international pharmaceutical student federation (ipsf)

International Pharmaceutical Student

Federation (IPSF)

IPSF Committee-Memphis Chair: Hilary Box hbox@uthsc.edu

Vice-Chair: Laura Fuller lfuller@uthsc.edu

Vice-Chair: Jade Taylor jtayl125@uthsc.edu

IPSF Committee-Knoxville Chair: Camellia Davis cdavis77@uthsc.edu

Vice-Chair: Kelley Johnson

kjohn44@uthsc.edu

Vice-Chair: Jody McNesse

jmcneese@uthsc.edu

Events Cooper-Young Festival

(Sept 15th): Through Friends for Life, students help with counseling on HIV awareness and safe sex.

World Diabetes Day (Nov 14th): Students perform blood glucose screenings while providing educational materials on diabetes.

EventsWorld Aids Day (Dec 1st): Through Friends for Life

and local churches, students place white markers with red ribbons in commemoration of all those who lost their battle with AIDS in Shelby County since 2005. Also, IPSF raise donations for Hope House in Memphis.

Events World Tuberculosis

Day (March 24th): At the Getwell Easter Health Fair, students provide Shelby County statistics of TB and educate patients about TB and locations of testing centers.

EventsRefugee Health Fair (spring): In collaboration

with Catholic Charities, IPSF and other ASP committees provide BMI and blood pressure screenings and counsel on nutrition, dental hygiene, proper inhaler use, and scheduling of immunizations.

Mission TripsHaiti (summer): Seven student pharmacists

traveled to Hinche, Haiti to provide clinical services to local Haitians at the Whitney Clinic.

Mission TripsPhilippines (summer): Three student

pharmacists journeyed to Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines with FIL-AM Memphis to provide surgical and clinical services to underprivileged areas in the Philippines.

P1 VC ResponsibilitiesAttend all IPSF meetings

Attend at least two IPSF event per semester

Coordinate an IPSF event

Learn about IPSF and what it represents

Bring new ideas to the committee

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