The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences building is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam people). We also acknowledge the many lands and territories in which our pharmacists study and practice across the country.

Welcome from Dean Lalitha Raman-Wilms

Headshot of Lalitha Raman-Wilms.

Welcome to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. As leaders and innovators in pharmacy education, research and practice, we uphold a singular vision: to be a catalyst for change in pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical sciences. We strive to enact this vision by supporting the optimization of drug therapy in the pursuit of improving patient outcomes, and empowering future generations of healthcare practitioners in the pharmaceutical sciences. I invite you to explore our website to discover this exceptional community of faculty, practitioners, students, staff and alumni dedicated to advancing these goals via our strategic plan: Catalyst for Change 2.0.

Lalitha Raman-Wilms
Dean

At a Glance 

By the Numbers

2025 QS World University Rankings, Pharmacy & Pharmacology: #38 Worldwide, #2 in Canada

As of Feb 2025 (from Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024)

  • Publications: 79
  • Grants: 162
  • Awards: 65
  • Presentations: 61
  • Media Hits: 148
  • Students
    • E2P PharmD: 868 (2023 Winter Term 2); 647 (2024 Summer Term); 887 (2024 Winter Term 1)
    • Flex PharmD: 11 (2023 Winter Term 2); 6 (2024 Summer Term); 14 (2024 Winter Term 1)
    • BPSc: 189 (2023 Winter Term 2); 85 (2024 Summer Term); 245 (2024 Winter Term 1)
    • GDPL: N/A (2023 Winter Term 2); N/A (2024 Summer Term); 7 (2024 Winter Term 1)
    • MSc: 45
    • PhD: 50
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellows: 22
    • 16,000+ registrants in 52 Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development programs and 60 students in 3 Canadian Pharmacy Practice Program offerings
  • Alumni (total): 7,737
  • Experiential Education: 865 Practice Educators in 541 Practice Sites
  • Practice: 2,057 Patient Encounters (Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024); 27,656 Patient Encounters (cumulative total through 134 months of operation)
  • People: 84 Total FTE Faculty; 716 Clinical Faculty; 14 Honourary Faculty; 99 Total Staff; 4 Research Associates; 149 Student Workers

To view our 2024 Year in Review report, click here (PDF, 11.7 MB).

February 2025

Martinez MJ, Berreth T, Lim T, Nourse A, Knott R, Chickite CL, Preston C, Tilli T. Our learning journey: Creating continuing education courses for pharmacy team members on First Nations cultural safety and humility in British Columbia, Canada. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2025 Apr 1;17(4):102276. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877129724003083#bb0015

P Raghavan, CA Perez, TA Sorrentino, JC Kading, JA Finbloom, TA Desai. Physicochemical Design of Nanoparticles to Interface with and Degrade Neutrophil Extracellular Traps. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfac. 2025, in press. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.4c17324

Reid, F., Hunt, J., Chow, M. H. M., Henry, T., Matthews, K., Douglas, T., Campbell, C., Rodgers, T., Faulkner, S., Dombi, E., Jones, L., McMichan, L., Melville, G., Pather, S., Estêvão, M. D., Terwilliger, B., Faulconer, E., Deters, R., Chamberlain, D., Millmore, A., Tang, A., Wong, G., Wang, M., Hamidi, S., Arm, K., Ladipo, K., Wilson-Scott, J., Pryor, M., Besson, M., Turi, S., Perkins, J., Skopelitis, A., Hicks, S., Aftab, Z., Bovill, C., Waddington, K., Smeltzer, S., Ansari, A. N., Iftikhar, F., Moulton, J., Ross, J., Matthews, A., Willmers, M., Davison, E., Hobson, T., Iannucci, C., Lomine, L., Hervey, T., Lewitzky, R., Majeed, A., Briggs, S., Pol, H., Sum, K., Johannes, C., Yeung, T., & Parkin, J. (2024). Voices from the field: How did you come to engage in students-as-partners work?. International Journal for Students as Partners, 8(2), 241–259. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v8i2.5872

Zimmer AA, Collier AC. Scaling factors to inform in vitro-in vivo extrapolation from preclinical and livestock animals: State of the field and recommendations for development of missing data. Drug Metabolism Reviews 2025, in press. https://doi.org/10.1080/03602532.2025.2462527

New publication from CORE PhD candidate Amin Adibi and CORE PI Dr. Mohsen Sadatsafavi: Adibi, Amin et al. “Recent Advances, Applications and Open Challenges in Machine Learning for Health: Reflections from Research Roundtables at ML4H 2024 Symposium.” (2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06693

Lu S, Legal M, Dahri K, Damji S. Furthur Defining Optimal Pharmacist-to-Patient Ratios to Ensure Comprehensive Direct Patient Care in Medical and Surgical units across British Columbia Hopsitals. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2025;78(1):e3655. doi: 10.4212/cjhp.3655

Brasseur-Masse J, Duguay-Gentile A, Gao C, Moindrot-Zilliox S, Radetskyy R, Turgeon RD, Deschênes PJF. The economic impact of the pharmacist in heart failureambulatory care clinics: A scoping review. J Am Coll Clin Pharm 2025;online. Available at: http://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.70014

New paper by CORE PhD student Amin Adibi: 
Zhou H, Hegselmann S, Healey E, Chang T, Ellington C, Leone M, Mhasawade V, Tonekaboni S, et al. Machine Learning for Health (ML4H) 2024, Proceedings of the 4th Machine Learning for Health Symposium, PMLR 259:1–13, 2025. https://proceedings.mlr.press/v259/zhou25a.html

Xia, J. LARCs in focus: Empowering pharmacists to support Contraceptive Choices. BC Pharmacy Association.11 Feb. 2025. Link: www.bcpharmacy.ca/tablet/winter-25/LARCS.

Cheng V, Amiri N, Cheng V, Ellis U, Cragg JJ, Harrison M, Proulx L, De Vera MA. Pregnancy outcomes of targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs among patients with autoimmune diseases: A scoping review. Arthritis Care & Research. 2025 Feb 2. doi: 10.1002/acr.25502

February 2025

AI AM READY: Readying Pharmacy Students for Practice in a World with GenAI. Kayla Fang (Co-PI), Gilly Lau (Co-PI), Colleen Inglis, Larry Leung, Tony Seet, Kathy Seto, Asal Taheri, Brie Weir, Matthew Heyman, Mimi Nguyen. Year 1, $31,872, UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, 2025/2026.

Building deep AI-integrated pedagogy using the Academic Electronic Health Record (aEHR). Jason Min (PI), Kelly Allison, Jeffrey Boniface, Janet Cooper, Michelle Hamilton, Carrie Krekoski, Shona McLaren, Julie Tipping, Lutfiyya Devji, Tracy Shu, Irene Luong, John Cheng, Daniel Machev, JP Marchand, Brie Weir. $27,500, UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund 2025/2026.

Removing Barriers and Facilitating Medication Access Through the Interim Federal Health Program for Refugees. Jason Min (Co-PI), Mei-ling Wiedmeyer (Co-PI), Adam Shahin, Rince Wong, Charles Au. $25,000, Community-University Engagement Support 2025/2026.


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