Kelly Grindrod

Dr. Grindrod's research focuses on using digital technologies to improve how we manage medications. She is currently examining how patients, physicians and pharmacists share medication information. She is also interested in how digital technologies can be used to change clinician practice.

• Role of eHealth Technologies in service delivery
• Use of mHealth in community-based primary care and pharmacy practice
• Patient-engaged research
• Use of digital technologies for health professional education
• Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice

Digital Health Technologies: Dr. Grindrod's research goal is to use the best available evidence to guide the design and implementation of digital technologies in healthcare. Specifically, her research focuses on the potential for emerging technologies to improve medication use in the community, including smart phones and web-based technology. In particular, she is interested in design needs of non-traditional technology users including late adopters, older adults and vulnerable populations

Dr. Grindrod is a licensed pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists and works part time as a clinical pharmacist at the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre. She is also a member of the Ontario Pharmacy Association.

• 2009 MSc Pharmacy (University of British Columbia)
• 2007 PharmD (University of British Columbia)
• 2004 Accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency (London Health Sciences Centre)
• 2003 BSc Pharmacy (University of Alberta)

• 2017 Outstanding Performance Award
• 2014 Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy Wellspring Leadership Award
• 2014 Canadian Pharmacists Journal Best Paper of the Year
• “Houle S, Grindrod K, Chatterly T, Tsuyuki RT. Paying pharmacists for patient care: A systematic review of remunerated pharmacy clinical care services. Can Pharm J 2014; 147:209-232.”
• 2013 Canadian Pharmacists Journal Best Paper of the Year
• “Marra CA, Lynd LD, Grindrod KA, Joshi P, Isakovic A. Evaluating the labour costs associated with pharmacy adaptation services in British Columbia. Can Pharm J 2012; 145:2:78-82.”
• 2011 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Travel Award
• 2010 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research: Summer Institute on Primary Care

• Dr. Grindrod is a licensed pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists and works part time as a clinical pharmacist at the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre. She is also a member of the Ontario Pharmacy Association.

• Cross-appointed to the School of Public Health & Health Systems at the University of Waterloo.

• PHARM 222 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 3
  • Taught in 2019
• PHARM 230 - Culturally Safe Patient Care
  • Taught in 2023, 2024
• PHARM 330 - Professional Practice 6
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• PHARM 611 - Special Topics in Pharmacy Practice
  • Taught in 2020

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

• Grindrod KA, Gates A, Dolovich L, Slavcev R, Drimmie R, Aghaei B, Poon C, Khan S, Leat S, . ClereMed: Lessons learned from a pilot study of a mobile screening tool to identify and support adults who have difficulty with medication labels. JMIR mHealth uHealth 2014; 2(3):e35. [Journal] [Pubmed]
• Grindrod KA, Li M, Gates A. Evaluating the perceptions of mobile medication management applications with adults 50 and older. JMIR mHealth uHealth 2014; 2(1): doi:10.2196/mhealth.3048. [Journal] [Pubmed]
• Houle S, Grindrod K, Chatterly T, Tsuyuki RT. Paying pharmacists for patient care: a systematic review of remunerated pharmacy clinical care services. Can Pharm J 2014; 4:209-232. [Journal]
• Houle S, Grindrod K, Chatterly T, Tsuyuki RT. Publicly funded remuneration for the administration of injections by pharmacists: An international review. Can Pharm J 2013; 146(6):353-64. doi: 10.1177/1715163513506369. [PubMed]
• Marra CA, Grubisic M, Cibere J, Grindrod KA, Woolcott JC, Gastonguay L, Esdaile JM. Cost-utility analysis of a multidisciplinary strategy to manage osteoarthritis of the knee: economic evaluation of the PhiT-OA study. Arthritis Care Res 2013. doi: 10.1002/acr.22232. [PubMed]
• Grindrod K, Forgione A, Tsuyuki R, Gavura S, Giustini D. Pharmacy 2.0: A scoping review of social media use in the profession. Res Soc Admin Pharm 2013; 10(1): 256-70. ePud doi: 10.1016/. [PubMed]
• Grindrod K. How the threat of antibiotic apocalypse helped a pharmacist find her voice. Can Pharm J 2013; 146:151-154. [PubMed]
• Grindrod K, Rahman I, Roy M, Sanghera N, Tritt M. Living MedsCheck. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2013; 146(1): 33-38. [PubMed] [Link to original student weblog here]
• Marra C, Cibere J, Grubisic M, Grindrod K, Gastonguay L, Thomas J, Embley P, Colley L, Tsuyuki R, Kkan K, Esdaile J. Pharmacist initiated intervention trial in osteoarthritis (PhIT-OA): a multidisciplinary intervention for knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res 2012; 64(12):1847. doi: 10.1002/acr.21763. [PubMed]
• Marra CA, Lynd LD, Grindrod KA, Joshi P, Isakovic A. Evaluating the labour costs associated with pharmacy adaptation services in British Columbia. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2012; 145:2:78-82. [PubMed] *Awarded “Paper of the Year” award at the Canadian Pharmacists Association annual conference 2013.
• Menear M, Grindrod K, Clouston, K, Legarae F, Norton P. Advancing knowledge translation in primary care. Canadian Family Physician 2012; 58:623-7. [PubMed]
• Grindrod K, Lynd L, Joshi P, Rosenthal M, Isakovic A, Marra C. Pharmacy owner and manager perceptions of pharmacy adaptation services in British Columbia. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2011; 144:231-5. [Can Pharm J]
• Heinrich N, Joshi P, Grindrod K, Lynd L, Marra C. Family physicians’ perceptions of pharmacy adaptation services in British Columbia. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2011; 144(4): 172-8. [PubMed]
• Grindrod K, Gavura S. Pharmacy 2.0. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2010; 143(3):122-5. {Can Pharm J]
• Grindrod KA, Marra CA, Colley L, Tsuyuki RT, Lynd LD. Pharmacists’ preferences for providing patient-centered services: a discrete choice experiment to guide health policy. Ann Pharmacother 2010;44(10):1554-64. [PubMed]
• Grindrod KA, Marra C, Colley L, Cibere J, Tsuyuki R, Esdaile J, Gastonguay L, Kopec J. After people are diagnosed with knee OA, what do they do? Arthritis Care Res 2010; 62(4): 510-5. [PubMed]
• Rosenthal M, Grindrod KA, Lynd L, Marra C, Bougher D, Wilgosh C, Tsuyuki R. Pharmacists’ perspectives on providing chronic disease management services in the community – Part II: Development and implementation of services. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2009; 142(6): 284-9. [Can Pharm J]
• Grindrod KA, Rosenthal M, Lynd L, Marra C, Bougher D, Wilgosh C, Tsuyuki R. Pharmacists’ perspectives on providing chronic disease management services in the community – Part I: Current practice environment. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2009; 142(5): 234-9. [Can Pharm J]
• For more of Dr. Grindrod's publications, see her publication website: http://www.kellygrindrod.com/what-we-do/

• November 15, 2015: Antibiotics aren't always needed when sick
• July 25, 2014: Access to birth control isn't just about doctors (op-ed co-authored by Dr. Grindrod)
• Jan 28, 2013: Patients can help avoid looming 'antibiotic apocalypse" (op-ed by Dr. Grindrod)