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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).

November 2025

Tam ACT, Mohammadi T, Snow ME, O’Byrne P, Rourke SB, Anis AH, Zhang W. Preferences for testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in adults in Canada: a discrete choice experiment. Sexually Transmitted Infections. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2025-056553. Online ahead of print. September 3, 2025.

Wong G, Maragha T, Taheri A, Yeung J. Student Perspectives on Challenges and Success in Experiential Pharmacy Education. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2025;89(12):101887. doi:10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101887

Ramnarine, J., Lim, T., Lai, T., & Tang, A. (2025). Reclaiming representASIAN: how (South)East Asian drag queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race reconfigure queer Asian diasporic subjectivities. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2025.2575809

PhD student Amin Adibi's new publication in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (“Blue Journal”) shows that social determinants of health play a much larger role in racial disparities in lung function than previously recognized.

Adibi A, Carlsten C, Brigham EP, Sin DD, Loewen P, Sadatsafavi M. Social Determinants of Health and Racial Disparities in Lung Function: Findings from NHANES 2007–2012. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Vol 211, Iss 11, pp 2117–2126: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202501-0280OC

Zed PJ, Kapanan AI, Nemir A, Loewen PS, Salil A. A provincial survey of patient experiences receiving care from the pharmacists in team-based primary care in British Columbia, Canada. Int J Clin Pharm, published on-line ahead of print September 5, 2025 http://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-025-01999-9

Nethery, E., Xu, C., Chan, C., Helmer-Smith, M., Stucchi, A., Mooney, D., Zusman, E., Dunn, S., Pammett, R., Norman, W.V., Guarna, G., Law, M.R., Schummers, L., 2025. Mifepristone Access through Community Pharmacies when Regulated as a Routine Prescription Medication. JAMA Network Open 8, e2542096. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.42096

PhD student Amin Adibi's newest publication in the European Respiratory Journal shows that beyond conceptual flaws, race-based spirometry references face practical issues because technicians often misclassify race and ethnicity of visible minority patients, which can introduce further bias and worsen inequities. Adibi, A., Brigham, E. P., Carlsten, C., Sin, D. D., Loewen, P., & Sadatsafavi, M. Discrepancies Between Observed and Self-Identified Race in Spirometry Interpretation: Insights from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Eur Respir J 2025; in press https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01752-2025

Nemir A, Salil A, Kapanan AI, Zed PJ. Patient perceptions and experiences receiving care from pharmacists in team-based primary care in British Columbia. Can Pharm J (Ott), published on-line ahead of print November 5, 2025 http://doi.org/10.1177/17151635251380295

Ruben A, Herbin J, Lamb A, Leung L, Min J, Paschos I, Thompson W, McDonald E, Sadowski C. Supporting Medication Appropriateness Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Reflections on the Development and Implementation of a Network Action Plan. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 2025;137(1):1–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.70136

Nethery E, Pickerill K, Butska L, Turner M, Hutcheon JA, Janssen PA, Schummers L. Perinatal Outcomes Following Nonadherence to Guideline-Based Screening for Gestational Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2025;80(11):683-685. doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0001172280.42312.99. Abstracted from Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2025;104:839–849.

Bronte K Johnston BK, Janssen PA, Ohtsuka M, Khan Z, Madden C, Perry C, Scott-Fiddler P, Munro S, Schummers L, McGrail KM. Barriers to contraception access and use among youth: A scoping review in high-income countries. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2025 Nov 14. doi:10.1002/ijgo.70637. Online ahead of print.

Zed PJ, Nemir A, Loewen PS, Kapanan AI, Salil A. A survey of administrators experiences during integration of pharmacists into team-based primary care in British Columbia. Healthcare Management Forum, published on-line ahead of print November 10, 2025 http://doi.org/10.1177/08404704251388321

November 2025

Drs. Mark Harrison and Larry Lynd received $199,949 for 3 years in the Research on Research Joint Initiative, funded by SSHRC, CIHR, and Michael Smith Health Research BC for their project, "Applying early health technology assessment in peer review: A framework for a priori potential impact assessment of translational health research proposals".

Dr. Fawziah Lalji and colleagues received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Planning and Dissemination Grant Institute Community Support competition for their project "Canadian ANtibiotic prescribing feedback initiative: Building a national framework to combat AntiMicrobial Resistance in primary care (CANBuild-AMR) Planning and Dissemination Grant" (NPI: Dr. Kevin Schwartz, Public Health Ontario). $50,000.


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