UTHSC College of Pharmacy Magazine - Fall 2023

PHARMACY

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER FALL 2023

Remembering the Past, Looking Forward to the Future.

For 125 years, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Pharmacy has educated, nurtured, and challenged future pharmacists to provide care to patients across Tennessee and beyond.

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LEADERSHIP

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UTHSC Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating and Financial Officer Raaj Kurapati, AIFA Dean of the College of Pharmacy Reginald Frye, PharmD, PhD, FCCP Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Dawn Havrda, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP

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Timeline shows college’s growth through the years

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs, and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Bernd Meibohm, PhD, FCP, FAAPS Associate Dean, Knoxville James Wheeler, PharmD, BCPS Associate Dean, Nashville Tracy Hagemann, PharmD, FCCP, FPPA

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CoP rises to No. 6 in NIH funding

Associate Dean, Student Affairs Chasity Shelton, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCPPS

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Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration Selena Strong, MBA, CAP Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs Susan Morgan, PharmD, MBA, BCNP Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Christopher K. Finch, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP

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Director, Experiential Learning and International Programs Catherine Crill, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCNSP

Alumna honored to serve on Board of Trustees

Vice Chancellor for Advancement Brigitte Grant, MBA Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni and Constituent Engagement Chandra Tuggle Associate Vice Chancellor for Development and Planned Giving Director of Development, College of Pharmacy Bethany Goolsby

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Director of Alumni Programs Terri Catafygiotu Director of Annual Giving Caitlin Clark

Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing Sally Badoud, MBA Designer Adam Gaines Editor Peggy Reisser, MASC Writers Courtney Brown Chris Green Janay Jeans Peggy Reisser, MASC Photographer Caleb Jia On the Cover: Pharmacy students from the past go through their training.

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Father/son take care of Tennesseans

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From the Dean I am thrilled to have joined the College of Pharmacy at a moment that is both historic and dynamic.

As we celebrate 125 years of educating and training the state’s pharmacists, we also look ahead to the bright future the college faces. Being No. 6 in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, a Top 20 PharmD program, and a respected statewide presence bode well for what is ahead.

Since I came to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in June, I have been overwhelmed by the dedication of the students, faculty, staff, and alumni, who make up our College of Pharmacy family. To a person, all have been welcoming and enthusiastic about the college and about supporting its mission.

I am grateful for the stewardship of my colleague, Dr. Bradley Boucher, who expertly led the college as the interim dean over the past year and will return part-time to assist us in our strategic planning and alumni outreach.

In September, I had the opportunity to travel across the state and meet many of our alumni. I started the week in Knoxville, visiting the campus, meeting with alumni in the area, and attending a scholarship luncheon and alumni reception. I then traveled to Nashville to do the same. Both alumni receptions were very well attended, and I enjoyed meeting the many alumni and current students who attended. A few retired faculty also attended, and I appreciated learning more about the college’s history.

We can all be proud of our College of Pharmacy legacy. Today, we stand on the shoulders of giants who built our college through the years. I am honored to have this opportunity to play a role in building its future. And I am so grateful for everything you, our outstanding alumni, do to make that future possible.

Reginald Frye, PharmD, PhD, FCCP Dean of the College of Pharmacy The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

From the Chancellor The outstanding work by our faculty, staff, and students in the College of Pharmacy received well-deserved public affirmation with the news earlier this summer that the college ranks No. 6 in annual research funding from the National Institutes of Health.

This unprecedented leap in research funding coupled with the fact that the college is a Top 20 Doctor of Pharmacy program in the country are proof positive that great things are happening in the UTHSC College of Pharmacy.

We should all celebrate this.

I am confident that under the leadership of Dean Reginald Frye, we can chart an even brighter future for the college, the university, and the people of Tennessee.

He joined UTHSC in June and has spent the summer and fall meeting students, faculty, staff, and alumni, not just in Memphis, but at our pharmacy campuses in Nashville and Knoxville. He is a renowned academic leader in pharmacogenetics and an accomplished administrator.

We are grateful that our alumni are connected and involved in the college and do not hesitate to give back in so many ways.

We encourage you to continue to feel pride in your College of Pharmacy. Whether you share your time, talent, or funds with the college, you are making a difference in helping us achieve the important vision laid out in our new Strategic Plan: Healthy Tennesseans. Thriving Communities.

Sincerely,

Peter Buckley, MD Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

From the Alumni Board President I find myself filled with gratitude and nostalgia as we mark the 125th anniversary of our esteemed institution. This milestone is not just a testament to the longevity of our College of Pharmacy, but a celebration of the enduring legacy that we, as alumni, carry forward.

Over the past couple of years, I have had the privilege of meeting many of you at various events across the state, and each encounter has been a source of inspiration. Your dedication to the field of pharmacy and your unwavering support for our alma mater have been nothing short of remarkable.

One of the highlights of my tenure has been the opportunity to collaborate with our newest chancellor, Dr. Peter Buckley. His visionary leadership and commitment to our university’s growth have been truly commendable. Dr. Buckley’s enthusiasm for fostering a sense of community within our university has greatly enriched our alumni association, and I look forward to further strengthening this partnership in the coming year.

I would also like to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation to our interim dean, Dr. Brad Boucher. During his tenure, he tirelessly led our college, while we searched for a new dean. His dedication and leadership ensured the continued success of our college, and we are immensely grateful for his unwavering commitment.

I am also delighted to welcome our new dean, Dr. Reggie Frye, who assumed his role on June 1.

Dr. Frye brings a wealth of experience and fresh perspectives that will undoubtedly propel our College of Pharmacy to new heights. I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead under his leadership, and I believe that his tenure will be marked by excellence and innovation.

As we look to the future, I am eager to see our alumni association grow and thrive. I hope to meet and reconnect with even more of you in the coming year, as we continue to build a vibrant and engaged alumni community. Your contributions and involvement are essential to the continued success of our college, and I encourage each of you to become actively involved in the various initiatives and events we have planned.

In closing, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for your support, dedication, and unwavering commitment to our beloved University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. As we celebrate 125 years of excellence, let us continue to honor our rich heritage while embracing the opportunities that lie ahead. Together, we can ensure that the next 125 years are as remarkable as the first.

Thank you for the privilege of serving as your president. Here’s to a bright and prosperous future for our College of Pharmacy and our alumni association.

Warmest regards,

Rick Sain, PharmD, ‘89 College of Pharmacy Alumni Board President

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“I’ve Got a Passion for the College,” Unofficial Historian Says

James Eoff, III, PharmD, graduated from the College of Pharmacy in 1966 and never left, until he retired in 2014.

So, to call him the unofficial historian of the college is probably an understatement.

Now, as the college celebrates its 125th year, its history is well documented by Dr. Eoff and others. And he is thrilled to share it. Until this year, he gave lectures on the college’s past as part of orientation for new students.

“I served under five deans, and so I just kind of noted those eras and put things in my mind about what occurred and was going on during those different eras,” he says.

Dr. Eoff is justifiably proud of the trove of pharmacy antiques that are on display in the museum in the lobby and on every floor of the Pharmacy Building on the Memphis campus and were displayed in the “Saddlebags to Science” exhibition at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum, now the Memphis Museum of Science & History.

Dr. Eoff became serious about chronicling the history of the college for one simple reason. “I was worried nobody is going to know things,” he says. “I think the history is kind of important to know where the college came from, who and what were the things during the different eras, and how it formed.”

Dr. Eoff says he loves the college. “The passion I’ve got for UT football, I’ve got that same kind of passion for the college as part of my life. It has been incredibly wonderful to me, and it was a great blessing to work there,”

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125 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Content provided by: The College of Pharmacy, Dr. James Eoff, and Jennifer Langford

1898

Pharmacy courses were first offered as a part of the chemistry department at UT Knoxville.

1900

The Pharmacy Department graduated its first students, Henry Comer Fite of Hendersonville and Samuel Gerstle Spiro of Knoxville.

1906

The Pharmacy Department became a separate School of Pharmacy in Knoxville, graduating 27 men with the Pharmaceutical Chemist (Ph.C.) degree.

1909

Pharmacy instruction was moved to Memphis. The Pharmacy Department in Memphis was conducted under the auspices of the College of Physicians and Surgeons for two sessions, 1909-1910.

1910

Pharmacy became a department of the old University of Memphis, graduating eight pharmacy students. However, because only six students were enrolled in pharmacy courses, the Board of Trustees terminated the program.

1911

Pharmacy education resumed as The University of Tennessee School of Pharmacy, upon the transfer of the UT medical and dental schools to Memphis. Dr. William Kraus was chairman of faculty from 1911 to 1926.

1912

Six students graduated in the first pharmacy class on the then-UT Memphis campus. Annual tuition was $100, including laboratory and demonstration fees.

Expenses were estimated at $225 per year.

1914

The school received recognition by the New York Board of Regents. The school graduated its first female, Emma Hutson Hutchinson.

1924

The school applied for and received full membership in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

1926

Andrew Richard Bliss, Jr. was appointed the first dean. He had come to the University in 1923 as chief of the Division of Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Medicine. Dr. Bliss served as dean until June 30, 1933, when he resigned to become a director of Webster Laboratories.

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The Tennessee General Assembly funded a new pharmacy building, later named the Crowe Research Building. The Crowe building served for over 60 years as the home of the School of Pharmacy.

