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RxRecap: Stories from the UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy

Special thanks to third-year student pharmacist, Rebecca Wong, for her invaluable contributions to this edition of the newsletter. Thank you to Drs. Kenneth Hohmeier and Justin Gatwood for their story contributions to this month’s newsletter.

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush were the keynote speakers for the opening session of The 50th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition. Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns had the pleasure of meeting them after the session.  Dean Chisholm-Burns shared some insight into meeting the former president and first lady. “I found the presentation from… Read More

Candace Brown, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Obstetrics and Gynecology, was invited to attend the Scientific Vision Meeting of the Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch (GHDB) because of her many contributions to the field of gynecologic health research. The GHDB, a newly established branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, supports clinical… Read More

Shaun Rowe, PharmD, BCPS, assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy, co-authored a review article published in January’s edition of Neurocritical Care, which focused on the management of external ventricular drains (EVDs). Dr. Rowe explains the purpose of the guideline as an “outlet to provide a consensus statement that is both practical for health care providers that… Read More

Roland N. Dickerson, PharmD, BCNSP, FCCP, FASHP, FCCM, FASPEN, recently was appointed associate editor of Nutrition. The journal Nutrition offers readers articles focusing on advances in nutrition research and science, presents new and advancing technologies in clinical nutrition practice, uses clinical data of outcomes research and meta-analyses applied in patient-related nutrition, and lastly, seeks to establish… Read More

Brown RO, Patel ZV, Foster SL.  The development and maintenance of elective advanced pharmacy practice experiences.  Pharmacy 2015;3:355-63. Imai H, Misra GP, Wu L, Janagam DR, Gardner TW, Lowe TL.  Subconjunctivally implanted hydrogels for sustained insulin release to reduce retinal cell apoptosis in diabetic rats.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015;56:7839-46. Kumar S.   Drugs of abuse… Read More

Dickerson R. What’s new in the 2016 SCCM/ASPEN guidelines for the adult critically ill patient? Fifteenth Annual Clinical Nutrition Week (American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition). January 18, 2016. Austin, TX.

Cogle SV, Dickey SE, Maish GO 3rd, Minard G, Croce MA, Dickerson RN. Sliding scale regular human insulin for critically ill patients receiving nutrition support. Fifteenth Annual Nutrition Week of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. January 17, 2016. Austin, TX Dickerson RN, Van Cleve JR, Swanson JM, Maish GO 3rd, Minard G,… Read More

Jessica Walker, second year student pharmacist on the Knoxville campus, recently was interviewed by Kim Hansard, local radio personality from Star 102.1, about Generation Rx’s mission to decrease prescription drug abuse in Tennessee. Walker’s involvement in the project began in 2014 at the APhA-ASP Mid-year Regional Meeting where she had the opportunity to meet with… Read More