Above: Sam Shortall and Professor Shawn Wettig in the lab. The Wettig lab collaborated with researchers at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia on the featured article
If you live in a rural Ontario community, you face greater challenges accessing health resources than your urban counterparts. There are fewer health services and supports available nearby, and residents often have to travel far for appointments.
In March, Alicia Dakins and Mara Faggioni were recognized with the TEVA Professional Practice Award. This award honours two third-year students who have shown a high level of professional behaviour both inside and outside the classroom and have a record of academic excellence.
Alumni Sheri and Matt DiGiovanni met in pharmacy school as members of Waterloo Pharmacy’s first cohort. Today, they’re married with two kids and are making a difference for patients in the Listowel, Wingham, North Huron and North Perth area.
IPE Day is an annual interprofessional education event co-hosted by University of Waterloo and Western University.
Twenty-nine University of Waterloo researchers will receive $3.4 million from the provincial government to further research innovation in Ontario. Pharmacy Prof. Emmanuel Ho is one of the recipients, and the funding will support his research into developing new methods of stopping HIV transmission. Ho describes the work in the following:
Supported by the Ontario Pharmacists Association, the OPA Cup pits Ontario’s two pharmacy schools against each other in a hockey game.
This year the University of Toronto emerged victorious with a final score of 3-1. Waterloo Pharmacy’s goal was scored by Bradley Grightmire who was also recognized with this year’s Most Valuable Player Award.
When you think of a pharmacist, you probably don’t picture Nehal Patel. The alumnus from the School of Pharmacy works at Canada’s first and only transplant specialty pharmacy. Instead of working behind a counter, Nehal supports Canada’s largest solid organ transplant centre at Toronto General Hospital.
Waterloo Pharmacy students will travel to London, Ontario on March 9th for Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day 2020. They’ll join students from a wide variety of disciplines to explore professional roles while building their communication skills and a better understanding of collaborative practice.
Profs. Feng Chang and Heather Mair with student researchers.