1931

The number of faculty members increased from 11 in 1911 to 30 by 1931.

1936

Robert L. Crowe was appointed dean of the School of Pharmacy. Dr. Crowe’s career goal was to become a physician, but after being introduced into the world of teaching, he decided teaching was to be his life’s work.

Although he never received his medical degree, he was licensed by examination to practice medicine (not surgery) in Tennessee. Dr. Crowe guided the school from a small department into one of the largest and best pharmacy schools in the United States, until his death in July 1953.

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The school conferred the first Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree.

1940

World War II brought a dramatic decrease in pharmacy school enrollment. Only 16 students graduated with pharmacy degrees from 1944 through 1946.

1953

Upon the death of Dean Crowe, Karl John Goldner became dean, serving until 1959, when he resigned to resume his teaching career. During the 1950s, pharmacy school tuition was $90 per quarter or $270 per year.

1959

Seldon Dick Feurt was appointed dean. Dr. Feurt was instrumental in changing the name of the school to the College of Pharmacy. Dean Feurt brought acclaimed teachers, scientists and researchers to UT, and the faculty increased to 60. Under Dr. Feurt’s leadership the UT College of Pharmacy became the largest pharmacy school in the South and one of the five largest schools in the nation.

1962

The five-story Pharmacy and Dentistry Research Building at 26 S. Dunlap was completed. The old building was renamed for Dean Feurt after his death in 1975.

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The College of Pharmacy begins the PharmD program, one of only five in the country.

1969

UT CoP was a one-year program and graduated its first two PharmD students, making it the sixth college in the country to grant a PharmD degree.

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Clinical services spread in Memphis, beginning at the City of Memphis Hospital in 1970, then Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and West Tennessee Chest Disease Hospital in 1972, Memphis Mental Health Institute in 1974, and the VA Memphis Medical Center in 1975.

Clinical services also spread across the state.

1975

Following the death of Dr. Feurt, Dr. Martin Ellis Hamner was named acting dean. Dr. Hamner served until August 1, when Dr. John Autian was named dean.

Dr. Autian served as dean until 1982, when he was appointed dean of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences and vice chancellor for Research.

1976

The formal agreement establishing the Seldon D. Feurt Memorial Fund was signed. This memorial to the late dean was established by members of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy with the Tennessee Pharmacists Association and alumni of the college.

1982

Michael R. Ryan was named dean. Dr. Ryan’s term brought innovations, beginning in 1984, when the PharmD course of study was implemented for all pharmacy students, making the college one of the first schools in the nation to do so. Dr. Ryan served as dean until 1989.

1984

Emphasis on the PharmD degree grew throughout the United States, and the PharmD degree was approved as the only degree offered by the College of Pharmacy.

1985

The Harriett S. Van Vleet Foundation awarded the university a gift of $3 million to support research and education in pharmacy and the biomedical sciences.

The $1 million pharmacy portion of the gift brought the Van Vleet Professorship in Pharmacy and support for research and graduate student scholarships.

1988

The college’s first all-PharmD class graduates.

James C. Eoff III served as acting dean following the resignation of Dean Ryan. In September, UT alumnus Dick R. Gourley was named dean.

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Dr. James Eoff received the first of three Minority Center of Excellence grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the college.

1998

The college was the first in the nation to require all students to be certified to give immunizations as a requirement for graduation.

2004

Governor Phil Bredesen and the Tennessee General Assembly approved $42.8 million to construct a new building for the College of Pharmacy on the UT Health Science Center campus in Memphis.

2006

The Knoxville campus opened with the construction of a new 15,000-square-foot facility on the University of Tennessee Medical Center campus.

2004

In August, the college dedicated its new 183,857square-foot, six-story building in Memphis.

2011

Dean Gourley announces his retirement and accepts the position as dean emeritus and interim president of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation. James Eoff served as acting dean. In September, Marie Chisholm-Burns is named dean. Dr. Chisholm-Burns is the first African American and female to be appointed dean of the 113-year-old college.

2014

The CoP’s Nashville campus is announced. The campus expands training opportunities to students throughout the state.

2017

The Drug Discovery Center opens to support drug discovery research by securing external funding, providing training to students and postdoctoral fellows, and pursuing commercial partnerships.

2019

The Substance Use Disorder and Therapeutics team is established.

2021

The Immersive PharmD Accelerated Track (ImPAcT) program begins, allowing students to complete their PharmD degree in three years instead of the traditional four years.

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The college received permission from the Accreditation Association for Colleges of Pharmacy to allow students to complete all four years on the Nashville or Knoxville campuses beginning in Fall 2023.

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Dr. Reginald Frye is appointed dean.

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New Dean Finds College Welcoming Dean Reginald Frye had less than a week to get acquainted with Memphis before his first day at the helm of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy on June 1.

Still, he feels he has settled in well to life in the Bluff City and in the college.

“It’s been great,” he says. “It is a very collegial environment and everybody’s willing to help.”

His immediate focus has been on getting to know the UTHSC College of Pharmacy with its campuses in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville. He has traveled across the state to do that.

“Pharmacy is really a diverse field. When most people think of a pharmacist, they think of the Walgreens or CVS pharmacist, but there are many different career pathways in pharmacy,” he says. “There are also many opportunities in research. One of the things that attracted me here was the research productivity of the pharmacy faculty and the research areas that they’re working in.”

Dr. Frye is an accomplished researcher focusing on factors influencing drug response related to metabolism and pharmacogenetics.

“And then, there’s the patient care aspect of helping patients live healthier lives through the optimal use of medications,” he continues. “The clinical faculty are well known nationally as well. So, it’s a very strong group.”

Dr. Frye has enjoyed visiting with faculty, staff, students, and alumni in Memphis, Knoxville, and Nashville.

Dr. Frye came to UTHSC from the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy, where he served as a professor, chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, and the associate dean for Faculty Development in the college.

Prior to Dr. Frye’s arrival, Brad Boucher, PharmD, FCCP, FNAP, MCCM, served as the interim dean of the college since June 2022. Dr. Boucher retired from the university in August after nearly 40 years of service.

Dr. Frye received his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree in 1990 from Mercer University and his PhD in clinical pharmaceutical science in 1995 at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed postgraduate training as a Clinical Pharmacokinetics Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an ASHP Fellow in Clinical Pharmacokinetics at the University of Pittsburgh.

CoP Rises to No. 6 in Research Funding from National Institutes of Health

By Chris Green The College of Pharmacy received more than $19.2 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in Fiscal Year 2022, causing it to climb to No. 6 in NIH funding from No. 12 the year before, according to a listing from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy of its approximately 140 member institutions.

“The ranking of No. 6 in NIH funding for federal Fiscal Year 2022 is external validation for the UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s standing as one of the leading institutions in research among the 142 U.S. pharmacy schools,” said Bernd Meibohm, PhD, associate dean for Graduate Programs and Research. “It underlines the college’s role as one of the top pharmacy schools in the nation.”

In 2010, the college had roughly $3 million in NIH grant funding, and the number has steadily risen each year since then. Dr. Meibohm said the continual increase is due to a joint effort of the College of Pharmacy’s entire faculty, including the researchers who attracted the NIH grants and those who supported them by taking on more educational activities to free up time for their researchfocused colleagues.

“The rise in the college’s rankings was accomplished by a long-term commitment and investment to create and foster a culture of scholarship and collaborative, teambased research, to communicate clear expectations for research and scholarship to all faculty, to establish an array of research incentives and support programs, and to complement these efforts by strategic recruitment of new NIH-funded investigators,” Dr. Meibohm said.

NIH funding is highly competitive, and a high ranking is widely regarded as a benchmark for scientific rigor and excellence in research. Research in the college includes areas such as preclinical and clinical drug discovery and development, drug utilization, outcome research, and clinical research targeted at refinement of applied pharmacotherapy.

“This record-high funding for our college was achieved through the outstanding productivity of our faculty, who are conducting cutting-edge research in the pharmaceutical sciences,” Dean Frye said.

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A Look at Some of the Latest Research Projects • Principal investigators Jianxiong Jiang, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Jiawang Liu, PhD, director of UTHSC’s Medicinal Chemistry core, received a $1.15 million translational grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to develop a new treatment for ischemic stroke, a leading cause of death in adults worldwide.

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• Bob Moore, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Megan Mulligan, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Genetics, Genomics & Informatics, received a five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse totaling $3.69 million to study how genetic differences influence behavioral and physiological responses to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive component in cannabis.

• Wei Li, PhD, distinguished professor of pharmaceutical sciences and director of the Drug Discovery Center in the College of Pharmacy, and Tiffany Seagroves, PhD, professor of pathology, are principal investigators on a $3.07 million grant from the National Cancer Institute for a project to develop a new series of drugs targeting microtubules to stop the spread of breast cancer to the brain and bone.

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• Dr. Wei Li and Francesca-Fang Liao, PhD, professor of Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology in the College of Medicine, are principal investigators on a project funded by a $2.16 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to test a new way to combat the root cause of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease.

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• Santosh Kumar, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Tauheed Ishrat, PhD, professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, received a $423,500 grant from the National Institute on Aging for their work to define the underlying mechanisms contributing to Alzheimer’s disease-associated neurodegeneration and memory impairment in people with HIV.

• The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded $2.4 million to a team including Francesco Giorgianni, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, to develop medical countermeasures to treat gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome. Radhakrishna Rao, PhD, vice chair and professor in the Department of Physiology, is leading the team.

