Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2405 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
Tel (Dean’s Office): 604.822.2343
2405 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
Tel (Dean’s Office): 604.822.2343
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Dr. Patricia Gerber - re-appointed as Vice-Chair of the College of Pharmacists of BC's Discipline Committee.
Ellen K. Wasan, PavelGershkovich, Jinying Zhao, Xiaohua Zhu, Karl Werbovetz, Richard R. Tidwell, John G.Clement, Sheila J. Thornton, Kishor M. Wasan - 2013 Gattefossé Canada CSPS Award in Lipid‐Based Drug Delivery for A Novel Tropically Stable Oral Amphotericin B Formulation (iCo‐010) Exhibits Efficacy
against Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Murine Model published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Adam Raymakers (PhD) - recipient of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Travel Award and J H McNeill Scholarship.
Dr. Larry Lynd - invited to the first Conference of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium to be held April 16-17, 2013 in Dublin, Ireland. The aim of the conference is to gather stakeholders active in the rare disease area across the globe working towards 200 new therapies for rare diseases and means to diagnose most rare diseases by the year 2020.
Adam Raymakers (PhD), Anik Patel (PhD), Zafar Zafari (PhD) - recipients of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Travel Awards.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - CIHR-iCo Therapeutics Research Chair in Drug Delivery for Neglected Global Diseases has been formally extended for another year to March 31, 2014.
Jo-Ann Osei-Twum - recipient of the Summer Internship Program Position with the Stars in Global Health Program with Grand Challenges Canada.
Shenglong Zou, Adam Raymakers, Anik Patel, Zafar Zafari - recipients of the Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Jo-Ann Osei-Twum, Claudio Erratico - recipients of the Waters Limited Graduate Student Travel Award.
Dr. James McCormack - recipient of the 2013 AFPC National Award for Excellence in Education.
Mah G, Mabasa VH, Chow I, Ensom MHH - recipients of the CSHP BC Branch Publication Award.
Laura Carney, Jennifer Kendrick, Roxane Carr - received a 2013 CSHP Pharmacotherapy Best Practices Award (sponsored by Pfizer Canada Ltd) for their project "The Safety and Effectiveness of Dexmedetomidine in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (SAD-PICU)".
Dr. Subodh Verma - recipient of the Royal College Medal Award in Surgery.
Dr. Mary Ensom - recipient of the ASHP Foundation’s 2012 Award for Sustained Contributions.
Devinder Sharma - recipient of the Dr. William Wilson Simpson Memorial Award.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research.
Tony K.L. Kiang - recipient of the 2012 M. Kellie Jordan Travel Award (Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics/Pharmacogenetics PRN) from the American College of Pharmacy.
Silvio Dutz - awarded first poster prize at the Annual Meeting of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering.
Zafar Zafari - awarded a UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship.
Veronika Schmitt - awarded the Teva Canada Limited Scholarship.
Adam Raymakers - awarded John McNeill Scholarship.
Natalie McCormick - awarded the Gail Bellward Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Shenglong Zou - awarded the Douglas and Jean Bailey Scholarship.
Jayakumar Surrendradoss - awarded the Ruth and Paul Bass Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacology (nominated by Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology training program).
Mohsen Sadatsafavi - received an AllerGen Travel Award for the World Congress of Asthma, 18th to 21st August 2012 Quebec City, Canada.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - recognized by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences for outstanding performance as the AAPS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Vivian Leung - Best Poster Award for International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE) meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) in Barcelona.
Mehrdad Bokharaei - winner of the Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) from NSERC. The grant will allow him to go to Munich, Germany next year for 4 months to learn and investigate new gene transfection methods called magselectofection.
Dr. John McNeill - recipient of an an Honorary Degree from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biologics at Université Montpellier 1.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - Award for outstanding performance as AAPS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, 2011-2012.
Drs. Dan Martinusen, Piera Calissa, Brue Lange, Marianna Leung, and Judith Marin - winners of the Excellence in BC Health Care Collaborative Solutions Award.
Dr. Marianna Leung - winner of the Excellence in BC Health Care Top Innovation Award.
Drs. Tim Lau and Nilu Partovi - winners of the Exellence in BC Health Care Collaborative Solutions Award of Merit.
