Giving Tuesday is a global philanthropic event, and today the University of Waterloo is raising funds for numerous initiatives. At Waterloo Pharmacy, Hallman Director David Edwards is personally matching donations to the Women in Pharmacy Leadership fund, up to a maximum of $5,000.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology recognizes 16 research leaders across campus. This year’s recipients include Emmanuel Ho (left) and Shawn Wettig (right)
Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy partners with AirMatrix to trial medication delivery by automated drones. Photo provided by AirMatrix.
COVID-19 has changed the daily workflow of community pharmacies.
Professor Tejal Patel receiving funding from CFP to support her research. Photo taken in 2015.
Pfizer and Moderna announced in recent days that they have vaccine candidates that are over 90 per cent effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus.
Elisa Basile’s work term was altered by COVID-19 but led to unique experiences in two workplaces. The above shows Elisa and her preceptor Adam Livingston, the Designated Manager at NutriChem. They are in a section of NutriChem's compounding laboratory, a non-sterile negative pressure room where the hormones and other hazardous agents are compounded.
In Jan 2021, J.M. Gamble (left) will become Associate Director of Graduate Studies and Research and Emmanuel Ho (right) will become Graduate Officer.
In January 2021, two faculty members will be stepping into leadership roles for the Waterloo Pharmacy graduate program.
Since 2016, Christine and David Edwards have sponsored the Christine and David Edwards Travel Award for Graduate Students. As a result, 19 pharmacy graduate students have attended 24 conferences across Canada and the world over the last five years.
This weekend, Waterloo Pharmacy celebrated the graduation of Rx2020 with a virtual convocation reception. The reception followed the Faculty of Science’s virtual convocation.
Svetlana Litchmanova worked in a compounding pharmacy in Spring 2020.
Back in April, Svetlana Litchmanova was watching the news about COVID carefully. The pharmacy student was slated to start work in Alberta in May, at Lemarchand Dispensary Pharmacy and Compounding Lab. With travel restrictions being introduced, she wasn’t sure if she would go.