• Dr. Francesco Giorgianni is also part of a team led

by Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the College of Medicine, that has received more than $5.2 million from the National Cancer Institute for a study that will fill critical gaps in knowledge around obesity-mediated cancer risk.

Expanding Opportunities in Nashville and Knoxville This fall, the College of Pharmacy opened its Nashville and Knoxville campuses for the first time to a limited number of first-year students to begin their four years of pharmacy training there.

Previously, all pharmacy students were required to spend their first semester on the Memphis campus and then had the option to transfer to the college’s campuses in Nashville or Knoxville to complete their PharmD degree.

The change, approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, allows the college to offer the option for students to spend all four years of their training in Memphis, Nashville, or Knoxville.

“We have been meeting the needs of students, and this allows us to meet those needs even better,” said Bradley Boucher, PharmD, FCCP, FNAP, MCCM, when he served as interim dean. “We’re meeting students where they are and we’re able to provide the educational opportunities that are desired by students across the entire state of Tennessee.”

Applications for the Fall 2023 cohort opened in July and the P1 spots in Nashville and Knoxville were highly sought after. Twenty P1 students were enrolled at each campus.

The change also helps extend the UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s footprint across the state, allowing students who desire a pharmacy education in East Tennessee or Middle Tennessee to pursue it with UTHSC. The Knoxville campus is at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The college established its MiddleTennessee footprint in 2014, when it opened its campus in Nashville. It moved to its current location in southeast Nashville at 301 South Perimeter Park Drive in 2019.

The UTHSC College of Pharmacy is the most highly ranked, lowest-cost college of pharmacy in the state.

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Three Residents Awarded APhA Foundation Incentive Grants in 2023

By Janay Jeans During their residency in the College of Pharmacy’s PGY1 (post-graduate year 1) Community-Based Pharmacy Residency program, Kaitlyn Kerley, PharmD, Dakota Raines, PharmD, and Kelsey Stephens Schreuders, PharmD, were selected among the 2023 incentive grant recipients of the American Pharmacists Association Foundation. Each recipient has been awarded $1,000 to support their community pharmacy research projects.

barriers to care, and pharmacy staff acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of the service.

“Receiving this grant is such an honor and shows that other people think this is important, too, and gives extra validation for this kind of service,” Dr. Kerley said.

The APhA Foundation is the oldest and largest professional society of pharmacists nationally. The foundation’s Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care awards pharmacists, students, and community pharmacy residents grants to support the development and implementation of an innovative project or patient care service in their pharmacy practice.

Dr. Raines earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology and his bachelor’s in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Memphis and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. He previously served as the PGY1 community-based resident at Kroger Pharmacy in Knoxville and now serves as a pharmacist at Kroger Pharmacy in Nashville.

Dr. Kerley earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Erskine College, and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Belmont University. This year, she previously served as the PGY-1 community-based pharmacy resident at Kroger Health in Memphis. She is currently a PGY-2 and serves as a Pain Management and Palliative Care pharmacy resident at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in Florida.

He was awarded the grant for his research project titled, “Retaining Technician Talent: Impact of Pharmacist Management Style on Pharmacy Technician Resilience in One Regional Division of a Large Community Pharmacy Chain.” The project analyzed the connections between pharmacists’ leadership and management and the resilience and well-being of pharmacy technicians.

Her project focused on providing a clinical service for pharmacists to administer long-acting injectable antipsychotics to patients, helping to reduce barriers to health care. “As pharmacists, we are highly educated and trained to administer this care, and the state of Tennessee allows pharmacists to inject these medications, but we just don’t have a service for us to do it,” Dr. Kerley said.

“My first thought when hearing I was awarded the grant was shock and immense gratitude,” Dr. Raines said.

“Taking place across 22 pharmacies in Tennessee, the project used multiple methods of engagement to assess the impact pharmacist management behaviors have on technician resilience and well-being.”

“These medications are used for people with severe mental disorders and are very effective, but they can only be administered by a health care provider,” Dr. Kerley said.

“After patients leave the doctor’s office, they arrive at the pharmacy to get their medications dispensed, and then they have to return to the doctor, or a clinic, just to get it administered to them.”

The leading objectives of her project include determining the impact on medication adherence, the impact on

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Dr. Raines said the funding supported his project in areas such as travel and extended time in pharmacies, paying for materials, and conference fees to present his research to other pharmacists. “I appreciate the support of both the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Kroger Health in pursuing this project.”

Dr. Schreuders earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. She

Kaitlyn Kerley, PharmD (left), Dakota Raines, PharmD (middle), and Kelsey Stephens Schreuders, PharmD (right) were named among the 2023 recipients of the APhA Foundation Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care.

previously served as a PGY-1 community-based resident, and currently serves as a pharmacist at Kroger Pharmacy in Nashville.

teams who may not have been aware of the expanded recommendations for this vaccine, and it is rewarding to help empower teams to make these recommendations.”

She received the grant for her research titled, “Impact of a Theory-Based Implementation Strategy Focused on Pharmacy Personnel on Increasing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Rates in One Regional Division of a Large Community Pharmacy Chain.” Occurring in 91 pharmacies across Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama, her research examined various strategies to determine the most impactful method to raise HPV vaccination rates in the community pharmacy setting.

The UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s Community-Based Residency Program is a multi-site program located in one of three cities: Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville.

The program enables residents to gain clinical skills and experiences in the community pharmacy practice.

Dr. Schreuders said this research will be helpful in shaping current methods in community pharmacy and allow pharmacists to better provide public health outreach in the community. It marks the fourth consecutive year that a resident in the program’s Nashville residency site has received a research grant from the foundation.

The grant was used toward incentives for pharmacy teams providing this service, funding printing and mailing of materials, and various conference fees to present her study to other pharmacists.

“This is another example of how the UTHSC College of Pharmacy continues to advance community pharmacy practice through both research and training. We aim to solve real issues in practice today such as equitable care, pharmacy workforce issues, and public health access,” said Kenneth Hohmeier, PharmD, professor, director of Community Affairs, and director of the PGY-1 CommunityBased Pharmacy Residency Program. “We are grateful to our residency site partner, Kroger Pharmacy, for their collaboration; they continue to push the boundaries of what community pharmacy can do to extend health care access to our communities.”

“It was awesome to have been awarded this grant and I am looking forward to having more conversations with pharmacy teams about HPV vaccines,” Dr. Schreuders said. “I have already experienced great discussions with

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Alumna, UT Board of Trustees Member Committed to Serve Statewide

By Janay Jeans Shanea McKinney, PharmD, points to her grandmother’s experience with chronic conditions and the pharmaceutical care she received as the inspiration behind her journey into the profession of pharmacy.

“My grandmother, Mary Katherine Chandler, saw doctors regularly, but the health care professionals that she interacted with more often were her pharmacists,” Dr. McKinney said. “She trusted their knowledge and ability to help her make the important connections with her prescribed medications and how those medications positively impacted her medical conditions. I really appreciated witnessing, firsthand, the value of those relationships in improving her overall quality of life.”

Now, Dr. McKinney, a graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, serves as a member of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees and became the first person of color to serve on the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy.

“That is a lot to sit in and rise to the awesome obligation and purposeful duty of representing my profession and regulating professional colleagues at the highest level in our state,” Dr. McKinney said of her appointment in 2020 to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy. The board, established in 1893, licenses and registers pharmacists and pharmacies in the state and ensures pharmacists are giving quality pharmaceutical care in accordance with state and federal laws.

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When Dr. McKinney received the call from the Office of the Governor in 2021 about her appointment to serve on the UT Board of Trustees, at first, she was surprised, followed by immediate excitement for the opportunity.

“I said, ‘wow, why me?’ and they said, ‘why not you,’” she said. “I really appreciated the foresight of Governor Lee for making this nomination because there wasn’t an appointee from UTHSC, and few from the western portion of the state, at that time. The thoughtful process in seeking an individual who has a connection to the governing principles that the Governor and his office sees as important for citizens’ service, was not lost on me.”

Dr. McKinney began serving on the UT Board of Trustees in 2022 and was confirmed by the Tennessee General Assembly. The board governs the educational and operational effectiveness of the statewide University of Tennessee System.

“I cannot underscore enough the gravity of this responsibility. The University of Tennessee Board has the phenomenal task in a way that the few other boards have, to provide access to all Tennesseans in their pursuit of higher education,” Dr. McKinney said. “I am so fortunate to serve alongside 11 other trustees, including our student trustee, to learn from each one of them. Many of whom are experienced titans of education and business and all who share a passion for the great state of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee System.”

A native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Dr. McKinney was accepted into a six-year accelerated program after graduating from high school at Mercer University’s College of Pharmacy, initially starting in Macon, Georgia.

After the first semester, feeling she wasn’t receiving a robust collegiate experience and seeking to return to Tennessee, she transferred to the University of Memphis to complete her undergraduate studies. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Memphis in 2004. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the UTHSC College of Pharmacy in 2008.

She said, “the depth and breadth of opportunities that UTHSC brought” encouraged her to pursue admittance to the college. “The UTHSC College of Pharmacy has been highly ranked for years,” she said. “They were expanding their experiential, clinical experiences across the state, and while I was familiar with retail pharmacy, I sought to explore other disciplines of the practice of pharmacy. The robustness of the rotations offered at UTHSC allowed for a tremendous amount of professional experiences that other schools couldn’t offer at that time.”

