In the Media Tag: College of Pharmacy


UTHSC students to play major role in vaccine distribution

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Most first-year pharmacy students get certified to administer vaccines, but this year that training is particularly handy during a pandemic. “I think I’ve administered 150-ish vaccines so it’s been a lot of experience for sure,” said second-year pharmacy student Ceilia Bressler from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She is just one of upwards of 300 students helping to… Read More


University of Tennessee Health Science Center and FDS, Inc. Form Partnership to Study the Impact of Community Pharmacy Driven COVID-19 Testing on Public Health

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FDS, Inc., a leading pharmacy software company, announced today a partnership with University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy to mobilize community pharmacies as COVID-19 testing sites and to study the impact on public health.


UTHSC College of Pharmacy and AdhereHealth Partner to Help Underserved Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy has partnered with AdhereHealth, a leading medication adherence technology company, to help keep underserved communities healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.  


NIH funding part of script for college program’s success

The Memphis Business Journal

The National Institutes of Health dispensed significant dollars to colleges and universities last year. And, one local college tabulated a significant increase to fund research. The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) moved up — from No. 20 to No. 16 — in the American Association of Colleges of… Read More


UTHSC pharmacy students make masks for under-served communities

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The UTHSC College of Pharmacy chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) is making face coverings to help underserved communities in Tennessee during the COVID-19 pandemic.  


University of Tennessee doctor, professor gets grant for breast cancer research

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A professor at the University of Tennessee has been given a grant to continue to study the development of drugs to fight the late stages of breast cancer. Murali Yallapu, an assistant professor in the college of pharmacy at UT, got a $439,818 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research.


Column: Extending the bridge my parents built for me

The Commercial Appeal

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Dean reflects on her childhood and the lessons she learned from her parents which ultimately led to her being the first in her family to graduate from high school, college, and pharmacy school.


UTHSC College of Pharmacy Establishes Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The Daily News

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy is the first among the six colleges on campus to establish and award a faculty and staff endowed scholarship. Eighty-six percent of faculty and staff in the college contributed to the scholarship as of August 31. The college has raised more than $29,000, exceeding the… Read More