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Monday, May 29, 2017

New opioid education course wins continuing education award

Graphic describing 8 course modules which explore opioid use, misuse, and management.

The course consists of eight modules which explore opioid use, misuse, and management.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Waterloo Pharmacy PhD candidate Alanna McEneny-King awarded major government grant

PhD candidate Alanna McEneny-King received a 2017 doctoral Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The $105,000 grant supports McEneny-King’s research developing mathematical models to improve dosing of people with hemophilia.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Ramadan and health discussed at Waterloo Pharmacy public lecture

Professor Alsabbagh explaining to the audience

On May 16, Waterloo Pharmacy hosted a public lecture on Ramadan and health, inviting those who celebrate Ramadan and those who provide healthcare services to learn how the religious celebration can impact health. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins at the end of May this year. Approximately 4% of people in Waterloo Region are Muslims and most of them will observe Ramadan at this time.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Shaping the future of pharmaceutical research: Waterloo Pharmacy and Apotex announce latest partnership

Apotex representatives speaking with grad students at Pharmacy Research Day

The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy is delighted to announce a partnership with Apotex that will help shape the future of pharmaceutical research here at Waterloo. Apotex has been involved with the University since it hired its first co-op students in 1984. To date, the company has hired more than 700 co-op students and over 120 Waterloo graduates from a variety of faculties. Apotex has also helped support a number of student-related initiatives here at the School of Pharmacy.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Waterloo Pharmacy hosts first Pharmacy Research Day

Bogdan Diaconu explaining research to audience

MSc candidate Bogdan Diaconu shares his research with audience members during the poster session

April 26 marked the first ever Pharmacy Research Day, a conference-style event where keynote speakers and pharmacy graduate students presented research on topics ranging from the cellular basis of diabetes, to nanotechnology for gene therapy, to potential bias in pharmacist treatment of visible minorities.