The Residency Research Night happening at the School of Pharmacy hallway.
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Waterloo Pharmacy hosts Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Residency Research Night

Presented by the CSHP West Chapter Ontario Branch 

Waterloo Pharmacy hosted the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists- Ontario Branch (CSHP-OB) West Chapter residency research night in a hybrid setting for the second year. 

Residents from across Ontario were invited to present their research projects they worked on over the course of their residency year. This year, 13 residents presented their research findings on a range of topics to advance healthcare practices to 72 in-person attendees.  

“It was a pleasure working with the staff at the School and we are very happy that we had such a great turnout,” Victoria Wong says, CSHP West Chapter co-chair and event organizer. 

Two Waterloo PharmD alumni took home top awards and an additional alum placed in fourth place. 

  • First place – Lisa Ros-Choi (Rx2021) 

  • Second place – Andy Kwok (Rx2022) 

  • Third place – Carling Renwick 

  • Fourth place – Celine Huab (Rx 2022) 

Residents with their certificates.

 Residency Research Night award winners. L-R: Lisa Ros-Choi, Andy Kwok and Carling Renwick.

It was lovely to host the residency research night at the School of Pharmacy for the second year.  The residents worked very hard and completed excellent research projects, with very interesting and informative results and conclusions. It was great to see so much support from the pharmacist and student community for their work, both in-person and online.

Barb Coulston, adjunct clinical associate professor at Waterloo Pharmacy and residency research night event organizer

Waterloo School of Pharmacy PharmD presenters: 

  • Matthew Bui (Rx2022), Hamilton Health Sciences – Neurological Outcomes in Neonates with Hyperglycemia 

  • Lisa Ros-Choi (Rx2021), St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton – Vaccination of Vaccine-Preventable-Diseases in the Kidney Transplant Population: A Single-Centre Study 

  • Kaitlyn Sellers (Rx2022), St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton – Quantifying Clinical Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators (cpKPI) at SJHH with a Standardized Documentation Strategy: A Quality Improvement Initiative 

  • Andy Kwok (Rx2022), London Health Science Centre – Evaluating Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants in the Treatment of Intracardiac Thrombus: A Retrospective Chart Review 

  • Morgan Hopkins (Rx2022), London Health Science Centre – Obesity Dosing of Melphalan in Patients with Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplant 

  • Celine Huab (Rx2022), The Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, University of Waterloo – Prescription Trends of semaglutide injection in Ontario: A Time-Series Analysis to Assess the Impact of Public Drug Coverage Changes 

This year's residents posing for a photo at the School of Pharmacy.

This year’s residents at Residency Research Night at Waterloo Pharmacy. 

Many thanks to Fresenius Kabi for sponsoring this event.