Drs. Sean Spina and Junine Toy - winners of the Excellence in BC Health Care Hero Award.
Dr. Tim Lau & Dr. Gabe Loh - winners of the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor of Pharmacy Program Preceptor Award.
Dr. James McCormack & Dr. Ed Dillon - winners of the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor of Pharmacy Program Instructor Award.
Ying Wang - Canadian Diabetes Association Doctoral Research Award 2012-2014.
Dr. Frank Abbott - recipient of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) Woods-Hughes Special Service Award.
Dr. Ingrid Price - recipient of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) Past Presidents Award.
Gina Cragg - winner of the 2012 Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) Rx & D National Pharmacy Student Research Poster Award.
Muffadel Shamshuddin - recipient of a GlaxoSmithKline National Summer Student Research Award.
Dr. Kyle Wilby - awarded the Merck Frosst Pharmacy Doctoral Prize (Head of Graduating Class, Pharm. D.); Peter Jewesson Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacy, Pharm.D.
Winnie Man Yee Ng - named the Head of Graduating Class, B.Sc.Pharm.; awarded the Dean E.L. Woods Memorial Prize.
Su Fei Yue - awarded the Bristol-Myers Squibb Prize in Pharmacy.
Vinson Liu - awarded the Gibb G. Henderson Memorial Prize in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Elissa Aeng - awarded the Novopharm Limited Prize in Pharmacy.
Karen Hoang - awarded the Pfizer Canada Leadership Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Muffadal Shabber Shamshuddin - awarded the Pfizer Canada Prize for Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Karen Hoang - awarded the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Recognition Award.
Lawrence Nichoe Huan & Gloria Chun-Wei Su - awarded the Marcel St. Jean Memorial Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dr. Arun Verma - presented with the Graduating Class Master Teacher Award.
Tony Seet - presented with the Faculty Teaching Award, Year One.
Dr. K. Wayne Riggs - presented with the Faculty Teaching Award, Year Two.
Dr. Patricia Gerber - presented with the Faculty Teaching Award, Year Three.
Tessa Nicholl - presented with the Faculty Teaching Award, Year Four.
Dr. Brian Rodrigues - awarded the Pharmaceutical Sciences Award for Excellence in Translational Graduate Teaching.
Dahai Zhang - awarded the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
Natalie McCormick, Magnolia Pak, Devinder Sharma, Md. Mynol Islam Vhuiyan - presented with Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science Teaching Assistant Appreciation Awards.
Dr. Rishi Somvanshi - awarded the Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate Outstanding Service Award; awarded the UBC Postdoctoral Travel Award.
Ying Gong - awarded the China Scholarship Council – UBC Doctoral Scholarship.
Vivian Leung - awarded the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception and the American Society for Emergency Contraception Travel Award.
Natalie McCormick - awarded the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Travel Award; awarded the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Entrance Scholarship ($5,000).
Rene Pedroza - recipient of the John H. McNeill Scholarship.
Stephen Lee - awarded the Graduate Student Podium Presentation Award at the 2011 Canadian Lipoprotein Conference.
Prasanth Puthanveetil - awarded the William Wilson Simpson Memorial Award.
Shirin Rizzardo - awarded the Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration Award; recipient of the Merck Canada Ltd Postgraduate Pharmacy Fellowship.
Devinder Sharma - recipient of the Kam Li Ma Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dylan Thomas - recipient of the John the H. McNeill Scholarship.
Md. Mynol Islam Vhuiyan - recipient of the UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship.
Ying Wang - recipient of the UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship; awarded the Subhash C. Verma Memorial Prize in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dr. Tony Kiang - awarded the Best Poster Award at the Child & Family Research Institute's Student Research Forum.
Dr. Aik Jiang Lau - awarded the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Young Scientist Travel Award.
Dr. Katayoun Saatchi - First Prize Winner for the oral presentation at the 11th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry.
Dr. Mary Ensom - awarded the 2011 Publication Award (Original Research category), B.C. Branch - Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists; 2011 Publication Award (Review Article category), B.C. Branch - Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists; 2011 American College of Clinical Pharmacy Education Award.