During her time as a student, she participated in rotations in Memphis and Knoxville, gained connections with faculty, joined the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA), and served in the Black Student Association in various roles, including as president.

“Although we had the largest class size of 100 students at the time, it didn’t feel as though our class size kept each of us from having close connections with our professors, preceptors, and administrators throughout the college, which I appreciated,” she said.

After graduating, she completed a postgraduate fellowship in U.S. regulatory affairs and drug development at Eli Lilly and Company, where she also served in several roles before moving back to Memphis. Now, she is the senior clinical account manager at Cigna, serving clients in Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock, Louisville, and Atlanta, providing analytical insights on integrated pharmacy trends and helping clients and members experience positive outcomes from their health plan benefits.

“What I learned at UTHSC is the power of relationships and the awesome impact that the practice of pharmacy can bring to people. As a profession, we are the middle point that connects other health care professionals. When we are able to build conscious credibility for others within our profession, across other disciplines, and with our

patients at the forefront, that’s when we can do the most good,” she said. “From my training at UTHSC, I took away the importance of not only being knowledgeable about medications, therapeutics, and disease states, but also the power of connecting that knowledge to your audience for the purpose of advancing health for your patients. These concepts were taught well throughout the College of Pharmacy, I’m grateful for that and I carry these precepts with me at all times, because your audience matters to your outcomes.”

In addition to her service statewide, she serves locally as the immediate past chair of the Downtown Mobility Authority (DMA), a member of the Diversity Committee of the Downtown Memphis Commission, and on the executive committee of the Memphis River Parks Partnership. She is also a trustee member of the University of Tennessee Foundation and serves on the healthcare advisory board for the University of Memphis.

With a passion for performing arts, Dr. McKinney is a proud member of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Circle of Friends. “My family, my husband David and I, we love the arts and music,” she said. “The Circle of Friends was initiated because of Mei-Ann Chen, who was the first female conductor for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and a small group of women wanted to ensure she felt supported and encouraged by a village. Although she is no longer the conductor, we have maintained the Circle of Friends to be an instrument of inclusion for the arts and we are specific about increasing the number of minorities who have seats in the orchestra by providing scholarships to guests or full-time musicians to create greater access to the orchestra for people of color. I am proud of that inclusion.”

During her address as the keynote speaker for this year’s Black Student Association Awards Ceremony, Dr. McKinney shared the lessons and experiences in her life and career.

“I spoke about of one my life’s tenets, something that my grandmother always impressed upon me throughout her life, which was the importance of always being prepared.

The understanding that doing the little things in life, will help you build upon the next hurdle that you are looking to cross. It’s the little things that really prepare you for the big things,” she said. “A quote that I often play in the back of my mind and try to encourage others with frequently is ‘you must fall in love with the process of becoming great, because that’s what will keep you there!’”

Former Interim Dean Bradley Boucher Retires After Nearly 40-year “Wonderful Journey” Ask Brad Boucher, former interim dean of the College of Pharmacy, what he is most proud of from what he calls the “wonderful journey” of his nearly 40-year career in the College of Pharmacy at UTHSC, and his answer is simple – teaching the students.

“I’d like to think of myself as having some skills as an educator,” Dr. Boucher says. “And importantly, I loved I was allowed to have fun doing it.”

An accomplished educator, clinical pharmacist, and researcher, he holds many credentials, PharmD, FCCP, FNAP, MCCM. In addition to serving as interim dean from May 2022 to June 2023, he has other impressive titles, including associate dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations in the college, professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, vice chair for Institutional Programs and Strategic Planning in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, associate professor and vice chair for Research in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery.

Dr. Boucher joined the college in 1984, when department chair William Evans, PharmD, who went on to become CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, was building the faculty of what was then the Clinical Pharmacy Department, now the Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Department.

Still, he says, his major accomplishment is “the enjoyment that comes from teaching our students.”

Dr. Boucher retired from the College of Pharmacy on July 31.

“He wanted to not only build up the department in terms of its education and practice, but we were also very focused on us being scholars and clinical researchers,” Dr. Boucher says. The Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health was less than a year old at that time, and Dr. Boucher became the first clinical pharmacist to practice there. He practiced there until June 2022.

The clinical work as part of the trauma team led Dr. Boucher to research looking into pharmacokinetics in the critically ill patient. It also led to establishing a twoyear fellowship training program for clinical pharmacists in trauma teams. “I trained nine fellows during my time here,” Dr. Boucher says.

Dr. Boucher was instrumental in initiating a critical care pharmacy residency program that has trained more than 80 residents since it began in 1987. “That’s very exciting as an educator, and they themselves, now have residency programs,” he says. “As mentors of these individuals, that’s very gratifying.”

Dr. Boucher will continue to serve the college parttime, leading projects on alumni engagement and the development of the college’s new five-year strategic plan.

In addition to his impact at UTHSC, Dr. Boucher has tremendous involvement in many professional organizations. He was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) in 1998 and served as president of the ACCP from 2001-2002.

He received the ACCP Service Award in 2004 and the ACCP Clinical Practice Award in 2011. In 2016-2018, Dr. Boucher served as the president of the National Rho Chi Honor Society. Currently, he is serving as the Rho Chi Society Treasurer.

For his longstanding dedication to the pharmacy profession as an educator, clinician, and scholar, Dr. Boucher recently received the 2023 Paul F. Parker Medal Award from the ACCP. The Paul F. Parker Medal is the highest honor by the ACCP and honors an individual for their outstanding and sustained contributions to improving or expanding the field in many areas of professional service, including but not limited to, patient care, leadership, administration, financial, technological, information provision/processing, service delivery, models of care, and advocacy.

“I am extremely humbled to receive this prestigious honor from ACCP. What is especially rewarding is that I became close to Dr. Parker, the namesake of this award, in the twilight of his monumental career decades ago as a fellow at the University of Kentucky,” Dr. Boucher said. “To receive this award bearing his name and to be listed along with past recipients who are among the giants within the pharmacy professions, is the capstone of my career.”

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Pharmacy Training, Leadership Experience Give Student Hope for Success

By Chris Green Christian Phillips got his first glimpse into pharmacy when he was a child, as his father required multiple medications.

“My dad was very sick and was a dialysis patient, so there was always a bunch of medications around,” he says.

“When I was old enough, I would even help him take his medication, schedule his medication, organize it, and whatnot.”

Seeing his interest in these medications, Phillips’ relatives who work in the health care field recommended he learn more about pharmacy, and he has had his sights set on that career since high school. Phillips, from Olive Branch, Mississippi, went on to receive his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied biomedical science and chemistry.

Several factors led Phillips to the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, such as the high ranking of the Doctor of Pharmacy program, its affordability, and proximity to his North Mississippi hometown. Now in his third year in the college, Phillips believes he made the right choice.

“I’m loving it,” he says. In addition to the positive experience he has had with his fellow students and the faculty, both of whom Phillips says are more than willing to help him whenever needed, the college has helped him grow in ways he did not anticipate. “I would probably label myself throughout high school and undergrad as an introvert, but now I’m getting out of my comfort zone. Seeing how much UTHSC cultivates leadership and knowledge has made me want to challenge myself.”

Phillips took a big step outside his comfort zone by running for president of the Pharmacy Student Government Association. The inspiration initially came from the former president, Alainee Miller. “I saw the way she carried herself, I saw the way the students look at her, and the way the faculty look at her. Seeing that example being set and seeing all the good things that could come from being president, I wanted to experience that and have that growth.”

Since being elected president, Phillips has set a goal to be a model for other students, just as Miller was for him.

He wants to bring more unity among the students and to be an advocate for them when they are facing issues in the college. As a student, he has also made involvement a priority and is a member of the college’s chapters of the American Pharmacists Association–Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA), leadership society Phi Lambda Sigma, and honor society Rho Chi. Along with his leadership and involvement experiences, Phillips’ internship is helping to prepare him for success.

He has worked for two years as a pharmacy intern at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, doing much of the work of a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician, but under supervision. “It’s opened my eyes to the clinical side of pharmacy,” he says. “Every pharmacist and pharmacy tech there is very knowledgeable. They have fostered a great learning environment and have taught me a lot of information that I’ve been able to utilize in school.”

With under two years of pharmacy school left, Phillips is not yet sure what path he will take after graduating in 2025. He is leaning toward seeking residency when the time comes. His work at Le Bonheur has him considering specializing in pediatrics, but he is hoping his upcoming rotations will lead him to the right specialty. “I don’t know exactly what I want to do, but I am very open-minded,” he says.

Looking even further into the future, Phillips says he can see himself working in academia and in a leadership position, so he can utilize the experience he has gained through the College of Pharmacy to help train the next generation of pharmacists.

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Father and Son Spend Decades Fulfilling Tennesseans’ Pharmacy Needs

By Chris Green Over their 99 combined years of practice, Van Swaim, DPh, and his son Mike Swaim, DPh, built something of a pharmacy empire in Tennessee.

Both graduates of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, the father and son have been business partners for over three decades, currently operating Van’s Institutional Pharmacy in Martin, Tennessee. Over the years, they have served communities across the state through the drugstores and institutional pharmacies they have owned.

