People profiles

Dr. Waite’s research program examines medication/vaccine management and pharmacy practice with a focus on innovation in an evolving health-care landscape. Her research focuses on the impact pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have on improving vaccine uptake, addressing vaccine hesitancy and vaccine monitoring.

Dr. Michael Beazely’s lab research focuses on understanding how growth factor receptors and G protein-coupled receptors modulate ion channels and neuronal cell function. His clinical and education research is focused on the role of health professionals in reducing harms associated with problematic substance use.

Dr. Chang is a clinical pharmacist specializing in geriatric pharmacotherapy. Her research interests include caring for vulnerable older adults in primary care settings, particularly older adults in rural areas, for conditions such as chronic pain and dementia, and the role of pharmacists in care provision.

Dr. Foldvari's research focuses on the development of intelligent delivery systems and biomolecular devices with the goal of developing new, non-invasive technologies to deliver and target therapeutic agents into the body and to diseased tissues, as well as investigating the fundamental properties of these delivery technologies and the cells they target.

The HoResearchGroup is interested in the development and characterization of innovative drug delivery strategies including nanomedicines, medical devices and biomaterials for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, cancer, and chronic wound healing.

Dr. Joseph’s research is focused on ascertaining how the β-cell senses glucose and on searching for ways to reduce the number of islets required for islet transplantation. These two themes are connected in that the first theme provides novel targets to enhance islet function in the second theme.

Dr.  Tom McFarlane teaches oncology, internal medicine, and immunology topics to the undergraduate students at the School of Pharmacy. He has a particular interest in GI, lung, and prostate cancers, and conducts practice based research in these settings which includes exploring ways of improving supportive care regimens for patients and the impact of supportive care on overall outcomes.

Dr. Nekkar Rao specializes in medicinal and bioorganic chemistry; exploring rational drug design aided by molecular modelling techniques and small molecule synthetic organic/medicinal chemistry.

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Dr. Wong’s research focuses on system-level policy modeling, infectious diseases modeling, health services and outcomes research, particularly in hepatitis B and C. His health services and outcomes research interests include quality of life research, costing and return on investment.

Working in classes and behind the scenes, Robin is responsible for the organization of the Professional Practice Labs—including many of the day to day operations.

Steve has a B.A. in Commerce from the University of Toronto and a Certifcat en Français Langue Seconde from Laval University in Quebec City / Université d'Aix-Marseille II in Provence, France. He spent 6 years in Tokyo, Japan where he incorporated his own business. Upon returning to Canada in the 90's he obtained his Certified Help Desk Manager designation and has been in the I.T.

Elaine Lillie started her working life as a high school teacher, teaching English and Theatre Arts in Waterloo County. After 4 years, she decided to leave the classroom for a career in business.

Anthony graduated from Dalhousie University with a pharmacy degree in 1996.

Lisa joined the University Of Waterloo School Of Pharmacy in late 2010. She supports the first-year human systems course where she coordinates the anatomy, physiology, and histology labs and delivers some of the lectures.

Janie is the Regional Clinical Coordinator for Hamilton and Brantford as well as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor.

Janie’s career in pharmacy practice spans 21 years. She began as a clinical hospital pharmacist, after which she entered community pharmacy practice. She currently practices as a primary care clinical consulting pharmacist.

Donnie co-owns Boggio & Edwards IDA, a specialty compounding pharmacy in Ridgeway, Ontario. His focus is on pain management, women’s health and addiction services. He has been appointed to the Narcotics Monitoring Working Group by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to provide advice on managing and evaluating data created by the Narcotics Monitoring System.

Noëlla Robert-Kappel is the Regional Clinical Coordinator for Barrie and Hunstville. She has 15 years of professional experience in hospital pharmacy and six years in long-term care. She is a Certified Diabetes Educator, a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, and an assessor for the Pharmacy Examination Board of Canada's qualifying examination.

Jason Wentzell joined the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy in April 2014 as a Regional Clinical Coordinator, representing the Ottawa and Brockville region.

Professor Sian is a passionate pharmacist and loves practicing in a community setting. She sees firsthand the positive effect good patient care has on an individual’s quality of life and strives to instill those same principles in her students.

Debbie’s experience includes community pharmacy practice, pharmacy benefit management and pharmaceutical advertising and communications.

Barbara Coulston is a clinical pharmacist specializing in Primary Care, chronic pain, and diabetes.  She maintains a clinical practice at the Centre for Family Medicine in Kitchener where she is the Pharmacy Lead, Preceptor for 4th year pharmacy clinical rotations for the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto and the School of Pharmacy, University

Dr. Ganesan is passionate about computational molecular biosciences and drug discovery.

Stephanie is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia and graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 2011. She completed an Accredited Canadian Pharmacy Residency program in 2011-2012 at the Horizon Health Network in Moncton, New Brunswick and subsequently graduated from the University of Toronto with a Post Baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy in 2014.

Michael Collins is a Clinical Oncology Pharmacist at the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre (GRRCC) and Grand River Hospital (GRH) in Kitchener, Ontario.  He graduated from the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy in 2011 (“the Vanguard class”) with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.  He then went on to complete a Pharmacy Residency at Hamilton Health Sciences in 2012.  From there, Michael began working a

Claude is a member of the School of Pharmacy’s original Vanguard Class and the student societies’ inaugural President.  Following graduation Claude joined Health Sciences North specializing in infectious diseases, critical care and medicine while maintaining a presence in community pharmacy.