Dr. Larry Lynd - named a Scholar in the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - awarded the 2011 Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences Award of Leadership in Canadian Pharmaceutical Sciences; Faculty Advisor Award from AAPS for outstanding performance as an AAPS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor at UBC; invited to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board for Grand Challenges Canada.
Dr. Fawziah Marra & Dr. Glenda MacDonald - members of the winning Pharmacists and Immunization Working Group (PIWG), Staying Healthy category, Third Annual BC Quality Awards.
Zeeshan Dhanani - first place winner of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) video competition.
Dr. Frank Abbott - named a Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS) Fellow for 2012.
Dr. Peter Zed - awarded the 2012 Dr. Jessie I. MacKnight Award for Excellence in Teaching (College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University); awarded the 2011 Memorial University School of Pharmacy Alumni Achievement Award.
Dr. Peter Zed - appointed to the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Drugs and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (DTAC) for Health Canada.
Dr. Brian Rodrigues - invited to serve for a three year term (2012-2015) on the CIHR Diabetes, Obesity and Lipoprotein grant review panel.
Dr. Arun Verma - recognized by the AMS Student Society of UBC for outstanding contributions to students, and invited to attend the AMS 2012 Just Desserts Awards ceremony.
Dr. Aik Jiang Lau - received the Emil A. Pfizter Award for her poster presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, San Francisco, March 11-15, 2012.
Devinder Sharma, Leon Wan, Jayakumar Surendradoss, Ying Wang - winners of the Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences ($500, Awarded by the Faculty of Graduate Studies).
Tim Chow, Hesham Soliman, Adam Raymakers, Dahai Zhang, Claudio Erratico, Sajad War - winners of the Office of the Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies Travel Award ($500, Awarded by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences).
Mark Ho, Rince Wong, Robson Liu, Nathaniel Ngo, Lora Wang - nominated to attend the 8th Annual UBC Student Leadership Recognition Reception.
Ian Wong, Alexis Twiddy, Kristina Sachs-Barrable, Dr. Kishor Wasan - Top Presentation Poster Award winners at the 2012 UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference. Poster title: "Simvastatin therapy in a castration-resistant prostate cancer cell line reduces cell viability."
Molly Lin - poster award winner at the 18th Annual Medicine Undergraduate Research Forum. Poster title: "Absorption and Distribution of Amphotericin B Following Oral Administration in Novel Lipid-Based Formulations."
Dr. Thomas Pulinilkunnil - former PhD student (graduated in 2006) with Brian Rodrigues; recently accepted a position as assistant professor at Dalhousie University following successful postdoctoral studies with Dr. Barbara Kahn (Harvard) and Dr. Jason Dyck (Alberta).
Dr. Prasanth Puthanveetil - a graduate student with Dr. Brian Rodrigues; successfully defended his PhD thesis on February 17, 2012. Prasanth will begin his postdoctoral studies with Dr. John Cidlowski, who is the Chief of the Laboratory of Signal Transduction at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Pavel Gershkovich - research associate in Dr. Kishor Wasan's laboratory; recently accepted a faculty position at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Dr. Thomas Chang - recently appointed Head of the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program for the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC and elected member of the Awards Committee of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Natalie McCormick - winner of the CADTH Student Travel Award and the Canadian Rheumatology Association Travel Bursary.
Shirin Rizzardo - winner of the PPRC (Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration) Award. She will be flown to the CAHSPR conference in Montreal at the end of May 2012.
Dr. Aik Jiang Lau - winner of a Young Scientist Travel Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) to attend the Experimental Biology Conference in April 2012 in San Diego, CA.
Kathy Saatchi - first prize winner for her oral presentation "A Novel Unimolecular Nanoprobe for Blood Pool Imaging" delivered at the 11th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry in Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Thomas Chang - appointed to the editorial board of the prestigious journal, Drug Metabolism and Disposition.
Dr. Ramesh K. Goyal - successfully completed his tenure as the Vice Chancellor at the M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India following 33 years of service at the L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, India. He has taken on a new assignment as the Director of the I.S.F. College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab.
Dr. Alan Low - appointed to the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB) Evidence Expert Advisory Committee as a committee member.
Dr. Rosemin Kasam - winner of the 2011 Lifetime Service Award as part of the Pharmacy Practice and Drugstore Canada Commitment to Care & Service Awards.
