Kerry Wilbur BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD, MScPH, PhD, FCSHP

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

Dr. Kerry Wilbur is a professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus.

Dr. Wilbur is a graduate of Canadian baccalaureate (BScPharm, Dalhousie University), accredited hospital pharmacy residency (QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS), and doctoral (PharmD, University of British Columbia) pharmacy programs. Dr. Wilbur also holds a Masters in Science in Public Health through the School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, University of London (UK) and a PhD from the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Maastricht University (Netherlands).

She spent several years in community pharmacy practice during her undergraduate training and in internal medicine clinical practice at Vancouver General Hospital following graduation. Dr. Wilbur relocated to the Middle East in 2007 where she was a part of the founding faculty and an Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Qatar University College of Pharmacy, whose program was the first to be internationally accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP).

In 2017, Dr. Wilbur returned to UBC to serve as Executive Director of Entry-to-Practice Education (2017–2024) at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and contributes to undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as UBC Health's Integrated Curriculum and Indigenous Cultural Safety Program.

Her program of research focuses on advancing pharmacy practice and education by understanding contemporary practice needs and advancing innovative educational responses. She conducts research at the intersection of pharmacy practice and education in the areas of collaborative care, interprofessional education, competency development, quality improvement, and curriculum design.

Using primarily qualitative methods to answer research questions, her work aims to examine and improve how pharmacists are trained and how they deliver care in practice settings. This research seeks to better align pharmacy education with evolving healthcare systems, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care and health outcomes.