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8 researchers and public health staff smiling
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Multidisciplinary team receives federal contribution to build multimedia tools to boost vaccine confidence

The team includes members from organizations across Canada and several University of Waterloo departments. Left to right: Moses Tetui, Kelly Grindrod, and Nancy Waite from the School of Pharmacy.

Decisions about COVID-19 vaccinations often come down to trust.

Trust in peer networks, in the information available to a person and in the health-care system as a whole.

Katie Conroy, MPharm student and PharmD2020
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Spotlight on the MPharm program

Katie Conroy (above) reflects on the MPharm program and her experiences so far.

In fall 2021, Waterloo Pharmacy launched the Master of Pharmacy in Advanced Pharmacy Practice, one of the first advanced pharmacy training programs in the country. It’s been six months since the program launched, and we check in with Allen, Katie and Faisal, the first three students to join this new program.

Jocelyn Bonti-Ankomah smiling and wearing a lab coat
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

No matter the skin colour

Jocelyn (above) shares her experiences and hopes for diversity in health care

By Jocelyn Bonti-Ankomah, Rx2023, pharmacy student

The covid virus
Monday, February 7, 2022

Q and A with the experts: COVID-19 home treatment approved

Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s Paxlovid as the first oral and at-home prescription medication to treat COVID-19 in Canada.  

Kelly Grindrod, a pharmacist and University of Waterloo professor, answers common questions about this new drug.

Does Canada have any of this medication yet?

Brad Hallman in the pharmacy
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Brad Hallman – Rx2016

Brad Hallman is a pharmacy manager with Franklin Pharmacy, a community pharmacy located inside a medical clinic in Cambridge.

Where they’re working:

Brad Hallman is a KW local. He was raised between New Dundee, Baden, and New Hamburg. His wife Cerene, a fellow Rx2016, is also from the area, so when Brad graduated, he knew staying local was a priority.

Evan Steed and his wife and children standing in the pharmacy and smiling
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Evan Steed – Rx2014

Evan Steed is a pharmacist and owner of the Spencerville Pharmasave which is in a small community about an hour south of Ottawa.

Where they’re working:

Evan Steed spent most of pharmacy school thinking he was going to be a hospital pharmacist. But one fateful co-op term with Scott Watson at Watson’s Pharmacy and Compounding Centre in Ottawa changed that.