A team from Belmont’s College of Pharmacy recently spent 10 days in Guatemala City, Guatemala as part of a multidisciplinary surgical mission team serving at The Moore Pediatric Surgery Center. Led by Professor of Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences Dr. Eric Hobson, … Continue reading
Students and faculty from Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy recently completed a year-long project to create an inventory system at the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The project started last July and included four separate mission trips … Continue reading
The College of Pharmacy partnered with University Ministries for an international spring break Immersion trip geared towards health professional and pre-health professions students. The team was comprised of four faculty and staff members, one professional medical interpreter, eight undergraduate students with an interest … Continue reading
Neda Borhani, Pharmaceutical Doctor, ’13 just returned from Guatemala City, Guatemala, where she supported a surgical team from Austin, TX, in 62 cleft lip and/or palate repairs for some of the poorest kids in Guatemala. Dr. Borhani served as the … Continue reading
An 11-member team from Belmont’s College of Pharmacy is traveling to Guatemala twice this summer to provide aid and expertise to the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center (MPSC). Open since March 2011, more than 800 needy children have received free life-altering … Continue reading
In addition to the two Belmont sponsored mission trips to Guatemala this spring by health science students, Belmont pharmacy student Bethany Bedford also traveled to the country this spring with a surgery team from Mending Kids International and Duke University … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip From Lacey Little Physical Therapy student Lacey Little shares about her experience in Guatemala on her personal blog. Check it out by clicking here. Excerpts: Awesome. Word of the week because it sums up everything. Faith. … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip From Jamie Adam Today began with another wonderful breakfast (eggs, hotdogs, pancakes and toast). We headed to Antigua for a day of adventure. After an easy 1 hour drive, we arrived about 9:30AM. Our first stop … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip From Dr. Renee Brown After breakfast with Tony the Tiger the entire team headed for Tecpan, picking up the faculty from The University of Mariano Galvez on the way. The scenery was beautiful – including volcanoes, … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip Gloria Isaacks and JennaLynn Drake We began our day with omelets filled with yummy peppers, served with delicious mangos, and Guatemalan Tang. The OT/PT teams went to the hospital while the nursing team went to McDonalds!!! … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip from Stephen Dawson Graham This morning we woke up bright and early to a great breakfast of pancakes, bacon, papaya and pineapple. Then we headed over to a local children’s hospital to help work with the … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip From Julianne Russell and Amanda Woodall We’re here!!! We all met bright and early on Sunday morning at the airport. During our short layover in Atlanta, all 13 of us joined in on a dynamic new … Continue reading
2009 Mission Trip to Guatemala During a busy packing day in Belmont’s Physical Therapy Department, Dr. Renee Brown took a few minutes to talk about the 2009 trip to Guatemala. This year, a team of about 28 will be … Continue reading
Mission: Guatemala 2007 Today we went back to the Rehab Hospital. In the morning, we had a mock evaluation session with a patient that has lived in the hospital for over two years. She is a five year old girl … Continue reading
Mission: Guatemala 2007 After church on Sunday, we had the great opportunity to go out into the poorest district in Guatemala City (Paraiso) to visit several families of the church so that we might better understand the situations in which … Continue reading
Mission: Guatemala 2007 This is a photo of the group that will be travelling to Guatemala City on March 3, 2007.
Associate Professors Dr. Elisa Greene, from Belmont’s College of Pharmacy, and Dr. Jamie Adam, from Belmont’s School of Nursing, were recently selected for the 2021-23 cohort of The Lilly Faculty Fellows Program through the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and … Continue reading
March 19, 2014 Guatemala trip is life-changing for Belmont pharmacy students By Mignonne Bryant | mbryant@tennessean.com In a Guatemalan hotel, 23-year-old Belmont University student Gena Curl carefully unpacked all that she had brought from Nashville. A wave of doubts swept … Continue reading
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Board of Directors has awarded full accreditation status to the Belmont University College of Pharmacy (BUCOP). ACPE, the official regulatory body that accredits all colleges of pharmacy in the United States, reviewed Belmont … Continue reading
The Belmont University College of Pharmacy (BUCOP) will celebrate the graduation of its charter class on May 5 with 65 members of the Class of 2012 expected to cross the stage to receive their Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree. After … Continue reading
Dr. Eric Hobson, of the Department of Pharmaceutical, Social & Administrative Sciences, had his poster titled Economics of Reciprocity in Strong NGO-Academic Global Health Partnerships accepted to be presented at the annual meeting Pharmacy Education 2012 of the American Association … Continue reading
Guatemala 2011 Mission Trip from Tamara Garvey 6:34 am Bob the spider is muerte. (Sadness!) Stephen is triste that his ninja reflexes kicked in when Bob jumped out of his shoe….thus ending Bob’s time in Guatemala. 8:03am Breakfast of eggs, … Continue reading
2010 Mission Trip to Guatemala We are back in Nashville! We arrived late last night with two smooth flights. We appreciate all of your prayers and support through this incredible, unforgetable trip to Guatemala City. We will try to get … Continue reading
2010 Mission Trip to Guatemala Buenos Dias! Today is the day we head back to the states. It is beautiful here this morning after a rainy night. Yesterday was a full day and we arrived back at the seminary late … Continue reading
2010 Mission Trip to Guatemala from: Natalie Eaton, Megan Oakley & Beth Higney Hello from the nurses! Sorry we haven’t updated lately, we couldn’t get to the computer last night but hope we got your attention with the title. No, … Continue reading