Dr. Stephan L. Foster Selected
to Chair Statewide Cancer Control Subcommittee
Memphis, Tenn.
(November 8, 2006) -- Stephan L. Foster, PharmD,
associate professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has been appointed
chair of the Cervical Cancer Elimination Subcommittee of the
Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition. The
subcommittee was established by an act of the Tennessee
General Assembly during the last session to decrease the
incidence of cervical cancer across the state. Dr. Foster was
chosen from a list of 17 nominees by the Commissioner of
Health, Dr. Kenneth S. Robinson.
The only
pharmacist on the subcommittee, Dr. Foster’s group will
include physicians from Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt
University, East Tennessee State University, American College
of Gynecology, American Association of Family Practice, and
the Tennessee Department of Health. Other subcommittee
members include representatives from the American Cancer
Society, the Deputy Commissioner of Health, as well as a state
representative and a state senator.
Dr. Foster is
vice chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and serves
as director of the Office of Community Health and the
Community Pharmacy Residency Program at the UTHSC College of
Pharmacy.
As the
flagship statewide academic health system, the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center is focused on a four-tier
mission of education, research, patient care and community
service, all in support of a single goal: to improve the
health of Tennesseans. Offering a broad range of postgraduate
training opportunities, the main campus, which includes six
colleges, is located in Memphis. UTHSC has additional College
of Medicine campus locations in Knoxville and Chattanooga.
For more information, visit
www.utmem.edu.
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