Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
• Molecular and Systems Pharmacology
• Nanomedicine and Chemical Biology
• Pharmacy Education Research and Leadership

By the Numbers

2024 QS World University Rankings, Pharmacy & Pharmacology: #35 Worldwide, #2 in Canada

As of Jan 2024 (from Jul 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2023)

• Publications: 190
• Grants: 160 (active, non-internal, Fiscal Apr 1, 2022–Mar 31, 2023)
• Awards: 13 
• Presentations: 41
• Media Hits: 92
• Students
  • E2P PharmD: 861 (Jan 1–Apr 28, 2023); 635 (May 15–Aug 19, 2023); 888 (Sep 1–Dec 22, 2023)
  • Flex PharmD: 19 (Jan 1–Apr 28, 2023); 17 (May 15–Aug 19, 2023); 17 (Sep 1–Dec 22, 2023)
  • BPSc: 150 (Jan 1–Apr 28, 2023); 64 (May 15–Aug 19, 2023); 198 (Sep 1–Dec 22, 2023)
  • MSc: 40
  • PhD: 50
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellows: 31
  • Visiting International Research Students: 13
  • 4,329 registrants in 14 Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development programs and 95 Canadian Pharmacy Practice Program
• Alumni (total): 7,489
• Experiential Education: 795 Practice Educators in 532 Practice Sites
• Practice: 3,492 Patient Encounters (Jul 1, 2022–Dec 31, 2023); 25,946 Patient Encounters (cumulative total through 122 months of operation)
• People: 80 Total FTE Faculty; 664 Clinical Faculty; 30 Honorary Faculty; 107 Total Staff; 4 Research Associates; 151 Student Workers

To view our 2023 Year in Review report, click here (PDF, 5.2 MB).

January 2025

Adam S, Bansback N, Birch P, Clarke C, Cook CB, Dey A, Dragojlovic N, Elliot AM, Friedman J, Jehannine A, Knoppers B, Lambert D, Lynd LD, Pistawka C, Pullman D, Virani A, Wasserman W, Zawati M. The impact of genetic counselor involvement in genetic and genomic test order review: A scoping review. Gen Med 2025. Doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101354

Arwa Nemir, Jillian Reardon, Kerry Wilbur. Bringing the patient voice into workplace-based assessment of pharmacy learners: an interpretive description study. American Journal of Pharmacy Education 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101353 

Turgeon RD, McCormack JP, Potter J. Sodium restrictions in heart failure. Can Fam Physician 2025;71:41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.710141

Amin Adibi, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Emily P Brigham, Surya P Bhatt. Is Achieving a Fully Race-Neutral Approach to Lung Function Classification Even Possible? American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025 Jan 21 https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202408-1599VP 

Hall JJ, Tong H, Watson KE, Tsuyuki RT, Biggs C, Charrois TL. Navigating the influence of professional abstinence on pharmacy students: Observations and solutions from their perspective. Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/17151635241306458

Babadagli HE, Ye J, Chen J, Turgeon R, Wang EHZ. Efficacy and safety of anti-thrombotic therapy after surgical mitral valve repair: a scoping review. Open Heart 2025;12:e003158. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2024-003158

January 2025

Dr. Nicole Krentz was awarded a 2024–2025 seed grant ($30,000) from Breakthrough T1D Centre of Excellence for the project "RREB1 and Ras signalling in cytokine-induced beta cell death" with co-applicant Dr. Jim Johnson (LSI).

Project Title: Shifting Culture: Using social constructivist pedagogy to move from a fixed definition of academic integrity to a dynamic, relational model of academic integrity. PI: Jessica Kalra. Amount: 6,447 CAD. Timeframe: 2025–2026. Funder: SSHRC Explore competition.

CORE PI Laura Schummers, with CORE trainees Elizabeth Nethery & Andrea Stucchi, received a 4-year CIHR project grant. $929,476. Effect of Canada's first universal contraception subsidy on access, pregnancy outcomes, and costs: a population-based controlled interrupted time series study. 
NPI Laura Schummers, Principal KU Bonnie Henry, Co-PIs Fiona Clement, Michael Law, Nathan Nickel. CoIs: S Bertazzon, A Black, E Brennand, S Bryan, E Darling, C Davies, V Greene, S Grischow, I Kuo, S Lee, K McGrail, A Metcalfe, E Nethery, W Norman, V Poliquin, A Seraji, A Stucchi.

Swidrovich J (PI), Ajiboye W (Co-I), Henry R (Co-I), Tan D (Co-I). Collaborators: Acharya S, Dame J, Lai T, Lamb A, Lim T, McCrady K, Poitras P, Ruben A, Scarfone K, Schonbe A, Tang A, Waters, B. A Culturally Responsive Prospective Study to Improve Education and Access to HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. $76,500. Project Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). 2024.

Lipid Nanoparticle-messenger RNA (LNPmRNA) as a versatile therapeutic platform for brain diseases. Macvicar, BA; Bernier, L; Cullis, PR; Lynd, LD; Ross, CJ; Tremblay, S; Weilinger, NL. $577,574. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 3 years.

Ricky Turgeon & Blair MacDonald (PhD student) from CORE were part of a successful CIHR Project Grant entitled "Evaluation of an asPirin-free strAtegy with ticagrelor in patieNts wiTH acutE corONary syndrome treated medically: the PANTHEON randomized controlled trial". PIs: Guillaume Marquis-Gravel, Kevin Bainey, Fracesco Costa, Jean-Claude Tardif. $6,972,975 for 2025–2031.