Larry Leung BSc(Pharm), PharmD, RPh
Associate Professor of Teaching (with Tenure)
Dr. Larry Leung is an associate professor of teaching at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He holds a bachelor of science in pharmacy and also completed a postgraduate Community Pharmacy Residency at UBC. He currently serves in the following academic leadership capacities—course coordinator of PHRM141 Seminar: Pharmacists in Practice I, PHRM261: Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety, and PHRM323 Pharmaceutical Care in Indigenous Health; Neurology Module co-lead of PHRM 212 Medication Management III; Interprofessional Education Curricular Theme co-lead. Larry has a strong passion for collaborating with colleagues and external partners to explore three educational and scholarly areas of significant interest: 1) decolonizing and Indigenizing pharmacy education, 2) interprofessional education, and 3) the role of the pharmacist in practice and neurology.
Larry co-founded the education and research team, UPROOT, which is currently working on a Vancouver Foundation grant entitled, "Uprooting Pharmacy: A Two-Eyed Seeing Path for Change" and a McKesson Foundation grant focused on building Indigenous pharmacy student supports. He serves as the principal investigator on the following grants:
- UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant: Building Resources and Accessibility in Neurology for Practical Learning (the BRAIN Project)
- UBC Open Education Resource Grant: The BRAIN Guide
- UBC Community-University Engagement Support Fund: Leading by Learning: A Patient-Engaged Education Program for Parkinson’s Disease
- Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy Innovation Fund: We are medicine for each other—building pharmacy services for a remote First Nations community
Fazelipour M, Leung L, Min J, Ryan TS. Building practice-informed indigenous health curricula: A systematic review of pharmacy services for indigenous peoples. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2022;14(11):1448–1460. https://doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2022.09.019
Leung L, Min J, Medgyesi N, Soon J. An Indigenous health elective – Perspectives of pharmacy undergraduate students and alumni. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning. 2022;14(5):647–654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2022.04.007
Min J, MacNeil K, Zekic F, Leung L. Assessing Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning using Modified Reflexive Visual Arts. Innovations in Pharmacy. 2021;12(3). https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v12i3.3692
Kapanen A, Conklin A, Gobis B, Leung L, Yuen J, Zed P. Pharmacist-led cardiovascular risk prevention in Western Canada: a qualitative study. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2021;29(1):45–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12658
Min J, Albon S, Leung L, Clarke A. Creating a pharmacy elective course in Indigenous health. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning. 2020;12(8):1004–1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2020.04.010
Medgyesi N, Reardon J, Leung L, Min J, Yuen J. Family physician perceptions of barriers and enablers to integrating a co-located clinical pharmacist in a medical clinic: A qualitative study. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2020;60(6):1021–1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2020.08.023
Leung L, Min J. Navigating Allyship through Indigenization, Decolonization, and Reconciliation: Perspectives from Non-Indigenous Pharmacy Educators. Innovations in Pharmacy. 2020;11(1):8. https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v11i1.2300
Min J, Albon S, Leung L. Indigenous Cultural Competency in Pharmacy Education: A Canadian Perspective. Pulses. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Scholarly Blog. January 22, 2019. https://cptlpulses.com/2019/01/22/indigenous-cultural-competency-in-pharmacy-education-a-canadian-perspective/
Killam Teaching Prize. University of British Columbia. 2024/2025.
Master Teacher Award. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2025.
West Coast Teaching Award for Excellence. British Columbia Teaching and Learning Council. 2022.
Teacher of the Year—Program Year Level 2. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2019–2024.
Future Alumni Agent of Change. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2018.
The British Columbia Community Achievement Award. British Columbia Achievement Foundation. 2014.
Ben Gant Innovative Practice Award. BC Pharmacy Association. 2014.
Min J, Leung L. Uprooting and Decolonizing Pharmacy Education. Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety: Uprooting and Decolonizing Pharmacy Online Webinar. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Wyoming, USA, Jan 13, 2024.
Tran A, Bihelek N, Chan E, Lee O, Martin B, Tuck K, Leung L. Creating Medication Management Resources for Parkinson Disease Using a Collaborative Community-Based Approach. Quality Forum. Health Quality BC. Vancouver, Canada, April 23–25, 2024.
Min J, Leung L. Reconciliation in Action Through Indigenous Projects. Update 2024 Conference. Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC. Vancouver, Canada, April 20, 2024.
Ruben A, Leung L. Decolonizing Medication Appropriateness: Charting a Path Towards Indigenous Health Equity. Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 15, 2024.
Min J, Leung L. Uprooting Pharmacy Education. Sharing Circle Community of Practice, UBC. Vancouver, Canada, Feb 7, 2024.
Min J, Leung L. Uprooting and Decolonizing Pharmacy. Innovative Thinkers Webinar Series. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC. Vancouver, Canada, Jan 23, 2024.
Leung L, Schooner R. Uprooting Pharmacy Education & Research. The Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing National Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Nov 9, 2023.
Leung L, Min J. UPROOT – The Building and Delivery of a Mandatory Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety Course in Pharmacy. AFPC CPERC 2022 Abstracts – Oral and Poster Presentations. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155(6):S18.
Guo L, Leung L. Optimizing Online Interprofessional Case-based Learning for All Health Disciplines Involved. AFPC CPERC 2022 Abstracts – Oral and Poster Presentations. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155(6):S66.
Min J, Li J, Leung L. A two-eyed seeing framework for building Indigenous health courses in pharmacy. AFPC CPERC 2022 Abstracts – Oral and Poster Presentations. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155(6):S63.
Bihelek N, Leung L. Impact of Online Seminar Course on Pharmacy Student Career Decisions and Understanding of the Pharmacist Role. AFPC CPERC 2022 Abstracts – Oral and Poster Presentations. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155(6):S76.
Leung L, Min J, Young E. Perceptions of Online Community-based Student Projects: Building Sustainability and Reciprocity with Indigenous Partners. AFPC CPERC 2022 Abstracts – Oral and Poster Presentations. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155(6):S81.
Leung L, Min J, Swanson I. Supporting Self-governance of Medication Practices in a Remote Indigenous Community. AFPC CPERC 2022 Abstracts – Oral and Poster Presentations. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155(6):S95.
