UTHSC News

College of Nursing at UTHSC Offers New Online Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Clinical CareEducation

Laura A. Talbot, PhD, EdD, RN, dean for the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, recently announced the launch of a new online certificate program for experienced nurse practitioners – the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program. The one-year, online certificate program is open only to nurse practitioners (NPs) who are certified in another… Read More

Second Annual Race for the Summitt 4-Miler!

Written by Jennifer Reed

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Public Service

The Second Annual Race for the Summitt 4-Miler benefiting The Pat Summitt Foundation will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 9am here on the UTHSC campus! The event, hosted by The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy’s American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) chapter, supports the former Lady… Read More

Dickey Wins APhA Foundation Scholarship

Written by Debbie Byrd

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Education

Susan Dickey, third year student pharmacist, was awarded the Sam Kalman American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation Scholarship. This national scholarship is bestowed upon students who demonstrate exceptional academic and leadership skills to shape the future of the pharmacy profession through involvement in their APhA-ASP chapter. Dickey will be formally recognized the at the APhA Foundation… Read More

Henderson Awarded FDA Rotation in Division of Drug Information

Written by Debbie Byrd

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Education

Brian Henderson, third year student pharmacist, has been selected for a rotation at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Division of Drug Information. Henderson was chosen for this experience from a national pool of applicants and will travel to Washington D.C. for the month of January 2015. As part of the rotation, Brian will have… Read More

Boucher Appointed as Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations

Written by Debbie Byrd

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Public Service

Pharmacy is proud to announce the appointment of Bradley A. Boucher, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, as the new associate dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations. His new administrative position began January 2, 2014. Boucher practices in the area of critical care at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and also serves as a professor of… Read More

College of Pharmacy Nashville Campus

Written by Debbie Byrd

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Education

The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy is pleased to announce that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus administration has approved the college’s proposal to convert the Nashville Clinical Education Center to a campus allowing up to 40 of our 175 students to spend the final 3 years of the curriculum in Nashville,… Read More

Bernd Meibohm of UTHSC Has Research Findings Published in Nature Medicine Journal

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Research

Bernd Meibohm, PhD, FCP, associate dean for Research and Graduate Programs and professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), had the findings of his latest research published in the February issue of Nature Medicine, a leading journal for the biomedical sciences.

Karen C. Johnson, MD, MPH, Interim Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, Awarded $1.6 Million to Continue Observational Phase of Look AHEAD Study

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Clinical CareResearch

The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) Study, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), began in 2001 to examine whether weight loss and increased physical activity would prevent cardiovascular events in those with type 2 diabetes.