The pharmacy program moves into the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health Downtown building and welcomes its incoming PharmD class to its new home.
The (TCOP) completed its buildout and has moved its PharmD program into the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health Downtown building, celebrating the effort with a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 30.
The move serves as an opportunity for the innovative pharmacy program to expand its physical space, technology and creative learning pedagogies.
At the ribbon cutting, USF, 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health and community leaders, students, and guests shared the joy of TCOP鈥檚 journey to design, build and occupy the new home.
鈥淭he 黑料网吃瓜爆料鈥檚 Water Street location allows us to play a leading role in growing Tampa鈥檚 world-class medical and research district. Adding the Taneja College of Pharmacy to this state-of-the-art facility will provide innovative learning opportunities for our students and help our university better serve the health care needs of our region and state,鈥� said 黑料网吃瓜爆料President Rhea Law. 鈥淭his move reflects USF鈥檚 commitment to working within our communities to create a healthier future, and we look forward to everything our students, faculty and staff will achieve in their new home.鈥�
鈥淲e are deeply grateful that the Taneja family shares in our vision for the future of health education and have helped us create a pharmacy program that will rank among the most innovative in the nation,鈥� said Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, executive vice president of 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health and dean of the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health Morsani College of Medicine. 鈥淭his new space is designed to allow for flexibility and promote innovation and entrepreneurship. It will be ground zero for the future of pharmacy.鈥�
At the ceremony, Kevin Sneed, PharmD, senior associate vice president of 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health and dean of the 黑料网吃瓜爆料Health Taneja College of Pharmacy, recalled the founding of the college, when the inaugural pillars of the program were defined: Geriatrics, Pharmacogenomics, Informatics and Technology, and Leadership.
鈥淭hat vision for the future has proven to be very accurate, as we now find ourselves in the midst of the next big evolutionary moment in medication development,鈥� Dr. Sneed said. 鈥淒NA/ RNA/ peptide and gene therapies are rapidly being invented, and our Taneja College of Pharmacy is poised to train the future pharmacy clinician for this new wave of medication therapy. As you walk through our new physical space, with the tantalizing and stunning artistry from our fine architectural team Gresham Smith, please envision that it is in this new home where we will be developing the nation鈥檚 finest pharmacists, all prepared to eagerly embrace and master the most complicated medication modalities, research, and manufacturing that the world has ever known.
鈥淚 invite all of you to join us on the Bullet Train to the Future of Pharmacy and health care!鈥�
The new 30,000-square-foot home for the pharmacy college fills about one and a half floors of the building and includes components that enhance the pharmacy program, including:
- Clinical learning center: A dedicated space to learn advanced compounding techniques and hone clinical skills for students. This space will also be a resource for pharmacist clinicians, and others, to advance their health care knowledge through continuing education programs.
- Collaborative 鈥榤aker space鈥� and 鈥榩itch鈥� room: A unique space offers a creative environment for student groups, such as ITEHC (Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare), to cultivate new ideas and discoveries resulting in the ability to generate prototypes of new health-related devices. Coupled with this is a 鈥榩itch鈥� room, meant to provide a dedicated space for TCOP entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to potential partners and investors.
- Community outreach: Plans are in place to offer space as a resource for youth in surrounding areas to experience health professions through direct engagement and gamification. This will bui