Teaching the next generation of scientists is a job our faculty takes to heart. Each year, the Faculty of Science recognizes the teaching quality and impact of our faculty through the Excellence in Science Teaching Awards (ESTA).
As debates around vaccination rage on, flu immunization rates in Ontario have actually risen by half a million doses since 2012, thanks to pharmacists.
Spring brings many highly anticipated arrivals – more sunlight, warmer temperatures, fresh blossoms – and, in our case, distinguished guests from Brisbane, Australia. In mid-March, the School of Pharmacy was honoured to welcome guests Dr. Esther Lau and Dr. Manuel Serrano Santos from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. QUT is redeveloping its pharmacy program, so this globe-trotting pair of course co-ordinators travelled to Kitchener to exchange curriculum design ideas with our faculty.
Dressed in Waterloo black and gold, Katie Dods played a spectacular game at the 2015 Ontario Pharmacists Association Student Cup held in Toronto’s Varsity Arena on March 14.
The School of Pharmacy’s first CanBuild team collected a whopping 566 food items for CanBuild 2015, the University of Waterloo’s annual food drive.Volunteers created a life-size dispensary and called their initiative “Beyond the Counter”. Their aim was to raise awareness about hunger and how pharmacists can improve nutrition in our communities.
Some of Canada’s finest research on molecular drug design, Alzheimer’s, and cancer happens right here, in the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy. To celebrate the achievements of our MSc and PhD student researchers, the School offers annual Graduate Program Awards each December. This year, we also introduced a new faculty award for excellence in mentorship.
Blueprint for Pharmacy recently awarded fourth-year Pharmacy student Gloria Lau first place for her essay on the evolving role of pharmacists to a clinical and patient-centred profession.
FocusONCare, a mobile healthcare start-up created by six pharmacy students from UWaterloo’s School of Pharmacy won the fourth place prize, including a Samsung Chromebook at Thursday’s pitch competition for the Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp in the Communitech Hub.
Ding Wen (Roger) Chen, a Pharmacy PhD student working with Dr. Marianna Foldvari, was recently awarded a "2014 Young Scholar Award" sponsored by Dove Medical Press.
The 5th annual Pharmasave Industrial Case Competition took place on Wednesday, July 30. Students in PHARM 350 Fundamentals of Business Administration and Management had a week to showcase their mastery of business concepts and demonstrate creativity and entrepreneurship in developing a business plan and pitch to promote new pharmacy innovations.