At 85 years old, Dr. Van Swaim is one of the oldest working pharmacists in Tennessee, and he and his stores have filled more than 5 million prescriptions. He first developed an interest in pharmacy as a child in Greenfield, Tennessee, approximately 14 miles south of Martin, where he started learning from a pharmacist who lived next door. He later attended the College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1961 and making valuable connections along the way.

“We had 90-plus students in my class, and we grew close because we were in every class together. The only thing that separated us: I was a Kappa Psi, and the others were Phi Delta Chi,” he said.

After working in hospitals and pharmacies in the Memphis area for a few years, Dr. Swaim moved closer to his hometown to work at a pharmacy in Martin, where his wife was working as a soda jerk at a different drugstore.

He bought interest in the pharmacy, eventually buying it out and naming it Van’s Pharmacy in 1974. The store gave his son his first look into his future profession.

“I started out cleaning shelves and being the delivery boy at 15 or 16 years old,” Dr. Mike Swaim said. “I just grew up in pharmacy; I didn’t know any different.”

The younger Dr. Swaim continued to follow in his father’s footsteps, graduating from the College of Pharmacy in 1986. Just like his dad, he formed strong connections, not only with his classmates, but also with his instructors. “We got to be really close friends with our professors,” he said.

“We went to their houses and ate, and we went to dinner with them. It was a different atmosphere in professional school than a four-year college.”

After graduating, Dr. Swaim didn’t want to work for his father right away. He started working for an institutional pharmacy where he serviced medicines for health care providers across Tennessee. Eventually, he could no

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longer pass up the opportunity to join in his father’s success, and the two became business partners in the 1990s. Together, they bought and sold several pharmacies in West Tennessee, and their businesses became staples in the communities of Martin, Paris, and Dresden.

“We’ve been blessed to be given this opportunity,” Dr. Mike Swaim said. “We take ownership in giving back to our community, and I think that’s what we’ve done.”

After decades of partnership, the father and son have narrowed their focus into their institutional pharmacy, which provides services for patients of long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, and supported living homes across the Mid-South. Although he has turned over the management decisions to his son, Dr. Van Swaim still shows up to work five days a week.

“It has worked out great for me,” he said. “I come in every morning, open up, and crank up all the robots and computers and so forth. I’m not sure I could handle retail pharmacy at my age, but institutional pharmacy has been a blessing for me to get up and have a place t o go every day.”

Throughout their careers, both Dr. Swaims have remained dedicated to the College of Pharmacy and its mission to educate the pharmacists of the future. They have served on boards and committees under multiple deans, and their businesses have helped train students and employed graduates for decades.

“We know when they’re trained at the College of Pharmacy, we get quality. We know what Memphis offers, and we’ve never been disappointed with any of these graduates,” Dr. Van Swaim said. His son added, “The college has been a blessing to both of us, and we want to give back. We think pharmacy is obviously an important profession in the state of Tennessee. We want other young people to have the same experience we had and to get the same education we had. We were trained well and prepared when we got out, and we want the same opportunities for other people.”

WHY I GIVE. Alumni and friends give to the UTHSC College of Pharmacy for all kinds of reasons. They love their school.

They want to help others achieve. They desire to improve their community. Always, their generous contributions are greatly appreciated and make a difference. Here are words from the heart from a few who give.

“Jerry and our family have a slogan that sums up our view: ‘a lot of little will do a lot.’ This has been used so frequently that even our grandchildren can repeat it as a mantra. I am proud of the opportunities I have gained by being a graduate of the College of Pharmacy and thought I could pay it forward by contributing a ‘little’ starting early in my career. I was earning around $10 an hour and I embraced the idea of giving to the college and earning a tax benefit. I loved UT and hated taxes, so I loved both factors!

We believe in giving our time and dollars to complete the whole picture.

The most defined reason I give is based on my humility as a high school senior with defined goals, supportive family, and great academic credentials. Financing my college dream was more of a mirage than an achievable dream.

The Sullivan County UT Alumni Scholarship and a Fred M. Roddy Scholarship anchored my start at UT Knoxville and additional aid developed to get me to pharmacy school. My donations alone would not benefit much, but my little put with a lot of other donors did make a difference. We (eventually) were able to establish an endowed scholarship focused on students who are the first in their families to attend college.”

– Paula Hinson, PharmD ’78

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“This statement is from the heart and my commitment to UTHSC runs deep.

I was diagnosed with PTSD while attending UTHSC College of Pharmacy, which created major challenges. I attended therapy weekly for two years at no cost. I left a better person mentally, spiritually, and physically. A burden was lifted, and I was free to soar high!

The administration and staff believed in my ability when I doubted it. The level of support and encouragement I was given created a bond that will never be broken. I give because the College of Pharmacy and UTHSC invested in me, and there is no better way to show my appreciation than investing in their future.”

– Rosie Ann Riley, PharmD ’15

“We give out of love. Love for UTHSC, our College of Pharmacy, those they serve, the faculty that teach, and most certainly, what UTHSC means to the health and wellness of our community.

We hope it motivates others to give and to practice the same generosity through their lifetime.

My wife, Susan, and I have given more than $50,000 personally, and more than $70,000 through the Helms Family Scholarship.

The scholarship is the result of many folks making it possible, not just Susan and myself. Susan and I have given to half a dozen UTHSC CoP scholarships to honor those individuals for whom the scholarships are named.

We have supported the College of Pharmacy Building and other worthy student initiatives not related to the Helms Family Scholarship. Giving stimulates dopamine release, I suspect, making you feel good. Others need to try it.”

–R ichard A. Helms, PharmD Professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

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College of Pharmacy Alumni Contribute to “Everywhere You Look, UT” Mural Campaign

By Courtney Brown Five University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy PharmD graduates created a local landmark on one of their West Tennessee pharmacies with an “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural.

However, it is Kenton Drug Company in Obion County that shows the owners’ passion and pride for the University of Tennessee. The UT System selected it as home to the 36th mural in the campaign.

Derek Holyfield (UT Martin ’98, UTHSC ’02), along with partners Jennifer Hopper (UT Martin ’95, UTHSC ’98), Greg Emison (UTHSC ’02), Brian Whitby (UT Martin ’01, UTHSC ’05), and Kelly Weaver (UTHSC ’04), founded a chain of eight pharmacies, collectively known as West Tennessee Pharms, with the aim of providing highquality pharmaceutical care to patients in mainly rural, underserved areas.

Dr. Holyfield attributes West Tennessee Pharms’ success to UTHSC’s curriculum, culture, and connections.

“My big takeaway from UTHSC was that I was capable of doing whatever I chose,” Dr. Holyfield says. “But, at the end of the day, the patients always come first.”

“We all felt that it’s better to work together in our rural home areas than with big pharmaceutical chains,” Dr. Holyfield says. “Pharmacy should be about taking care of patients, not just making profits.”

Dr. Holyfield hopes that the 15-foot-wide mural on the side of Kenton Drug Company serves as an emblem of his UT pride and a reminder to the daily 4,129 passersby of the unique opportunities the university offers.

Additionally, he hopes that the reminder will encourage his fellow UTHSC pharmacy graduates to join the campaign as well.

The team of friends own Duncan’s Pharmacy in Dyer, Duncan’s Express Pharmacy in Trenton, Duncan’s Pharmacy of Greenfield in Greenfield, Cavalier Pharmacy in Alamo, Three Oaks Pharmacy in Medina, Raines Pharmacy in Bells, and Hometown Drug Company in Brownsville.

“Alumni are by far the most passionate partners. We have a lot of multi-generational alumni families that have murals,” says UT System Director of Marketing Ellie Dougherty (UT Knoxville ’04, ’10), who heads the campaign to spread awareness of the UT System’s impact on Tennesseans.

The “Everywhere You Look, UT” campaign’s goal is to paint a mural in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties by 2030.

“The slogan promotes the fact that everywhere you look across the state of Tennessee, you will find a connection to UT,” says Dougherty.

The campaign is on track to cross the halfway point this fall. If all goes according to plan, there will be 48 counties with murals at the end of the year. (The difference between counties and number of murals is due to passionate UT friends paying for additional murals in their counties.) “(UT) President (Randy) Boyd says he wants one of these murals in every county,” Dr. Holyfield says. “Well, there’s almost a pharmacy in every county with a UTHSC pharmacy grad.”

To suggest a high-traffic, high-visibility canvas for a mural, visit https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/. Costs for the first mural in each county are covered by the university.

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Hawkins 2023 UT Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Brandon Hawkins, PharmD, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, was selected by the college’s student body as the 2023 University of Tennessee Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award recipient.

“It is an honor to be a recipient of the UT Alumni Association’s Outstanding Teacher Award,” Dr. Hawkins said. “Learning with and from my students is one of the great privileges of my career.”

Smith Recipient of a 2023 UT President’s Award Melissa Smith, MS, student affairs coordinator on the College of Pharmacy’s Knoxville campus, received a 2023 UT President’s Award in the Bold and Impactful (staff) category. The award was presented during the UT Board of Trustees meeting on June 30. Smith was one of three outstanding employees from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center honored with 2023 UT President’s Awards that were announced by UT System President Randy Boyd.

Kumar Leads International Scientific Conference Santosh Kumar, PhD, professor and assistant dean of Scholarly Integration and Collaboration, coordinated the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology’s 27th annual scientific conference in March in New Delhi, India.

