Spring dates to remember. Classes Begin 4-Jan Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (Closed) 18-Jan AACP Interim Meeting 20-23 Feb TSSP Annual Meeting 27-Feb TSHP Midyear Meeting 28-Feb TPA Midyear Meeting 29 Feb-1 Mar APhA Annual Meeting 4-7 Mar Spring Break 7-11 Mar Spring Holiday (closed) 25-Mar SNPhA Reginal Meeting 1-3 Apr ACCP Therapeutic Updates 8-10… Read More
Special thanks to fourth year student pharmacists, Macy Kint and Anna Woods, for their invaluable contributions to this edition of the newsletter. Thank you to Drs. Wang and Hart, Corliss Finlay, Adria White and Kim Keller for their story contributions to this month’s newsletter.
Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP recently was appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) to a six-year term on the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Board of Directors. ACPE is the national accrediting body for professional degree programs in pharmacy as well as for providers of continuing pharmaceutical… Read More
The Alpha Nu Chapter has been selected by the Rho Chi Awards Committee as a finalist for the Chapter Achievement Award to be presented at the annual meeting of the Rho Chi Society in Baltimore, Maryland on March 6, 2016. The Chapter Achievement Award recognizes the full scope of chapter activities as documented in the… Read More
As part of the P3 Pinning Ceremony, Gerald Phillips, III, Memphis president of the Class of 2017, William McKelvey, Nashville president of the Class of 2017, and Stephen Duden, Knoxville president of the Class of 2017, gave special recognition to faculty members voted on by the Class of 2017 as “Most Influential.” Tracy Hagemann, PharmD,… Read More
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) local Clinical Skills Competition featured 23 teams (8 in Knoxville, 3 in Nashville, and 12 in Memphis). The competition consisted of two rounds, one written and one oral. Teams were presented with a complex patient case and had two hours to complete a written assessment of the patient.… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy held our annual Alumni Weekend on November 12 – 14 in Knoxville. The Alumni Dinner with Distinguished Service Award winner, Dr. Max Ray, was held on November 12, the Alumni Board of Directors conducted business and class reunion dinners were celebrated on November 13, the tailgate was enjoyed by all before the UT vs. North Texas… Read More
The Fall 2015 Pharmacy Magazine is now available on the College of Pharmacy website home page, and you also may access it directly at Pharmacy Magazine.
Leslie Hamilton, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, associate professor of Clinical Pharmacy, was selected as one of three pharmacists nationwide to receive the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) Travel Grant. The purpose of the Travel Grant Award is to provide financial assistance to neuroscience critical care nurses, pharmacists, and resident/fellow physicians to attend the 13th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting… Read More
On November 13, 2015 Memphis news station Local 24 aired a story titled “Local Researchers Helping in Pancreatic Cancer Fight.” Local 24 interviewed Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Subhash Chauhan about his hope to improve early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer through his research. Dr. Chauhan emphasized the importance of learning more about this disease that is… Read More
