Welcome to the School of Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo is the first new pharmacy school in Canada in 20 years and housed in a state-of-the-art education and research building on the Health Sciences Campus in downtown Kitchener. 

We offer an innovative undergraduate pharmacy curriculum that integrates foundational knowledge in the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with applied skills in the clinical, behavioural and social sciences to prepare our graduates to serve as medication therapy experts. 

News

  1. Mar. 19, 2019#RethinkPharmacists: Providing personalized medication assessmentsPharmacist sitting at table and talking to patient about medications

    Do you take three or more medications regularly? Do you feel like your medications aren’t working or that you may be experiencing side effects? Do you have diabetes? A MedsCheck with your pharmacist may be for you.

    MedsChecks are services available to any Ontarian taking three or more medications for chronic conditions or to any Ontarian with diabetes. A MedsCheck is a free 20-30 minute private consultation with your pharmacist. You’ll review all of the medications you take, including over-the-counter medications and natural health products.

  2. Mar. 14, 2019Pharmacy graduate student receives President’s Accolade for club that helps older adults with technology

    Colin Whaley plans to attend medical school one day and has always had an interest in mental health. In his third year of undergrad at the University of Waterloo, Colin and his friend and fellow student Peter Hoang decided to turn that interest into action. As a Biomedical Sciences student, Colin had learned how older adults tended to have better mental health if they were more closely connected with their families.

  3. Mar. 12, 2019#RethinkPharmacists: Supporting people who want to quit smokingPharmacist breaking a cigarette in half

    Are you trying to quit smoking? Your pharmacist could be a good place to start. Pharmacists are trained in supporting people to quit smoking and are familiar with the wide variety of products to help quit. In Ontario, there’s a standard program that pharmacists use with patients. It looks like this:

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Events

  1. Mar. 22, 2019Graduate Studies Seminar

    Shades of grey in vaccination decisions: Unpacking influenza vaccine hesitancy in Ontario community pharmacies

    Gokul Raj Pullagura

    PhD Candidate, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo

  2. Mar. 27, 2019Listening Tour: Gender-based experiences in the Faculty of Science

    Join the Science HeForShe committee to share your experiences of being ______ (female, male, trans*, non-binary) in Science. The Faculty of Science HeForShe committee is looking to record gender-based experiences of science students, faculty and staff members.

  3. Mar. 29, 2019Graduate Studies Seminar

    Topic: Web-Accessible Population Pharmacokinetics Service- Hemophilia (WAPPS-Hemo) 

    Andrea Edginton

    Associate Professor, Associate Director for Graduate Studies and Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo

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