Dr. Kumar served as the 2023 president of the society. “The first president of the society, Dr. Burt Sharp, was from UTHSC,” Dr. Kumar said. “Now in its 27th year, the society had another UTHSC professor as its president.” The conference also included scientific presentations from other UTHSC professors: Anna Bukiya, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology; Ted Cory, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science; and Bhupesh Singla, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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Students Celebrated at White Coat Ceremony During the College of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony on April 10 at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, 96 pharmacy students received their white coats. The ceremony signifies the students’ transition from first- to second-year student pharmacists. Natalie A. Tate, PharmD, the vice president of Pharmacy for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee since 2015, and a member of the UTHSC Advisory Board since 2018, addressed attendees during the ceremony. Dr. Tate earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from UTHSC, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.

Miller a 2023 Black Student Association Award Winner A native Memphian, Alainee Miller was a winner of a 2023 Black Student Association Award in February. She was lauded for demonstrating leadership, professionalism, and a commitment to patient care. During her time at UTHSC, Miller served as the Pharmacy Student Government Association president (2021-2022) and the Pharmacy Student Representative of the UTHSC Executive Committee. Miller also helped many new student pharmacists navigate professional school during the pandemic.

Inaugural ImPAcT Class Receives Pins

Duhart, Stultz, and Kumar Receive SGAEC Excellence in Teaching Awards The UTHSC Student Government Association Executive Council (SGAEC) awarded Benjamin Duhart, PharmD; Jeremy Stultz, PharmD; and Santosh Kumar, PhD, Excellence in Teaching Awards.

Drs. Duhart and Stultz, associate professors in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, received awards for their work in the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Kumar, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the award for his work in the College of Graduate Health Sciences. The awards are among the most prestigious awards a faculty member can win.

The inaugural Doctor of Pharmacy ImPAcT Class of 2024 received their pins in a ceremony July 13. The Immersive PharmD Accelerated Track, also referred to as ImPAcT, allows students to complete the PharmD degree in three years taking the same courses, assessments, and credit hours (148.5 hours) as the four-year pathway.

“This pin represents the key characteristics that we want our students to embody, humility, empathy, and wisdom,” said Dean Frye. “I know they will be individuals of resilience and great courage, who will always strive to provide the best possible care for patients.”

2023 Preceptors of the Year The Office of Experiential Learning and International Programs recently announced the 2023 Preceptors of the Year.

Full Time Faculty Preceptor of the Year Christa George, PharmD, associate professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, oversees Ambulatory Care APPEs at Baptist Medical Group-Finn Medical Associates.

Preceptor of the Year East Tennessee Alan Knauth, PharmD, Blount Memorial Hospital, oversees a Management Institutional Pharmacy APPE.

Preceptor of the Year West Tennessee Michael Dejos, PharmD, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, oversees a Medication Safety APPE. I PPE Preceptor of the Year Olivia Kinsley, PharmD, Le Bonheur Children’s HospitalOutpatient Pharmacy, oversees a Community Pharmacy IPPE and now Transitional Care APPEs.

Preceptor of the Year Middle Tennessee Patrick Ford, PharmD, Vanderbilt Health Belle Meade, oversees an Ambulatory Care APPE.

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Student Organizations Continue to Shine The College of Pharmacy’s student organization chapters make us proud year after year, as their outstanding work continues to receive national recognition.

National SNPhA Chapter of the Year UTHSC’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) chapter won the Chauncey I. Cooper Large Chapter Excellence Award, the association’s highest award, at the 51st NPhA/SNPhA Annual Meeting in New Orleans in July. This is the second year in a row and the third year since 2020 the college’s chapter has received the award that honors it the national chapter of the year. In addition, the chapter’s president, Destiny Okpomo, was named Dr. J.B. Hill National Chapter President of the Year and was appointed public relations liaison on SNPhA’s national board.

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APhA-ASP Chapter Wins at National Conference The College of Pharmacy’s American Pharmacists Association–Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) chapter won multiple awards at the national conference in Phoenix in March: • Division A Winner – UTHSC •N ational Winner – Operation Immunization •N ational First Runner-Up – Operation Substance Use Disorder • Top 8 for Innovative Programming CoP student Alexandra Cochran also placed in the top ten out of 115 participants for the National Patient Counseling Competition and was elected to serve on the National APhAASP Executive Committee as national member-at-large.

CoP Graduate Wins Big at AACP Annual Meeting Ijeoma (EJ) Anadi, PharmD, a 2023 graduate of the College of Pharmacy, won the Best Trainee Poster award at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) annual meeting in Aurora, Colorado, in July. The project, entitled “First-Generation Pharmacy Students: Academic and Non-Academic Factors that can Affect Pharmacy Student Success,” was completed as part of her Masters in Instruction and Curricular Leadership and her Academic APPE (Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences) with Dawn Havrda, PharmD, associate professor and associate dean for Academic Affairs, and Chasity Shelton, PharmD, professor and associate dean for Student Affairs.

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Scholarship Lunches: Many Thanks There were smiles all around at this year’s Scholarship Lunches held in September and October. The annual lunches bring scholarship recipients together with their benefactors. The events were a perfect time for students and alumni to spend time with Dean Reginald Frye, who joined the college in June. The luncheon in Knoxville was held September 13 at Chesapeake’s. The Nashville event was held at Superica on September 14. Students and Endowment Scholarship Stewards in attendance enjoyed getting to know each other over lunch.

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Spring Commencement: A Family Affair

By Chris Green The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s 2023 spring commencement was a family celebration for the Price family.

Madison Price was one of 178 graduates from the College of Pharmacy who received their degrees on May 8 at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis.

She is now a fourth-generation UTHSC graduate, following in the footsteps of multiple family members: her grandfather, Joe Price, RPh, a 1965 College of Pharmacy graduate; her parents, Robbie Price, PharmD, and Elizabeth Logan Price, PharmD, who graduated from the college in 1993 and 1992, respectively; and her greataunt, Elizabeth Robertson Smith, DPh, a 1967 pharmacy graduate. In addition, her great-grandfather, Bruce Horace Robertson, DDS, is a College of Dentistry alumnus.

“I decided to pursue pharmacy after growing up and seeing the impact that my family has been able to have on our community as pharmacists,” the new Dr. Price said. “I feel a special connection to both the school and

my family since we share the bond of graduating from UTHSC. Throughout my time as a student, I have enjoyed comparing the experiences I have had in school in the 2020s to those my family had in the 1960s and 1990s to see how pharmacy has changed over the decades.”

“We’re very proud she chose to continue the family tradition by attending UTHSC,” Dr. Robbie Price said of his daughter. “Having a family legacy of education at one of the top pharmacy schools in the country is something that is very gratifying.”

Dr. Madison Price will start her pharmacy career as a resident at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis this year.

“I have been thankful for the education I received at UTHSC and am thankful that Madison has now been able to receive that same quality of education,” her mother said. “I feel like we both received a great foundation to make a difference in patients’ lives, which I have been grateful to do over my career.”

The College of Pharmacy Alumni Association annually recognizes and honors alumni for their contributions to the pharmacy profession.

2023 Outstanding Alumnus Award P. David Rogers, Jr., PharmD ’94, PhD

Dr. P. David Rogers is a member and chair of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where he also holds the St. Jude Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He received his PharmD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and MS and PhD (in microbiology and immunology) from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Rogers completed residency in pharmacy practice (PGY-1) at the Regional Medical Center, Memphis, now Regional One Health, and residency (PGY-2) and clinical fellowship in infectious diseases pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Prior to joining the faculty at St. Jude, Dr. Rogers was a professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. He also held the First Tennessee Endowed Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy, served at various times as vice chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, associate dean for Clinical and Translational Research, and director of the UTHSC Center of Excellence for Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics.

Dr. Rogers is an elected Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Academy of Microbiology. He has served on the board of trustees for the ACCP Research Institute and the board of directors for the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. He recently completed a six-year term as a member of the NIH Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance (DDR) Study Section, serves on the board of trustees of the ACCP Foundation, and has been appointed as an ex officio member of the National Academies Forum on Antimicrobial Threats.

For more than two decades his research program has focused on improving antifungal pharmacotherapy through the study of how pathogenic fungi respond and develop resistance to antifungal agents. Dr. Rogers has authored more than 330 publications and scientific abstracts; has received funding from foundations, industry, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and currently serves as the principal investigator for several NIH R01 grants.

In 2021, he received the ACCP Russell R. Miller Award and the ACCP Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award. He is married to Kelly Rogers, PharmD, who is a 1994 graduate of the UTHSC College Pharmacy

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2023 Distinguished Service to Pharmacy Award James C. Eoff, III, PharmD ’69, ’70

Dr. James C. Eoff, III, retired in December 2014, after a 45-year career teaching at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, where he served as the executive associate dean, dean of Student Affairs, and professor of Clinical Pharmacy for the last 27 years of his career at the college. He graduated from the college with his BSPh degree in 1969 and his PharmD degree in 1970, the second class of PharmD students. He served on the faculty full time from 1970 to 1978, at which time he purchased Balmoral Pharmacy in Memphis, but continued to teach the OTC course, which he developed and implemented in 1970.

He rejoined the college full time in 1984 and served as the interim dean on two occasions, in 1989 and 2013.

Dr. Eoff held the position of director of the college’s Minority Center of Excellence and was the principal investigator for three Health Resources and Services Administration Minority Center of Excellence grants in 1992, 2003, and 2010 totaling $6.5 million.

