Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received the Chauncey I. Cooper Award from the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA).

The award is the highest recognition given by the nationwide organization of pharmacists founded in 1947 to promote excellence and uniformity among minority health professionals, improve the quality of health care in minority communities, and advance the standards of pharmaceutical care among all practitioners.

Bestowed at the 68th annual meeting of the NPhA in Orlando, the award is named for NPhA founder Chauncey I. Cooper, PhD. The award recognizes sustained and distinguished service to the profession of pharmacy.  

A pharmacist since 1992, Chisholm-Burns became dean of the College of Pharmacy in 2012. Previously, she was a professor and head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science for the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona. She received her BS and PharmD degrees from the University of Georgia, her MPH from Emory University and her MBA from the University of Memphis.