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

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).

October 2025

Chua D, Buffone B, Hefford H, Turgeon R, Grewal J. Clinical Pharmacists’ Activities and Patient Outcomes in an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic. Can J Hosp Pharm 2025;78[online]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4212/cjhp.3800.

Turgeon R, Salimian S, Hawkins N, Armegadzie J, Sadatsafavi M. COMPARISON OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PREDICTION TOOLS IN PATIENTS WITH COPD: POOLED ANALYSIS OF FIVE US COHORT STUDIES. Can J Cardiol 2025;41:S180–S181.

MacDonald B, Hawkins N, Munday F, MacKay K, Turgeon R. NON-PHYSICIAN-LED MODELS OF CARE FOR HEART FAILURE MEDICATION OPTIMIZATION: A SCOPING REVIEW. Can J Cardiol 2025;41:S149–S150.

MacDonald B, Trenaman L, Bansback N, Harrison M, Sidsworth M, Code J, Bains M, Hawkins N, Koshman S, Straatman L, Toma M, Virani S, Turgeon R. A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT OF THE MEDICATION PREFERENCES OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE. Can J Cardiol 2025;41:S84.

Virani S, Zieroth S, Aleksova N, Anderson K, Clarke B, Ducharme A, Ezekowitz JA, Foroutan F, Giannetti N, Jain R, Lee D, Lepage S, Lyons K, McDonald M, McGuinty C, Mielniczuk L, O’Meara E, Poon S, Siatecki K, Swiggum E, Toma M, Turgeon RD. Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%). Can J Cardiol 2025;41:1857–74. Available at: https://onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(25)00640-3/fulltext.

Trainee Awards from Michael Smith Health Research in September 2025.

Runa M, Kim B, Li J, Whitmore B, Bobb P, Leung L, Min J. Designing a mandatory course on Indigenous health in a Canadian pharmacy program. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2026;18(1):102502. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2025.102502(ePub).

Preethi Raghavan, Chinekwu Nwagwu, Joel A. Finbloom, and Tejal A. Desai. Engineering the NET-biomaterial interface to treat disease. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. 2025. [in press]. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S24684511250005.

October 2025

Drs. Larry Lynd and Mark Harrison received a grant of $340,694 for 2 years from the Canada Research Excellent Fund, awarded through the DNA to RNA (D2R) Initiative at McGill University, for their project, "Early assessment of the value of novel RNA therapeutics in genomic newborn screening initiatives: health, economic, and ethical considerations."

Colin Ross and Anna Blakney (MSL, SBME) were awarded a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (US) grant entitled “Overcoming key challenges in gene therapy delivery via in situ RNA-directed reprogramming”. $750K.

Jason Min received a UBC Thrive grant entitled "The Thrive Bar: Sipping, Sharing, Supporting" for $500 to create a low-barrier (free) student coffee/tea bar, encourage positive mental health conversations, and highlighting mental health resources.