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Friday, December 1, 2023

Empowering futures with your help

Thank you to the generous pharmacy community donors for helping Waterloo Pharmacy surpass its 2023 Giving Tuesday goal for the Student Success Fund. 

Friday, November 24, 2023

Go blue for antimicrobial resistance

On November 24, buildings across Canada will be lit blue to bring awareness to AMR. The City of Kitchener’s Carl Zehr Square joins the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy in this #GoBlueForAMR colour campaign for the second consecutive year.

Dr. Paul Malik (BSc’16, PharmD’16, PhD’21) is the 2022 School of Pharmacy Alumni Achievement Award recipient. This award recognizes and celebrates pharmacy alumni who impact the health and wellbeing of society through professional work and/or public service contribution.

Canada is facing a health care crisis due to escalating costs, a shortage of health-care professionals and increasing needs from an aging population. The effects of this crisis are felt more profoundly in remote, rural and Indigenous communities, where the shortage of health-care workers is greater. That’s where the University of Waterloo’s partnership with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM University) comes in.

Thursday, November 9, 2023

An unconventional pharmacy career

The Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) is one of the largest independent healthcare behaviour-change partners in Canada. CEP’s clinical tools and Academic Detailing Service support primary care providers in closing the gap between evidence and practice. Waterloo Pharmacy alums have been involved with CEP since 2015, providing academic detailing services across Ontario.

Updated COVID-19 boosters are available this fall to help protect against severe COVID-19 infections. Each person is affected differently by the virus, from a high fever to aching muscles and a sore throat. Getting the COVID-19 booster, will contribute to broader community protection.Dr. Kelly Grindrod, pharmacist and associate professor at the University of Waterloo, answers questions about this year’s COVID-19 booster vaccines.