Stephen Lee - winner of an oral presentation award at the Canadian Lipoprotein Conference in Halifax in November 2011.
Eric Poulin, Dr. Mary Ensom, Erica Greanya, and Nilu Partovi - winners of the 2011 Publication Award, B.C. Branch (Review Article Category) C.S.H.P. for their paper: Poulin E, Greanya E, Partovi N, Shapiro RJ, Al-Khatib M, Ensom MHH. Development and Validation of Limited Sampling Strategies for Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate in Steroid-Free Renal Transplant Regimens. Ther Drug Monit. 2011;33:50-5.
Drs. Sarah Stabler and Mary Ensom - received the 2011 Publication Award, B.C. Branch (Original Research Category) C.S.H.P. for their paper: Stabler SN, Ensom MHH. Extended-Interval Aminoglycoside Therapy for Adult Patients with Febrile Neutropenia: A Systematic Review. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2011;64:182-91.
Dr. Rishi Somvanshi- winner of a quarterly travel award presented by the University of British Columbia Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO) at the Faculty of Graduate Studies. This is the first time the PDFO has assigned these awards intended to assist UBC Postdocs (PDFs) with travel to conferences to present research performed during their time at UBC.
Vivian Leung, BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD (PhD Candidate) - winner of a travel scholarship to attend and give a presentation at the "EC Jamboree: Annual Meeting of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception and the American Society for Emergency Contraception" in New York City, October 4-5, 2011.
Dr. Mary Ensom - winner of the 2011 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Education Award "for major contributions to advancing clinical pharmacy education" at the Annual Meeting in October (Pittsburgh, PA). She was also the recipient of the 2006 ACCP Russell R Miller Publication Award in recognition of “substantial contributions to the literature of clinical pharmacy.” She is the only Canadian-based recipient of the Publication and/or Education Award from ACCP, a 12,000+ member US-based organization.
Dr. Emma Guns – recently appointed President of the Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada (NHPRS) of Canada.
Dr. Peter J. Zed – winner of the 2011 Memorial University School of Pharmacy Alumni Achievement Award. This award is given in recognition of significant accomplishments in the fields of pharmacy practice and education and for exceptional human values that are an inspiration to those with whom they come in contact. This is the highest honour the MUN School of Pharmacy can bestow upon one of its graduates.
Dr. Brian Rodrigues – recently profiled as Researcher of the Month September 2011.
Dr. Larry Lynd – recently profiled as Researcher of the Month October 2011 and appointed to the Health Canada Scientific Advisory Committee on Nonprescription Drugs (SAC-NPD).
Dr. Carlo Marra – recently appointed to the CIHR Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN) Committee and CIHR Operating Grant Evaluation Committee – Health Services Research.
Dr. James McCormack and Dr. Mike Allan – winners of the Eric Elder Memorial Medal for embodying the pioneering approach to education and lateral thinking in general practice that Dr. Eric Elder would have approved of — applying Aristotlean 'practical wisdom' in inspiring as well as entertaining general practitioners on the way to providing the best possible care. Dr. Eric Elder was an inspired rural GP who lived and worked in Tuatapere for nearly 60 years.
Dr. Kishor Wasan – profiled as part of UBC's Start an evolution campaign for his work with the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative.
Dr. Larry Lynd - newly appointed Scholar in the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - winner of the Faculty Advisor Award from AAPS for outstanding performance as an AAPS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor at UBC.
Tony K.L. Kiang, PhD (postdoctoral fellow in the Ensom lab) – winner of a Best Poster Award at the Child & Family Research Institute's Student Research Forum on June 16, 2011 for the poster entitled "Kiang TKL, Häfeli UO, Stoeber B, Chua B, Pudek M, Ensom MHH. Drug Monitoring System in Interstitial Fluid: Feasibility Studies of Valproic Acid, Methotrexate, Gentamicin, and Theophylline."
Wes Wong – winner of the Service to Research Community Award.
Laura Bandy, Sam Gilchrist, Leon Wan, Maryam Zamiri, Dr. Kevin Letchford, Dr. Naresh Thumati, and Dr. Helen Fleisig – winners of Outstanding Service Awards.
