Cynthia Richard

Cynthia Richard is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Director, Curriculum, at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy. She is also the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Policy of the Faculty of Science. She completed both her undergraduate degree in Pharmacy at and her PhD in Pharmacology at Dalhousie University, and a post-doctoral research fellowship in nutrition at the University of Guelph. Cynthia teaches courses related to natural health products, nutrition, pharmacology, self-care, and point-of-care devices, and also has responsibility for the oversight of the Professional Practice series of courses and labs.

• nutrition
• natural health products
• scholarship of teaching and learning

• 2006 PhD Pharmacology, Dalhousie University,
• 2001 BPharm, Dalhousie University

• 2024 AFPC National Award for Excellence in Education
• 2022 AFPC/PEBC Award for Excellence in Research or Innovation in Assessment of Competence
• 2020 University of Waterloo Distinguished Teacher Award
• 2018 & 2021 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
• 2012 Excellence in Science Teaching Award, University of Waterloo
• 2011, 2017, 2019-2024 Student Support Recognition Award, University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy

• Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Policy for Faculty of Science
• Associate Director, Curriculum and Chair Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, School of Pharmacy
• Member of various University of Waterloo committees, including Senate Undergraduate Council, Science Undergraduate Studies Committee, Summative Teaching Assessment Working Group, Senate Academic Quality Enhancement Committee, Distinguished Teaching Award Selection Committee
• 2022-2023 Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs Standards Review Working Group member
• 2015-2019: Member of Faculty of Science Teaching Fellows
• 2013-present: Member of Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Council of Faculties. Co-chair of the Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference in 2013 and 2018
• 2011-present: Chief Administrator, Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada Qualifying Examination, Part II (OSCE), Kitchener-Waterloo

• PHARM 129 - Professional Practice 1
  • Taught in 2020, 2022, 2023
• PHARM 220 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 1
  • Taught in 2020, 2021
• PHARM 222 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 3
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2024
• PHARM 223 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 4
  • Taught in 2021, 2024
• PHARM 228 - Professional Practice 3
  • Taught in 2024
• PHARM 229 - Professional Practice 4
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• PHARM 329 - Professional Practice 5
  • Taught in 2024
• PHARM 330 - Professional Practice 6
  • Taught in 2022
• PHARM 366 - Concepts in Nutritional Sciences
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• PHARM 401 - Independent Study 2
  • Taught in 2020

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Fernandes HVK, Richard C, Bynkoski K, Ewan B, Houle S. A longitudinal qualitative study examining the impact of Check-In, a novel learning activity on burnout for pharmacy students. Submitted to Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 2023; 15(6):543-50.
• Moroz S, Andrade R, Walsh L, Richard CL. Student performance on an Objective Structured Clinical Exam delivered both virtually and in-person. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2023; Volume 87, Issue 7, Article 100088.
• Richard CL, Nakhla N. Infant Nutrition. Compendium of Therapeutics for Minor Ailments 2022 (CTMA 2022). Canadian Pharmacists Association. 2022.
• Guirguis F, Andrade R, Beck C, Ellen D, Slivecka Jennifer, Richard C. Partners in Pharmacy: an intraprofessional educational event with pharmacy and pharmacy technician students. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 2020; 12(3):302-306.
• Richard CL, Spagnuolo P. Complementary and Alternative Therapies. Compendium of Therapeutics for Minor Ailments 2019 (CTMA 2019). Appendix I. Canadian Pharmacists Association. 2019.
• Nagge J, Lee-Poy MF, Richard CL Evaluation of a unique interprofessional education program involving medical and pharmacy students. American Journal of Pharmacy Education 2017; Volume 81, Issue 10, Article 6140.
• Houle S, Lillie E, Richard CL. Addressing Professionalism in Both Formative and Summative Simulated Patient Care Activities – Experience with a Discretionary Deduction Approach. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2018, Pages 1243-1247.
• Richard CL, Lillie E, Mathias K, McFarlane T. Peer Review of Teaching in a Canadian Pharmacy School: Attitudes and Impact on Teaching Practice. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2019; Volume 83, Issue 6, Article 6828.
• Fernandes HVK, Richard C, Bynkoski K, Ewan B, Houle S. Check-In: An educational activity to address well-being and burnout among pharmacy students. Pharmacy 2020; 8(4): 184.
• Houle SKD, Lillie E, Richard CL, Slivecka J, Miller A. The design and impact of an interprofessional education event among pharmacy and nursing students in palliative care – RnRx. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing 2020; 22(4):292-297.

• June 23, 2020: Prof. Cynthia Richard is first Pharmacy recipient of Distinguished Teaching Award