As the associate dean for students, he chaired the Admissions Committee and was responsible for recruitment. When he retired, the college had achieved a 30% minority enrollment. He continues to present a few lectures on the history of the college and the PharmD program to the new students and serves as an unofficial curator of the college’s pharmacy antiques and memorabilia, which are displayed in the Alumni Museum on the first floor and display cases on each of the other five floors of the Pharmacy Building on the Memphis campus.

Dr. Eoff was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy in 1978 and served as president in 1985-86 and 1987-88. He served as president of Tennessee Society of Independent Pharmacists in 1989 and president of the Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association in 1996. The TPA honored him as their 1989 recipient of the A. H. Robbins “Bowl of Hygeia” Award for outstanding community service and their 2015 recipient of the Barbara McAndrew Herald Award for community outreach.

Dr. Eoff served as the president of the College of Pharmacy Alumni Association in 1985-86 and in 1987-89 and was the recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award in 1987. He also served on the Shelby County UT Alumni Association Board and on the UT National Alumni Board of Governors. He received the UT National Alumni Association’s Outstanding Teacher Award on four occasions early in his career and received the UT National Alumni Association Distinguished Community Service Award in 1990. He received numerous other student teaching awards during his career and was co-editor of the American Pharmacist Association’s Complete Pharmacy Review book for national board exams for the first 10 editions from 2004 to 2013.

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Dr. Eoff served as a member of the Seldon D. Feurt Committee since 1989, and has been chair of the committee since 2000, which is advisory to the dean for the college’s largest endowment, the Seldon D. Feurt Fund, which provides student scholarships and supports the college’s international pharmacy program. In 2012, the alumni and faculty raised funds to name the Student/Academic Affairs Dean’s Suite in the Pharmacy Building in his honor. Dr. Eoff

loves music and plays the piano and pipe organ, which he has played for the college’s honor and awards programs and graduations for many years. The faculty and alumni presented him with a night at the Orpheum Theatre for his retirement gift, where he gave a concert on the Wurlitzer pipe organ for faculty, students, alumni, and friends in June 2015.

2023 Recent Alumnus Award Justin Griner, PharmD ’13

Dr. Justin Griner is an emergency department clinical pharmacist at Regional One Health. He is in the process of starting an Emergency Medicine Residency Program (PGY-2) at Regional One Health and will serve as the Residency Program director.

He is currently a PGY-1 and PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency Preceptor in emergency medicine and an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science in the College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Griner is from Hohenwald, Tennessee, and is a 2013 graduate of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Griner serves on multiple committees at Regional One Health, including the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee, Resuscitation Committee, and the Opioid Stewardship Committee. Previously, he served on the Emergency Department Strategy and Clinical Operations Committee for four years.

He is the chair of the Legislative and Regulatory Committee for the Tennessee Pharmacists Association and previously was chair of the Strategic Planning Committee for the Tennessee Society of Health System Pharmacists (TSHP). He is president-elect of the TSHP. He also holds professional affiliations with the American Pharmacist Association and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.

In 2019, Dr. Griner was an integral part of the creation of the Opioid Light program at Regional One Health, encouraging providers to prescribe fewer opioids when possible. He has worked with the Shelby County Opioid Education and Prevention Workgroup.

In 2021, the Memphis Business Journal named him a Health Care Hero for his critical role in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as an inpatient pharmacy manager at Regional One Health. He was awarded the 2020 Health System Pharmacist of the Year by the Tennessee Society of Health System Pharmacists.

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Why Make an Annual Gift to UTHSC?

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Thank You for Your Membership in the 1911 Society UT Health Science Center’s 1911 Society recognizes the dedicated supporters of the university, who are vital partners in our mission of educating students, conducting innovative research, and improving health outcomes.

Named for the year the Health Science Center was founded, the 1911 Society celebrates our generous donors, who each year make their gifts of $100 or more between July 1 and the following June 30. Recognition levels

Annual Giving Partners (Gifts made July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023)

HYMAN ASSOCIATE PARTNERS ($5,000+) Anonymous Donor Christopher C. Balton Frederick V. Guthrie, Jr. and Cindy S. Guthrie Linda G. and Danny R. Hall Richard A. and Susan Helms Linda Wooten Highers Kim Tin Huynh and Minh Quang Thai Donald L. and Donna S. Jones Betty Kirksey* Darrell A. Raber Kerry S. and Elizabeth B. Regen Cindy T. and Dow T. Smith Bruce D. and Sarah J. White Brian L. and Jennifer A. Winbigler Chris Wood and Christa M. George

PATRON PARTNERS ($2,500 - $4,999) J. Chris and Monte Sue Bradberry Casey Marie Cantrell Leonard I. Compton Don C. and Sandra Haverstick Fancher

CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE PARTNERS ($1,000 - $2,499) Tasfia Suhani Ahmed Rita R. Alloway Bradley A. and Barbara Boucher Kennard D. and Cynthia A. Brown Robert W. and Andrea D. Bullington Kerry and Michelle Butler Ivy L. Chang Michael and Robbin Christensen Micah and Kyle Cost Joann E. Crain Catherine M. Crill Herrington William R. and Mary D. Crom

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reflect total contributions during the year to any college, program, or fund at UTHSC. Gifts are renewable annually to retain membership in the 1911 Society.

The Office of Advancement wishes to thank all donors for their commitment to the College of Pharmacy and the university. For details, go to giving.uthsc.edu/1911.

To make a gift, please visit giving.uthsc.edu/give or call 901.448.5516.

Carmen C. Dance Jerry and Erma Duren Shannan K. Eades Christopher K. and Andrea Finch Kara Ann and Justin Warren Fortune Jana L. Fuqua Mary Lisa Gingras and Michael K. Gingras Tracy Marie Hagemann Meritt H. and Michael S. Harrison Roger S. and Beverly P. Herndon Joanna Hudson and Steven Casey Laizure Katherine L. March Paul T. Motheral Kothanur and Premavathi Rajanna Rebecca Burns Regen and Brandon Ferrante Rodney and Denise Roark P. David and Kelly C. Rogers Rick and Amy Sain Jennifer Schoelles Chasity M. and J. Michael Shelton Michelle Skinner Moore and Marc Moore R. Van Swaim Joseph M. Swanson and Alicia Stefanski Natalie Ann Tate J. Whitley and Phyllis Taylor Cyle E. and Brittany Noelle White Randle S. Williams Leslie Kay Wolfe

DEAN’S ALLIANCE PARTNERS ($500 - $999) C. Michael and Ann Allen John Z. and Jennifer Autian Richard W. and Susanna B. Chinouth Jennifer K. and Douglass B. Clayton Alan B. and Mary L. Corley Jaime and Timothy Flowers Sandra K. and William A. Gomes Edward W. and Jane S. Hankins

Kristy Hawkins Shawn L. Hope Jamie and Richard Hopkins Brynn Huysman Ruth Langford Elaine H. and William W. Lents Helen McClaren M. Stephen and Flowerree McDonough Tracy and Joshua McDowd Michael and Deborah McKenzie Dennis R. and Martha O’Dell James W. and Brenda Pershing Stephanie J. Phelps and Leigh A. Price Matthew R. and Donna L. Reed Sloan M. Regen James M. and Amy B. Roberson Lea Ann and Brian Roberson Carol S. Spann Gary W. and Janice L. Taylor Suresh W. Tekade Lynette Ladoris Washington Daniel Ryan and Lindsey Dawn Wells Sampaguita Samontanes Wright Caroline S. Zeind and Paul Pasquerella

VISIONARY PARTNERS ($250 - $499)

Robert T. and Kimberly B. Bibb Chester W. and Carol H. Blankenship Cynthia Anne Brasher Amber Michelle Cagle and Erik Gott Ellen Campbell Anne Cetto Gary and Ginger Dorris Marcus J. Dortch and Rhonda R. Hollins-Dortch Douglas and Karen Duncan Timothy and Heather Erskine Karen S. and Bernard M. Evers Billy P. and Marsha L. Ford Andrea R. and Lee S. Franks Marty Glynn Gentry Caryn and Tad Gerlinger Bethany Goolsby Marion F. and Kay Haile Dennis D. and Leslie C. Henson Drs. Jerry R. and Paula Bailey Hinson Stephen K. and Helen B. Huffines David W. and Patricia J. Huntley Patricia A. Keller Connie and Tony King Natalie and Adam Kittrell Sheila Liddell Mary Margaret and Jonathan Ford Lister John and Tara Moore Anthony W. and Kimberly D. Morton Andrea Lazarini Murff Barbara W. and Douglas Porteous

Joe G. and Earline R. Price Jeffrey A. Reitz Carey Beth Zachary Senter Lewis M. Sharp III Melissa S. and Alan G. Smith Matthew J. and Mary K. Vicars Edna C. Walker Barbara Lea Wells Denise Duvall and MacDonald West Donghua Yin and Huiping Xu Nelda and Steve Young, Sr.

