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UKCOP Continues to Bring Hope During the Era of COVID-19

With the continued presence of COVID-19 in the United States, vaccination distribution efforts are at an all-time high, especially throughout the state of Kentucky and Fayette County. As of July 4, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over 2 million Kentucky residents, or nearly 50% of the state's population, have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Shaping the Competitive Standard for Student Pharmacists

To close out our final highlight for Preceptor Appreciation Month, we spoke with Dr. Adam Robinson (PharmD 2007) about his experience as a preceptor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Robinson has been a preceptor at UKCOP for the last four years and works as an Owner and Pharmacist at Save Rite Drugs in Brandenburg and Radcliff, Kentucky. He also specializes in the business and management aspects of retail pharmacy, working directly with patients and promoting independent pharmacy. 

An Encourager: The Extra Boost Students Need Over the Wall

Continuing our highlights for Preceptor Appreciation Month, we spoke with Bridger Bright (PharmD 2006) about her experience as a preceptor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Bright has been a preceptor for UKCOP over the last 10 years and currently works as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Primary Care at the Lexington VA Health Care System. She specializes in working with patients who have diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia and adjusting their medication doses.

How Eagerness and Commitment to Lifelong Learning Helps Pharmacy Students

Continuing our highlights for Preceptor Appreciation Month, we spoke with Dee Antimisiaris about her experience as a preceptor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Antimisiaris, who has held a 12-year-long position as a preceptor at UKCOP, currently works as an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville Schools of Medicine and Public Health. She also holds the position of Director in the University of Louisville Frazier Polypharmacy Program and manages the Continuing Medical Education Program as the Assistant Dean.

'Pride is a celebration of all people' says UKCOP Student Success & Wellness Coordinator

Drew Ritzel is the Coordinator of Student Success and Wellness for the UK College of Pharmacy. Originally from Bellbrook, Ohio, he joined the College of Pharmacy in September 2017 and has called Kentucky home for the last 10 years. Ritzel shares what Pride Month means to him.

How One Pharmacist Supports the Next Generation

In honor of Preceptor Appreciation Month, we spoke with the UK College of Pharmacy 2020 Preceptor of the Year, Megan May, PharmD. May has been a preceptor since 2014 and currently works as the first ever Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Specialist at Baptist Health Lexington.  As such, May had the opportunity to develop her position within the Cancer Center’s Medical Oncology Clinic, Gynecologic Oncology Clinic, and Outpatient Infusion Center.

'Your truth is your undeniable right' says UKCOP Director of Enrollment Management

Jason T. Mitchell is the Director of Enrollment Management for the UK College of Pharmacy. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, he has been at the University of Kentucky for six years and is an integral part of the pharmacy family.

Shining Leadership: Helping Pharmacy Students Find Their Way

Continuing our highlights for Preceptor Appreciation Month, we spoke with Jessica Tackett about her experience as a preceptor for the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy over the last decade. Tackett has been a preceptor with UKCOP for 11 years and currently works as a Clinical Pharmacist at the UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital. She helps care for hospitalized patients by optimizing medication usage, facilitating short length of hospital stays and ensuring that patient needs are met at discharge for their transition home.

'Pride to me is openness' says one UK alumna

Originally from Kentucky, Tuesday Meadows graduated from UK with a degree in Business Administration in 1977 and is the current president of the Pride Cats LGBTQ Group of the UK Alumni Association. She also works with UK HealthCare as a citizen advocate through Transform Health and other groups, and has served on multiple patient panels within the College of Pharmacy.

From Inspired Pharmacy Student to Successful Preceptor

In honor of June being Preceptor Appreciation Month, we recently spoke with Dr. Lindsey Lewis Nolan about her experience as a preceptor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Nolan, who has held a 2-year-long position as a preceptor at UKCOP, currently works as a Transitions of Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. Nolan specializes in optimizing patient care by focusing on medication reconciliation, medication therapy management, resolution of medication access barriers and patient education.

We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.