Blood Drive: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center General Education Building (Rooms 201-204), 8 S. Dunlap. Hosted by Lifeblood and the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation from the College of Pharmacy at UTHSC.
For a great interview on WMC Action News 5 with Dr. Michael Whitt, chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry at UTHSC, and state Rep. G. A. Hardaway about World AIDS Day and local statistics and events marking the observance, go here.
Lifeblood and the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation from the College of Pharmacy will host a blood drive open to the public Monday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rooms 201-204 of the UTHSC General Education Building, 8 S. Dunlap St.
In 1964, Dr. Crawford was the fi rst African American to enroll at and graduate from UT’s med school in Memphis.In 1964, Dr. Crawford was the first African American to enroll at and graduate from UT’s med school in Memphis.
Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MBA, MPH, FCCP, FASHP, dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is the recipient of the 2013 Literature Award for Sustained Contributions given by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation.
The event will be streamed live online, with best results using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, at https://www.uthsc.edu/graduation/index.php.
At the University of Tenneessee Health Science Center, they have brought me in to focus on teaching individuals to watch out for nurses and doctors, making sure that if or when they begin to work with patients sick with Ebola, they’re doing the right things at the right time.
By demographics, the graduating class includes 22 African-Americans, four Latino-Americans and 29 graduates who came from out of state to study at UTHSC. Eighty-six of the 105 graduates are women.
