People profiles
Dr. David Edwards
Dr. Edwards received his undergraduate pharmacy degree from the University of Toronto in 1978 and completed a residency in hospital pharmacy at Sunnybrook Medical Centre. He graduated from the PharmD program at the State University of New York at Buffalo and joined the Department of Pharmaceutics at Buffalo for post-doctoral training in pharmacokinetics. Dr.
Dr. Nancy Waite
Nancy was most recently an Associate Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, where she was deeply involved in curricular planning. Prior to this, Nancy was Manager, Department of Pharmacy practice at the Albany College of Pharmacy. She earned her professional degree from the University of Toronto, and completed her Pharm D and post-doctoral studies at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Barb Rae-Schneider
Barb has worked in a variety of areas across the University of Waterloo campus, most recently in Biology and the Faculty of Engineering. Her 30 years of experience range across the full breadth of administrative responsibilities, including finance, staff management, project management and faculty support.
Ken Potvin
Ken brings diverse experience in community and hospital pharmacy, industry and associations to the University of Waterloo. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA), and prior to that he was the Director, Research and Analysis, for Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D).
Dr. Jake J. Thiessen
Jake is a former professor and associate dean at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. He earned his B.Sc. (Pharm) degree from the University of Manitoba, and went on to complete a M.Sc. at Manitoba and a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Francisco. Jake’s area of specialization is pharmacokinetics.
