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Jennifer Smith Byrd

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

About

Dr. Jennifer Byrd received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy practice residency with an emphasis in ambulatory care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Dr. Byrd is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and holds the Board Certified-Advanced Diabetes Management credential. She is an active member of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association and has previously served on the Board of Directors and as a member of the Ambulatory Care/Collaborative Practice Committee. She has served as Chair of the Tennessee Society of Pharmacists. She is faculty advisor for the Zeta Epsilon chapter of the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. As Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Dr. Byrd teaches in various courses throughout the curriculum primarily focused on chronic disease management. She provides clinical pharmacy services at The Jackson Clinic in the Internal Medicine/Family Practice Department and Cardiology Department. Her collaborative, interprofessional practice serves as a experiential site for pharmacy students completing their ambulatory care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.

Education

  • Pharm.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Scholarship

Books

Articles

  • Initial Validation Evidence for Clinical Case Presentations by Student Pharmacists (2021)

    Innov Pharm

  • Pharmacologic therapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults (2012)

    Pharmacotherapy

  • Angioedema: presentation and treatment (2011)

    Mississippi Pharmacist

  • DPP-4 inhibitors and angioedema: a cause for concern? (2011)

    Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology

  • Feasibility of contracting for medication therapy management services in a physician’s office (2009)

    American Journal of Health System Pharmacy

Presentations

  • Cardiology overview (2020)

    TPA Clinical Pharmacy Pathway Certificate Training Program

  • Clinical pearls in heart failure (2020)

    West Tennessee Pharmacists Association

  • Impact of a collaborative, outpatient chronic heart failure clinic managed by pharmacists and nurse practitioners on heart failure outcomes (2019)

    Mid-year Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists

  • Use of natural products: clinical case studies (2019)

    Tennessee Pharmacists Association Summer Meeting

  • Validation evidence for PharmD student case presentations: a pilot study (2019)

    American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting

  • Evaluating hospitalizations for adverse drug reactions in local clinic patients (2019)

    Tennessee Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Winter Meeting

  • Evaluating the timing of antihypertensive administration among patients (2019)

    Tennessee Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Winter Meeting

  • Evaluating the presence of comorbid conditions and characterizing the risk factors included in the amputation risk boxed warning of canagliflozin compared with other SGLT-2 inhibitors (2018)

    American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting

  • Marketing clinical pharmacy services (2017)

    Tennessee Pharmacists Association Summer Meeting

  • Fostering self-awareness through a focus on innovation, leadership, and professionalism (2017)

    American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting

  • Cardiovascular disease risk with hypoglycemic agents (2017)

    Tennessee Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Summer Meeting

  • Updates and pearls of type 2 diabetes management (2017)

    West Tennessee Pharmacists Association

  • Pharmacists as providers: billing, quality, and outcomes (2016)

    2016 Tennessee Pharmacists Association Summer Meeting Continuing Education Session

  • Assessing the impact of pharmacist interventions versus standard care in the outpatient management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2015)

    2015 American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting Resident Poster Session

  • Implementation of ambulatory care pharmacy services in a private physicians office and its impact on patients with diabetes (2014)

    2014 APhA Annual Meeting Professional Poster Session

  • A retrospective analysis of angioedema associated with dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors (2011)

    Mid-South Pharmacy Residents Conference

  • Monitoring anti-Xa levels in obese patients receiving therapeutic dose of enoxaparin (2008)

    43rd Mid-Year Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists