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Coming from a family of professionals in politics, medicine and academia, both in Nigeria and Canada, Olivia Nwaokocha (PharmD'24) was always inspired to drive meaningful change. Olivia is currently working as a community pharmacist, serves as the Black Pharmacy Professionals of Canada (BPPC) event committee chair and is a working group associate for the Federation of Black Canadians where she contributes to national health equity efforts.

Waterloo Pharmacy is leading an initiative to enhance access to health care in northern and rural communities. Supported by a $530,000 US grant from the McKesson Foundation, the School is building on their existing work to create more co-op and clinical placement opportunities and support in northern and rural communities for our pharmacy students.

Colleen Maxwell and her colleagues were featured in a press release in Neurology on their recent research that examined whether mental illnesses in pregnant people with multiple sclerosis (MS) occur at a higher rate than those without the disease.

Colleen Maxwell, professor at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie, senior scientist with ICES and professor at Dalhousie University, along with their colleagues have received more than $900,000 in funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) for their research.

Roommates Darian Rahimpour (Rx2026) and Philip Chung (Rx2026) travelled to the Yukon for their second University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy co-op work term, where they spent four months together, learning, living and exploring together.

The sixth issue of the American Chemical Society Measurement Science AuJournal features art compiled by University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy PhD student Jin Wang.

The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy welcomed its newest cohort of PharmD students today, the class of Rx2028, and graduate students.

Sam Hirniak (BMath’17 and Waterloo Pharmacy PhD candidate) was awarded the 2024 Milt Weinstein Award for Outstanding Presentation in Applied Health Economics. Read more about her Waterloo journey from Math to Pharmacy and her current research.

From a young age, Ilinca Andriescu (Rx2026) knew that a healthcare career was her future, but she didn’t know where exactly her journey would lead her. Read more on Andriescu's journey to pharmacy.