Dr. Rand Hussein (BSc, MSc, PhD) is a pharmacist, researcher and a new mom. She finished her PhD this past September at the School of Pharmacy and is currently pursuing her post-doctoral fellowship at the School, under Dr. Nancy Waite’s supervision, with a focus on vaccine hesitancy.
Have you ever dreamed of combining your love of travel with your ambitions? For Nikola Cubelic this dream was made a reality with the help of the Student Exchange Program (SEP) at Waterloo Pharmacy.
Jocelyn Bonti-Akomah is the first recipient of the Rexall Pharmacy Group ULC Community Involvement Award. This new award recognizes Black or Indigenous undergraduate students with a strong history of volunteering in their community who demonstrate the values of integrity, customer service, accountability, respect and excellence.
MacKenzie Van Loon (Rx2023) shares her student exchange experience in Amsterdam.
When MacKenzie Van Loon (Rx2023) learned about the Student Exchange Program (SEP), she immediately knew this was an experience she couldn’t pass up.
The School of Pharmacy had the pleasure of hosting the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists- Ontario Branch (CSHP-OB) Southwestern and Golden Horseshoe Chapters’ residency research night in a hybrid setting this past July.
“The location of our Residency Research Night alternates among the programs that offer pharmacy residencies. Waterloo School of Pharmacy stepped up to host this event for the first time, and they did not disappoint!” says Marisa Ramandt, CSHP-OB Southwestern Chapter Co-Chair.
Richard Granholm (Rx2023) is not afraid of taking chances. Six years after achieving his Bachelor of Music, while sitting in a pharmacy and watching a pharmacist work, a new dream arose for him – a career in pharmacy. This new journey in pharmacy sparked another passion for Richard, to travel abroad.
This past weekend the University of Waterloo hosted its Fall 2022 Open House. Waterloo Pharmacy was on main campus to connect with and answer questions from prospective students for the PharmD program.
Alex Wong (Rx2020) is part of the team at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, CHEO, a pediatric health-care and research centre in Ottawa, who won the 2022 Excellence in Pharmacy Practice Leadership Award in partnership with Canadian Blood Services. The award is presented from the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) and acknowledges projects that serve a greater cause and contribute to pharmacy care.
The annual Regional Clinical Coordinator (RCC) Conference was held in-person, for the first time since the pandemic began, at Waterloo Pharmacy on Oct 20-21.
An integral part of the PharmD program at Waterloo Pharmacy are the patient care rotations. Fourth year students complete their rotations in the last six months of the program and are placed directly in patient care clinical placements in one of the 14 regions across Ontario.
On Friday October 21, 2022, Waterloo Pharmacy celebrated the class of 2022 at an in-person convocation reception after the main campus Faulty of Science convocation.