UTHSC Archives

Four new faculty members have joined the College of Pharmacy: Alina Cernasev, PhD, PharmD., MSc, assistant professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science in Nashville; Daniel Collier, PhD, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences in Memphis; Gregory Sneed, PharmD, assistant professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science in Memphis; and Chao-Yie Yang, PhD, associate professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences in Memphis. Read more

In June, the College hosted a reception for Peter Chyka, PharmD, in honor of his retirement at Calhoun’s on the River in Knoxville, TN. The event was attended by Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, College of Pharmacy faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends and family of Dr. Chyka. Chyka served for over 40 years and retired from Read more

College of Pharmacy students Alicia Guthrie (P4, Memphis) and Kwan Lin (P3, Memphis) presented research posters at the annual Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Guthrie’s poster was titled “Impact of prior authorization delays on hepatitis C treatment completion rates and sustained virologic response,” and Lin’s poster was titled “Clinical and economic outcomes Read more

Members of the College of Pharmacy learned strategies for addressing student well-being at the 2019 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Spring Institute. Chasity Shelton, assistant dean for student success, said the institute presented data highlighting the need for well-being to be incorporated into daily college workflow. “Our College remains committed to the well-being of Read more

By Amber Carter, Communications Coordinator, Communications and Marketing Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has named Christopher Finch, PharmD, as chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science. Dr. Finch will begin his new role Read more

College of Pharmacy students at the Nashville campus participated in the Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp on May 26 at the Joe C. Davis YMCA Outdoor Center to assist the medical staff with checking in the campers’ medications. The students were led by Dr. Tracy Marie Hagemann and included Kayla Dillon (P3, Nashville), Fatima Rizvi Read more