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

2023 QS World University Rankings, Pharmacy & Pharmacology: #30 Worldwide, #2 in Canada

As of July 2022 (from June 30, 2021 to July 1, 2022)

• Publications: 240
• Grants: 131
• Awards: 33
• Media Hits: 21
• Students: 879 Entry-to-Practice PharmD, 26 Flexible PharmD, 102 BPSc, 20 MSc, 42 PhD, 1,756 registrants in 37 Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development Programs and 86 Canadian Pharmacy Practice Program students
• Alumni (total): 7,278
• Experiential Education: 765 Practice Educators, 424 Practice Sites in BC
• People: 82 Total FTE Faculty, 658 Clinical Faculty, 41 Honorary Faculty, 111 Total Staff, 20 Postdoctoral Research Fellows, 5 Research Associates, 119 Student Workers

To view our Year in Review: 2021–2022 report, click here.

August 2023

MacLean Kate, Souter Vivienne, Nethery Elizabeth. Expanding Midwifery Care in the US: Implications for Clinical Outcomes and Cost. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care. Early View July 2023. doi:10.1111/birt.12748

Charrois TL, Sewell HD. Clinical decision-making by fourth year pharmacy students: Towards an understanding of their uncertainty. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2023.07.020

Dragojlovic N, Borle K, Kopac N, Nisselle A, Nuk J, Jevon M, Friedman JM, Elliot AM, Lynd LD. Workforce implications of increased referrals to hereditary cancer services in Canada: a scenario-based analysis. Curr Oncol 2023; 30: 7241 – 51. doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30080525

Borle K, Kopac N, Dragojlovic N, Rodriguez Llorian E, Lynd LD, GenCOUNSEL Study. Defining Need Amid Exponential Change: Conceptual Challenges in Workforce Planning for Clinical Genetic Services. Clin Ther. 2023 Jul 27:S0149-2918(23)00255-2. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.07.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37516568.

Dahri K, Hong C, Yang C, Chan F. Implementation and assessment of a novel drug interaction tool (TLC-act) in an entry-to-practice doctor of pharmacy program, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2023.07.018.

Jessica Lee, Casara Hong, Karen Dahri, Fong Chan. Implementation of the TLC-Act Drug Interaction Tool into Pharmacy Student Education as Part of Integration Activity Cases (abstract publication), Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2023, https://cjur.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MURCxCJUR_2023_updated.pdf.

August 2023

Patient Treatment Preferences for Heart Failure Medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Blair MacDonald (trainee), Ricky Turgeon (PI), Logan Trenaman (Co-I). $30,000 (matched funding), Mitacs Accelerate, 2023-2024.

Cardiac Surgery Research Post-Op Clinical Trial. Erica Wang (PI), Jamil Bashir, Terri Sun, Ricky Turgeon, Jian Ye. $167,200, St. Paul’s Foundation, 2023.

Congratulations to Dr. Ly Vu, recipient of funding from the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCDKF) for RNA Biology in Hematological Malignancies ($125,000). To read more visit https://research.ubc.ca/bckdf-aug-2023.

Congratulations to Drs. Abby Collier and Shyh-Dar Li, recipients of the NSERC Discovery Grants program. For more details visit https://research.ubc.ca/35m-awarded-ubc-led-research-through-nserc-2023….

Congratulations to new Canada Research Chair Dr. Ly Vu. For more details visithttps://research.ubc.ca/15-ubc-researchers-announced-canada-research-ch….

Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Velenosi, recipient of infrastructure funding through the CFI JELF competition. For more details visit https://research.ubc.ca/34-ubc-led-projects-awarded-91m-infrastructure-….