Alumni News

Alumni News

Marvin Smith, Pharm.D.`00 was installed as the 2023-2025 President of the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association, which represents pharmacists, technicians, educators and regulators in the profession for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Marvin also presented the Keynote Address at the 2023 Minority Pharmacist Entrepreneurship Conference (sponsored by NPhA and NCPA) in Orlando, Florida.

Robert H. “Bobby” Harshbarger, III, Pharm.D.`11 was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy for a five-year term.

Julie Hixson-Wallace, Pharm.D.`91 returns to her previous role as dean of the College of Pharmacy, Harding University.

Chelsea Wamsley, Pharm.D.`19 has joined Emory University Hospital as a clinical pharmacist specialist in Neurocritical Care.

Cedric Barrett Baker, Pharm.D.`91 and Imeine A. Ukhun, Pharm.D.`91 classmates and long-time collaborators on African herbal medicine and natural products have coauthored “Tumeric,” a book chapter in the Health Professional’s Guide to Dietary Supplements, 1st Edition T. Wallace PhD. Ed. 2024 Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. Imeine has recently founded a clinic and pharmacy with botanical gardens and a natural product research laboratory in Benin City, Nigeria.

Connor Walsh, Pharm.D.`19 has joined Parkland Health and Hospital System, which is ranked as the busiest emergency department in the nation, as the emergency medicine clinical pharmacy specialist. Connor recently passed the certification exam to become Diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology (DABAT) and is certified as a clinical toxicologist.

Sharon Clackum (Farmer), BSPharm`80, Pharm.D.`81 was selected to receive the Richard S. Berman Service Award at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) annual meeting. This prestigious award recognizes lifetime achievement of an ASCP member. The award is conferred annually to recognize outstanding service and significant contributions made by a dedicated individual who fosters the goals of the Society.

Jancie Wieting, Pharm.D.‘10 recently passed the North American Menopause Society certification exam and is now a NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP).

 

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