Allison Tario

Allison Tario is an alumnus of the School of Pharmacy, completing both her BSc Pharmacy (Rx2014) and her PharmD (2018, bridging program) at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Tario has been teaching in the PharmD program since 2016, serving as a teaching assistant and later as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, until assuming the role of Assistant Professor in 2024. She teaches in various professional practice courses and coordinates the fourth-year Symposium course.

In addition to her teaching, Dr. Tario contributes to the ongoing evolution and implementation of the PharmD program as the Assistant Director of Curriculum. Dr. Tario also leads the Women in Pharmacy Leadership Program, and is passionate about recognizing and supporting women in the profession of pharmacy.

She is an active community pharmacist, practicing in Norfolk County, a rural area in southwestern Ontario.

• Rural community pharmacy practice
• Interprofessional collaboration in community pharmacy and long-term care
• Patient communication strategies
• Specialty compounding
• Community outreach and public health promotion

• 2010 BSc Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
• 2014 BSc Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Canada
• 2018 PharmD, University of Waterloo, Canada

• 2017 New Practitioner of the Year, Canadian Pharmacists Association

• Ontario College of Pharmacists licensed pharmacist
• Canadian Pharmacists Association member
• Ontario Pharmacists Association member
• Pharmacists Practice Committee member, Ontario Pharmacists Association, 2016-2018
• Polyclinic Pharmacist, Toronto2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games

• PHARM 228 - Professional Practice 3
  • Taught in 2024
• PHARM 330 - Professional Practice 6
  • Taught in 2024

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