Grand River Hospital and the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy hosted an appreciation reception January 10 at the hospital.
On January 5, the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy invited friends and family to celebrate the tenth pharmacy class, Rx2020.
Andrea Wong had never worked in a rural community before her six month clinical placement on Manitoulin Island. Her fourth year placement saw her working at community pharmacies, a hospital, and a family health team on the island.
Two researchers in the Pharmacy School have combined their very different backgrounds to try a new way of attacking one of the most common adult cancers.
This December two School of Pharmacy students received the first-ever La Roche-Posay Dermatology Contest award. Taylor Gelinas and Kristi Butt are senior pharmacy students who both share a passion for community practice and an interest in supporting patients with dermatological conditions.
Their business proposal won this year’s Pharmasave Industrial Case Competition. The competition pits third-year pharmacy student teams against their classmates in a battle for a $5,000 prize that tests their business acumen and innovation in the field of pharmacy.
On December 1, Ontario Minister of Health and Long Term Care Eric Hoskins announced that pharmacists will be able to administer vaccines to protect against 13 preventable diseases. Examples include Hepatitis A and B, typhoid, rabies, Herpes Zoster (Shingles) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Health-care students across Ontario will be able to learn how to deliver high-quality care to their transgender patients with a free online educational program developed by the McMaster University’s School of Medicine and University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy.
It’s National Addictions Awareness Week in Canada and the Dr. Kelly Grindrod at the School of Pharmacy is spreading the word about the opioid addiction and the role pharmacists can play in helping to save lives.
Waterloo Pharmacy worked with local pharmacists and public health officials to illustrate how to administer the drug, now available without a prescription in many community pharmacies.