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To School of Pharmacy assistant professors Brett Barrett and Kelly Grindrod, that is a problem. Antibiotics are effective tools for fighting infectious diseases, but misinformation surrounds when and why they should be used. The public lecture delivered by Grindrod and Barrett on November 12^th acknowledged the important contribution antibiotics have made and continue to make to human health and addressed the many myths surrounding the medications.

Collaboration between healthcare professionals is essential for effective patient-focused care, and thus interprofessional education (IPE) is a foundational element of healthcare training throughout the Waterloo-Wellington region.

As Canada’s population is aging, a team of researchers led by a Waterloo Pharmacy professor is investigating new ways to identify seniors most at risk of having adverse drug reactions, with the goal of improving their quality of life.

School of Pharmacy Assistant Professor Feng Chang from the Faculty of Science has received $720,330 in Health Canada funding for the Interdisciplinary Initiative to Reduce Prescription Opioid Misuse.

With the funding from Ride for Dad and an impressive team of research partners, School of Pharmacy Professor Shawn Wettig’s research is set to take a big step forward, from the petri dish to real cancer cases. The Ride for Dad foundation has committed $104,000 to help Wettig and collaborators fine-tune a treatment that utilizes irradiated gold nanoparticles to target prostate cancer, one the most common cancer among Canadian men. The goal is to shorten treatment duration and reduce side effects, by delivering a more targeted treatment at a lower dose.

As Alzheimer’s disease continues to impact more and more Canadians, the need for novel therapies and therapeutic drugs is greater than ever. Using a state-of-the-art technology to discover new therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease is among the projects receiving funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced today.

Like many other tools, sometimes prescription drugs can be used for more than one purpose. University of Waterloo scientists and industry partner Cyclica discovered that a commonly known antidepressant may be useful in fighting some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

More than 43 researchers from Waterloo Science are part of the 3,800 Canadian researchers receiving funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) today.

Rich, creamy, nutritious and now cancer fighting. New research reveals that molecules derived from avocados could be effective in treating a form of cancer.

Fourth-year Pharmacy student Holly Meginnis has been recognized with the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) Student of Distinction Award for leadership and commitment to advancing the profession.