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Upcoming Events

3rd Annual Opioid Conference
Date: March 3, 2023
Time: 8:00 am-4:45 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen Loyd, CMO of Cedar Recovery.
Pre-Conference for Prescribing Providers
Date: March 2
Time: 5:15 pm - 7:45 pm.
Topic: The Opioid Crisis: "Prescribing Laws, Harm Reduction, and the Role of Naloxone."
This optional pre-conference offers the 2 hours of required continuing education for
prescribing controlled substances.
Location: FedEx Events Center, Shelby Farms Park, 415 Great View Dr E Suite 103, Cordova, TN 38018.
Registration information and a complete agenda of topics and panelists f can be found at cenow.uthsc.edu.

2nd Annual Kaleidoscope Story Slam
Date: March 6, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Schreier Auditorium of the Student-Alumni Center
About the event: UTHSC students, faculty, staff, or clinical partners are invited to share their true, personal, six-minute stories of experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications to be a storyteller are due by 5:00 pm Jan 30, 2023. Apply here.

Mary L. Morrris Distinguished Visiting Professorship
Date: March 28
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, TN 38117
Topic: Professional Identity Formation
Speaker: Nelda Godfrey, Ph.D., ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Registration: Link will be available soon.
About Dr. Godfrey: Dr. Nelda Godfrey is Associate Dean for Innovative Partnerships and Practice and a Professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. She is the founder of the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing and the 2017 recipient of the Amy Ladner O'Brien Women in Science and Medicine Award for Innovation, University of Kansas Medical Center.