MILESTONE PARTNERS ($100 - $249)

Dagmawi Abebe David L. and Pamela F. Albin Beleta R. Atkins Jason T. and Heidi M. Batchelor Jerry Nelson Blevins Bobby and Frances Boruff Rex O. Brown Joyce E. Broyles and Larry Bomar Gary James Buchanan William Clyde Buckner, Jr. Leah Marie Burns Jessica and Chance Carlisle Willa D. Carr Scott and Tunja Carter Eric Andrew Carter Amanda J. Clark Carlton and Suzie Cole Debra S. and David R. Coleman Carol Collins-Carriveau and Brian Carriveau Cindy Lynn Compton and Malissa Lucius Laura J. Crass Catherine Ruth Creger Kendle Dwayne Davidson Charlie and Shannon Deal Dana C. Dedmon Smith and James T. Smith Roland Nelson Dickerson Benjamin T. Duhart, Jr. Dianne Vest Duncan Deborah E. Dunlap Carla D. and Joseph S. Fahhoum Julie Elizabeth Farrar Shannon and Lloyd Finks Kendra Lynn Flanagan Sheree and Steve Foster Andreece Gandy James W. and Brenda S. Gardner Jennifer E. George Amanda E. Gibson Margaret Kathleen Graham Jason M. and April W. Greene Carolynn H. and Alfred L. Greenwood Jafina Lapsley Griffin Ingrid A. and Marvin E. Hall UTHSC COLLEGE OF PHARMACY | FALL 2023

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Leslie A. Hamilton Sandra D. and Andrew Hardaway Oscar Rafael Herrera Elsie Yvonne Hester Kirk E. Hevener Billy J. and Elizabeth H. Holt James R. and Ann Jones Paula C. and Maxie L. Jones Sandra R. and David L. Jones Joseph Kasser Larry and Jenna Key Nancy and Jay Klein Eric D. and K. Renee Lee Jeffrey Allan Lewis David W. Litchford Leonard E. Lucas III and Tameka W. Lucas Joseph M. and Linda C. Lynch Stephanie D. and Mark Manno Ray E. and Jane E. Marcrom Thomas H. and Elaine D. Marcrom James R. and Robbie J. Mathis Susan E. and John L. McAlpin Rachel G. and David R. McCauley Marx W. and Maxine V. McClellan Barbara Thompson McKinnon James and Karen McMackin Janice R. and James R. McNally, III Steven Greer Medley Brooks Conrad Metts, Jr. Amanda Ann Miller Amy B. and Gregory E. Mitchell Genevieve D. and Curtis E. Moore, Jr. Leila Dione Moore Sharon Elaine Moore William Paul Moore Malinda H. Myhr Marcelle S. and Patrick A. Neblett Tram-Anh Ngoc Nguyen Stephanie Johnson Nichols

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Christopher M. and Kamala M. Nola Oliver Joshua Nunn, Jr. Alan M. Padgett Shelby Denniston and Joe Patrick Herb and Beth Patterson Steven B. and Rita Peggs Angela G. Pentecost Amy L. Peterson Stephen and Tammy Pierce Timothy E. and Helen B. Poe Susan and Bill M. Ray II Paul M. and Anne M. Reaves Donald L. Roberts Larry M. Rouse Charles James Salerno Robert F. and Diana C. Samples Peter C. and Linda Sciara Martha Shepard Tracey E. and Hollye M. Shotwell Joseph and Kristen Skelton Larry A. Smith David K. and Kay M. Solomon Kenneth T. Stewart Charles W. Susong George G. and Rebecca P. Sydnor Timothy R. and Mary Mackey Sykes Tanzania Vinson Thomas M. and Catharine A. Wade James Sheldon and Sperry Wheeler Wallace Russell Wicke III Darnisha R. Williams Stefane K. and Thomas E. Williams Jason Brett Wilson Clare Wiseman Phillip M. Young *indicates deceased

Leave Your Legacy Have you thought about the legacy you will leave behind?

With a Planned Gift, you can: • Simplify your estate for your family • Reduce the tax burden applied to your assets • Benefit causes you hold dear

The UTHSC Legacy Society The Legacy Society was inspired by the dedication and generosity of the late Dr. Hershel “Pat” Wall, former chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine at UT Health Science Center, special assistant to the UT System President, and instructor in pediatrics.

For more information about planned gifts to UTHSC and Legacy Society membership, contact Bethany Goolsby at 901.448.5516 or estateplans@uthsc.edu.

Thank you to our Legacy Society Members!

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Errette S. Bevins, Jr.

Estate of Betty Kirksey

Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Harold M. Casey

Dr. Rose Sizemore Laffoon

Estate of Clarke W. Chidester

Dr. Helen McClaren

Estate of Elizabeth Clifton

Estate of Dr. Ben S. Moore

Dr. Leonard Ivan Compton

Dr. and Mrs. Tommy W. Page

Dr. and Mrs. Alan B. Corley

Dr. Stephen H. Powell and Mrs. Diane Morris Powell*

Dr. Laura J. Crass

Dr. and Mrs. James R. Price

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Eoff, III

Drs. Kerry S. and Elizabeth B. Regen

Mrs. Sandra Haverstick Fancher and Mr. Don C. Fancher

Estate of Henry C. Shapard

Dr. Glen E. and Mrs. Kathy B. Farr

Dr. David A. Shepard* and Mrs. Martha Shepard

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Fink

Estate of Samuel E. Stubbs

Dr. Jana L. Fuqua

Dr. and Mrs. Michael G. Swaim

Mr. Christopher A. and Mrs. Watson B. Hall

Estate of Gladys Swearingen

Dr. Linda Highers

Estate of Dr. Robert Ben Taylor

Dr. David W. and Mrs. Patricia J. Huntley

Drs. Chris Wood and Christa M. George

Estate of Alvin C. Hutcherson Drs. Kim Tin Huynh and Minh Quang Thai

* denotes someone who is deceased, but spouse is still living

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In Memoriam Class of 1950

Class of 1955

Class of 1963

Class of 1975

Class of 1951

Class of 1958

Harry R. Fuqua Hendersonville, TN

Class of 1978

Floyd H. Crain Ripley, TN

Class of 1960

Lon E. Campbell Maryville, TN Murel J. Chappell Little Rock, AR

Class of 1952

Bobby C. Lindsay Salisbury, NC Leonard I. Compton Bartlett, TN Charles W. Chadwell New Tazewell, TN

J. Floyd Ferrell, Jr. Nashville, TN

Class of 1966

Debra Myers Wilson Johnson City, TN

Class of 1968

Class of 2000

Class of 2003

Lester L. Caldwell Memphis, TN

J. Robert Mitchell, Jr. Crossville, TN

Class of 1961

Class of 1970

Class of 1962

Class of 1971

Class of 1953

Dixie Frances Brittain Lufkin, TX Jack D. Stovall, Jr. Mustang, OK

Robert S. Hicks, Jr. Bradenton, FL

Joe W. Farmer Dresden, TN

James A. Martin Memphis, TN

Charlotte Meade Dickinson Naples, FL

Pat Cook Springdale, AR

Careline Howard Memphis, TN

Joel T. Martin, Jr. Cedar Hill, TN Dian Brasher Conroe, TX

Kevin A. Clauson Nashville, TN

Shauna Kay Thompson Eads, TN

John A. Comer Knoxville, TN

Class of 1973

Ann Snider Carter Paris, TN

Alumni Board of Directors OFFICERS President

Area Vice Presidents

Immediate Past President

Rick Sain, PharmD ’89

Rita Alloway, PharmD ’88 Jamie Hopkins, PharmD ’00 Dustin Smith, PharmD ’01

Marcus Dortch, PharmD ’01

Tasfia Ahmed, PharmD ’12

Rhonda Garner, PharmD ’07

Michal Schwartz, PharmD ’16

Bernard Britton, PharmD ’17

Derek Holyfield, PharmD ’02

Lacey Sexton, PharmD ’10

Rob Bullington, PharmD ’04

Katie March, PharmD ’15

Cindy Smith, PharmD ’91

Ivy Chang, PharmD ’91

Tracy McDowd, PharmD ’09

Bruce White, BS ’74, JD

Micah Cost, PharmD ’08

Stephanie Phelps, PharmD ’82

Cyle White, PharmD ’12

Jaime Flowers, PharmD ’02

Kothanur Rajanna, BS ’82

Leslie Wolfe, PharmD ’10

President-Elect Kara Fortune, PharmD ’04

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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SAVE THE DATE! College of Pharmacy Alumni Weekend April 4–7, 2024 | Memphis, TN Registration opens March 1, 2024!! Accommodations available at the Central Station Memphis Hotel.

Until then, contact your classmates and tell them to meet you in Memphis!

Alumni Weekend Events

Activities and events will be held at Central Station Memphis Hotel, the UTHSC campus, and various reunion venues.

Alumni Awards Dinner Thursday, April 4

CoP Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting Friday, April 5

Class Reunions for the classes of 1984, 1994, 1999, and 2014 and CoP Continuing Education Program Saturday, April 6

Alumni Welcome Reception Friday, April 5

College of Pharmacy Continuing Education Program Sunday, April 7

Interested in serving as a class reunion volunteer?

Contact Blair Duke at rduke5@uthsc.edu or 901.448.2555 alumni.uthsc.edu | giving@uthsc.edu

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FOURTH-ANNUAL UTHSC GIVING DAY! Tuesday, April 23, 2024 24-hour campaign that raises funds to support the university and its dedication to building a healthier community.

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Office of Advancement 62 S. Dunlap, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38163 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

Show Your UTHSC Pride!

UTHSC specialty license plates are available at Tennessee County Clerk offices.

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