health-care associated pneumonia. Ann Pharmacother 2016;50(3):172-179. Maxwell LG, McFarland SM, Baker JW, Cassidy RF. Evaluation of the impact of a pharmacist-led telehealth clinic on diabetes-related goal of therapy in a veteran population. Accepted manuscript… Read More
UT College of Pharmacy student pharmacists, faculty and staff from across the state wore red on Friday, February 5, 2016 to show their support for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, an initiative designed to educate and empower women to take charge of their cardiovascular health.
