Award winners. Top row, left to right: Ashley Cid, Sarah Moroz, Cynthia Richard, Robin Andrade, Ai-Leng Foong-Reichert. Bottom row, left to right: Collin Shiha, David Edwards, Kelly Grindrod.
Since 2013 the School of Pharmacy has recognized the excellence of our graduate students with an annual celebration event. This year was the first in person award ceremony in two years. Graduate Chair J.M. Gamble hosted the event, acknowledging the winners and celebrating other successes of the graduate program.
Dr. Mira Maximos (BHSc, BScPhm, PharmD, MSc, ACPR, PhD student) is a mom, pharmacist, and researcher. She is an inpatient and antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist specializing in infectious diseases and a PhD student studying infectious disease pharmacoepidemiology
Dr. Alina Rashid (HBSc, BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR, RPh) is the Lead Oncology Pharmacist at William Osler Health System. She is also the mother of two children.
“Lots of students in pharmacy school knew what they wanted to do after they graduated,” says Alina. “I had no idea – but I was fortunate enough to get a residency at Hamilton Health Sciences which allowed me to explore various hospital specialities.”
Seven Waterloo Science research projects received a financial boost thanks to provincial research funding announced on at the University of Waterloo on Thursday June 18.
A new study reveals a connection between poverty and opioid-related hospitalization, emergency department visits and deaths in Canada. From 2000 to 2017, Canada's poorest residents were 3.8 times more likely to die of opioid-related causes than Canada's richest residents.
The Excellence in Pharmacy Teaching Award is given annually to recognize instructors who have demonstrated high quality teaching and a commitment to excellence in education. This year’s recipient Robin Andrade is the perfect embodiment of these traits.
Paul Malik (PhD 2021, PharmD 2016, BSc 2016) recognized for PhD thesis in the field of pediatric pharmacokinetics. Paul is on the right pictured with Lokesh Narsineni, a previous Pearson medal award winner.
By Brent Choi and Hassin Saleh, Rx2023/24s
The pandemic was one of the most impactful events of the 21st century, impacting how people live their daily lives. Health care was no different, with patients and health-care professionals alike navigating a new world of virtual interactions and clinical care.
A new University of Waterloo study shows that current Hepatitis B vaccination, screening, and treatment strategies in Ontario will leave the province well short of its goal to reduce preventable infections that afflict 1,000 Ontarians annually.