On March 3 the Waterloo Pharmacy hockey team won the tenth annual Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) Cup. The OPA Cup is awarded to the winner of an annual hockey game that pits teams from Ontario’s two pharmacy schools against each other.
The Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (OPEN) awarded $2 million in funding to advance work in medication management.
Medications can improve health and save lives, but they are not without risk. With prescription medication in Ontario costing $10.6 billion per year, new strategies to help patients and healthcare providers choose, use, and remove medications are critical to providing better care and ensuring financial sustainability of the public system.
As an outreach volunteer with ACCKWA, Manu Kahlon spoke with and presented to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Waterloo Region. ACCKWA is an organization dedicated to creating a future where HIV, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted or blood-borne infections are rare in Waterloo Region.
Nyasha Gondora, third year PhD candidate at the Waterloo School of Pharmacy, was the winner of the 2017 Three Minute Thesis Faculty of Science heat. In this article, Gondora highlights her experiences for other students considering to take on the 2018 Three Minute Thesis challenge.
On January 7 2008, the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy ran its first class. The School had 90 students, six faculty members, and only a handful of staff.
What were you doing on January 7, 2008? You may not remember, but 90 of your colleagues certainly do. They were starting class at Canada’s newest pharmacy school. The building wasn’t even finished yet.
Professor Michael Beazely kicked off the lecture to the crowd of over 150 people. Beazely discussed the chemical structure of marijuana, differentiating between THC and CBD, two of the active constituents in the cannabis plant.
On November 10, Professor Marianna Foldvari received an award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievements in Nanoscience from Nano Ontario, an organization that represents Ontario’s nanotechnology community. She then travelled to San Diego to be appointed a Fellow of the prestigious American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS). These honours recognize Foldvari’s accomplishments in pharmaceutical sciences and nanomedicine research.
At the end of October, student representatives for the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI) ran competitions for Waterloo Pharmacy students. These competitions are an annual tradition held every fall term. All ten pharmacy schools across Canada host similar events, run by local CAPSI chapters.
Doctor of Pharmacy student Munaza Saleem (photo credit James MacDonald) was selected from an applicant pool of young women across Canada to step into the role of Minister of National Defense for a day.