Race for the Summitt - UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
Name:
Race for the Summitt - UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
Date:
April 23, 2017
Time:
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
Event Description:
Students from the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will host Race for the Summitt at UT Health Sciences Park in Memphis on Sunday, April 23 at 8:30 a.m.
Organized in 2012 by students in the College of Pharmacy at UTHSC, Race for the Summitt is a four-mile race/walk that raises money for Alzheimer’s disease research.
The Pat Summitt Foundation was established by former University of Tennessee, Knoxville, women’s basketball coach, the late Pat Summitt, in November 2011 and is dedicated to increase awareness and provide education about Alzheimer’s disease.
“Coach Summitt is near to the hearts of all University of Tennessee system students across the country, and APhA-ASP strives to promote patient education across all aspects of health care,” said Alyson Blair, APhA-ASP communications vice president.
Participants can register at raceforthesummitt.racesonline.com.
As Tennessee’s only public, statewide, academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service. Offering a broad range of postgraduate and selected baccalaureate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. UTHSC also educates and trains cohorts of medicine, pharmacy and/or health professions students -- in addition to medical residents and fellows -- at its major sites in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville. Founded in 1911, during its more than 100 years, UT Health Science Center has educated and trained more than 57,000 health care professionals in academic settings and health care facilities across the state. For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu. Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/uthsc, on Twitter: twitter.com/uthsc and on Instagram: instagram.com/uthsc.
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Organized in 2012 by students in the College of Pharmacy at UTHSC, Race for the Summitt is a four-mile race/walk that raises money for Alzheimer’s disease research.
The Pat Summitt Foundation was established by former University of Tennessee, Knoxville, women’s basketball coach, the late Pat Summitt, in November 2011 and is dedicated to increase awareness and provide education about Alzheimer’s disease.
“Coach Summitt is near to the hearts of all University of Tennessee system students across the country, and APhA-ASP strives to promote patient education across all aspects of health care,” said Alyson Blair, APhA-ASP communications vice president.
Participants can register at raceforthesummitt.racesonline.com.
As Tennessee’s only public, statewide, academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service. Offering a broad range of postgraduate and selected baccalaureate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. UTHSC also educates and trains cohorts of medicine, pharmacy and/or health professions students -- in addition to medical residents and fellows -- at its major sites in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville. Founded in 1911, during its more than 100 years, UT Health Science Center has educated and trained more than 57,000 health care professionals in academic settings and health care facilities across the state. For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu. Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/uthsc, on Twitter: twitter.com/uthsc and on Instagram: instagram.com/uthsc.
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