Points of Pride

GENERAL

  • Founded in 1898
  • One of the first pharmacy schools to grant the PharmD degree (1969) and one of the first to adopt the PharmD as the entry level degree (1984).
  • Ranked 16th among the nation’s doctor of pharmacy programs in U.S. News & World Report magazine's 2009 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools.
  • Full six-year accreditation by the Accrediation Council for Pharmacy Education up to 2014-2015.
  • One college with two campuses (Memphis and Knoxville) and statewide educational sites.
  • New 15,000 sq ft educational facilities in Knoxville, which opened in July of 2007.
  • New 186,300 sq ft education and research facility in Memphis, which is scheduled to open in summer of 2010.
  • The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy graduates have achieved a 98.5% pass rate on national pharmacy licensure examinations (compared with 92% nationally) and have scored 11 percentage points higher than the national average on board exams.
  • The College’s total economic impact is $51.6 million, including revenue and output in 2005 US dollars.

STUDENTS

  • The student body is comprised of 80.1% Tennesseans and 19.9% non-residents for the 2009-10 academic year.
  • The total student body is comprised of 22.8% minority students (African-American 15.5%, Asian 5.5%, Hispanic 1% & other 0.8%). With the exception of the five historically black schools of pharmacy, The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy has the largest percentage of African-American students enrolled of any college of pharmacy in the United States.
  • 30%-40% of student pharmacists in each graduating class pursue post-doctoral residency training.
  • The Student National Pharmaceutical Association chapter (SNPhA), received the national chapter of the year award in 2003 and 2005.
  • The UT chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists received the outstanding chapter award in 1999, 2000, 2005 and 2006, the Chapter of the Year award in 2002, 2004. The chapter also received the National Immunization Award in 2005 and 2009 and the National Patient Care award in 2008 and 2009.
  • The Omega Chapter of Phi Delta Chi Fraternity received the Thurston Cup in 2003, 2004, and 2008. This award is symbolic of its ranking as the fraternity’s #1 chapter in the nation.
  • The UT College of Pharmacy’s Kappa Psi Fraternity Chapter won the fraternity’s Regional Chapter of the Year Award in 2005.
  • Over the last decade, more than 10 student pharmacists from our college have been elected to a regional or national office in a professional organization.

FACULTY

  • The College currently has 74 full-time faculty, with 52 faculty in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and 22 in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • 13 full-time clinical faculty are based at the Knoxville campus, 57 at the Memphis campus, and 2 each at the Nashville and Kingsport Clinical Educations Centers.
  • Over 350 alumni and friends of the college provide experiential learning for our student pharmacists.
  • The UT College of Pharmacy has 102 full- and part-time faculty members who are certified by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. This number is the most of any pharmacy school worldwide.

ALUMNI

  • The College has over 4,000 active alumni.
  • 74% of alumni of the College live and work in Tennessee.
  • As of 2009, 11 sitting deans at various colleges of pharmacy in the US are alumni of the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.
  • Dr. William E. Evans (1973, 1974) is CEO and Director of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
  • Alumni Floyd Crain (1951) and Dianne Duncan (1965) served as the presidents of the UT National Alumni Association.
  • Numerous alumni have served as presidents of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy.
  • Alumni have served as presidents of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Pharmacists Association, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

EDUCATION

  • The student - faculty ratio is 9.1 students to every full-time faculty member.
  • The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy students can participate in the innovative International Exchange Program, which currently has affiliations in Spain, Ireland, England, Hungary, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Sweden, France, and Thailand. Begun in 1990, this program is funded through endowments established with private donations. Approximately 34 members of the P4 class participate in the program each year.
  • The College provides valuable continuing education programs statewide for practicing pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry. Over 26,300 individuals participated in 2008-2009.

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

  • The UT College of Pharmacy is the home of the Center for Pediatric Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutics (CPPT), one of only 6 such centers nationwide. Through research, education, and patient care, CPPT continues to bring national and international prominence to UT and our partner institutions.
  • The UT College of Pharmacy has 3 endowed professorships. Duane D. Miller, PhD, is the Harriet S. Van Vleet Professorship of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Michael L. Christensen, PharmD, holds the Stevens Professor of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy; and P. David Rogers, PharmD, PhD, is the First Tennessee Chair of Excellence in Pharmacy and Pediatrics.
  • The Department of Clinical Pharmacy is ranked second in the nation for publications by clinical pharmacy faculty among US colleges of pharmacy during 2007.
  • The UT College of Pharmacy has licensed several of its patented drug technologies to industrial partners, with several drug candidates in late stages of clinical development.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS (current faculty)

  • Dr. William E. Evans is a member of the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Institute of Medicine.
  • Dr. Bradley A. Boucher is a member of the National Academies of Practice.
  • Dr. Stephanie J. Phelps is a member of the National Academies of Practice.
  • Dr. William E. Evans received the prestigious Volwiler Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in 1994.
  • Dr. Duane Miller received the prestigious Volwiler Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in 2009.
  • Drs. Dick Gourley and Shelly White-Means are the 2008 recipients of the Lyman Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
  • Dr. Richard Helms was the first recipient of the Helms Award from the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group.
  • Dr. Brad Boucher received the 2004 Robert M. Elenbaas Service Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Dr. Rex Brown was the 1998 recipient of the Clinical Practice Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Dr. William Evans received the 1989 Therapeutic Frontiers and the 1992 Russell Miller Awards from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Dr. Mary V. Relling received the 2003 ACCP Therapeutic Frontiers and the 2002 Russell Miller Awards from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Dr. Stephanie J. Phelps was named one of the Top 10 Outstanding Young Women in America in 1985.
  • Dr. Bradley A. Boucher received the 2000 Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
  • Dr. Stephanie J. Phelps received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Tennessee Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
  • More than 30 full-time faculty have been elected Fellows in a variety of national professional organizations.

FUNDING

  • The UT College of Pharmacy generates more than 50% of its $22.4 million budget from contracts, grants, and private gifts.
  • The UT College of Pharmacy’s endowments total more than $13 million.
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College of Pharmacy
847 Monroe Ave. Suite 226
Memphis, TN 38163
Phone: (901) 448-6036
Fax: (901) 448-7053