Despite an overall decline in prescribed opioid use in Canada over the past decade, a recent study by researchers from the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo, found that people in poorer areas receive three times the prescriptions for opioids than those in wealthier areas.
Kayla Genereux (Rx2026) shares how she shaped her co-op experiences to align with her long-term ambitions of working in her hometown in Northern Ontario after completing her PharmD at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy.
Waterloo Pharmacy celebrated its newly graduated MSc and PhD graduate students and award winners at the 2025 Graduate Student Awards Celebration.
For Maher Jibrini (Rx2023), the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy wasn’t just a place to earn a degree – it was the place to build his future. He reflects on his pharmacy school journey and industry residency.
Ali Syed (PharmD’18), practicing pharmacist and PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, has been awarded the Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student (AETS) Award.
The Faculty of Science Foundation has created a new Senior Undergraduate Science Research Award to recognize undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science for outstanding research in senior undergraduate science research courses. We highlight the 2025 University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy winner and nominees.
The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy hosted an exciting event on June 6, 2025, to celebrate the launch of the new Pharmacy Innovation in Immunization Research Collaborative (PIIRC) initiative supported by GSK Canada.
The fourth issue of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Journal features art compiled by University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy PhD student Ahmed Hefny for their research, Novel Phenoselenazines as Amyloid-β Aggregation Inhibitors.
On May 29, 2025, the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy faculty, staff and students prepared and served dinner at the Ray of Hope Community Centre for people experiencing houselessness and systemic barriers to acquiring meals in the community.
Benjamin Longley (Rx2028) and his research partner Connie Chong, MSc student in the Master of Peace and Conflict program, worked together to understand the barriers refugees face when accessing healthcare in Canada. Their project won third place in the Map the System Competition, sponsored by the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI).