Waterloo Pharmacy's annual Graduate Research Day offers a platform for students to present their innovative research, receive meaningful feedback from peers and professors and to connect and collaborate.
Volume 35 of the Medicinal Chemistry Research journal cover features art compiled by University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy student Rahul Karuturi (PhD’25) for their research, Synthesis and evaluation of symmetric (1,4-diazepane-1,4-diyl)bis(phenylmethanone) derivatives as amyloid-beta aggregation inhibitors.
The 19th issue of the Nanoscale Advances Journal features art compiled by University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy Mohamed Aborig (PhD’25) for their research, Engineered dual-functional gold nanoparticles enhance radiosensitization in prostate cancer cells: synergistic action of curcumin and gold.
After five years of working as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry, Rahul Karuturi (PhD’25) wanted to expand his scientific horizons. He reflects on his PhD journey at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy.
Waterloo Pharmacy celebrated its newly graduated MSc and PhD graduate students and award winners at the 2025 Graduate Student Awards Celebration.
Ali Syed (PharmD’18), practicing pharmacist and PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, has been awarded the Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student (AETS) Award.
Nicholas Cheng, MSc student at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, spent the last two years working on his graduate studies and navigating the business world. Looking back Cheng never expected his side project to launch another side project that eventually led to his start-up company, Evolv Biotech, where his team harnesses nanoparticles to clean toxic waste from oil and mining industries.
Hosted at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy and organized by the Pharmacy Graduate Student Association (PhGA), the Waterloo Pharmacy Graduate Research Day celebrated graduate student progress.
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.
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.