Laura Bandy, Elke Huber, Natalie McCormick, Lilla Roy, Sajad War, and Kangbin Zhou – winners of Teaching Assistant Appreciation Awards.
Dr. David Grierson – winner of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Award for Excellence in Translational Graduate Teaching.
Sajad War – winner of a Four Year Doctoral Fellowship.
Fang Wang – winner of the Verma Prize.
Leon Wan – winner of the Douglas and Jean Baily Scholarship.
Jayakumar Surandradoss – winner of the William Wilson Simpson Memorial Award and Four Year Doctoral Fellowship.
Devinder Sharma – winner of the Kam Li Ma Scholarship.
Prasanth Puthanveetil – winner of the Ruth and Paul Bass Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacology.
Vivian Leung – winner of the Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics Studentship Award.
Stephen Lee – winner of the Graduate Student Poster Award, 2010 Canadian Lipoprotein Conference and Four Year Doctoral Fellowship.
I fan Kuo – winner of the Focus on Stroke Post-doctoral Fellowship Award (joint award by HSFC and CIHR).
Geetanjali Kharmate – winner of CSHRF Partial Travel Award, AAPS Travel Award, and the Ruth and Paul Bass Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacology.
Geetanjali Kharmate, Hesham Soliman, Alexis Twiddy, and Kangbin Zhou – winners of the Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Kyle Hukezalie – winner of the Young Investigator Award, CROI 2011.
Akhlaq Hakim – winner of the John H. McNeill Scholarship.
Timothy Chow – winner of the WATERS Limited Graduate Student Travel Award and Novopharm Limited Scholarship.
Laura Bandy – winner of the Gail Bellward Scholarship and NSERC CGSD2.
Laura Bandy, Girish Bankar, Mehrdad Bokharaei, Michelle Chakraborti, Timothy Chow, Ravindranath Reddy Gilibili, Elke Huber, I fan Kuo, Eric Liow, Natalie McCormick, Jo-Ann Osei-Twum, Rakhi Pandey, Milly Rao, Lilla Roy, Devinder Sharma, Alexis Twiddy, Mynol Islam Vhuiyan, Leon Wan, Ying Wang, Sajad War, Maryam Zamiri, and Kangbin Zhou – winners of the GSI Award.
Penny Miller - winner of the 2011 Postgraduate Teaching Award from the Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Emily Kathleen Black - winner of the 2011 Merck Frosst Pharmacy Doctoral Prize (Head of Graduating Class, Pharm. D.) and 2011 Peter Jewesson Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacy, Pharm.D.
Dr. Sarah Stabler - winner of the 2011 Research Publication Award.
Stephanie Whittaker - winner of the 2011 Bristol-Myers Squibb Prize in Pharmacy.
Charles Au - winner of the 2011 Head of Graduating Class, B.Sc.Pharm. Award, 2011 Dean E.L. Woods Memorial Prize, 2011 Dr. M. Pernarowski Memorial Prize and 2011 Governor General's Silver Academic Medal.
Daniel Hauser - winner of the 2011 Gibb G. Henderson Memorial Prize in Pharmaceutical Sciences and 2011 Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Recognition Award.
Polly Kwok - winner of the 2011 Novopharm Limited Prize in Pharmacy.
Herbert Wong - winner of the 2011 Pfizer Canada Leadership Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Alana Isakovic - winner of the 2011 Pfizer Canada Prize for Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dr. Patricia Gerber - winner of the 2011 Killam Teaching Award and 2011 Faculty Teaching Award - Year Three.
Dr. Mary H. H. Ensom - winner of the 2011 Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Excellence in Pharmaceutical Teaching.
Dr. Peter Loewen - winner of the 2011 Graduating Class - Master Teacher Award.
Simon Albon - winner of the 2011 Faculty Teaching Award - Year One.
Dr. K. Wayne Riggs - winner of the 2011 Faculty Teaching Award - Year Two.
Tessa Nicholl - winner of the 2011 Faculty Teaching Award - Year Four.
Frank Ka-Shing Leung - awarded first place in the team category for Health Council of Canada's Health Innovation Award contest.
Dr. Ellen Wasan - winner of the 2011 BCIT Employee Excellence Award in the category of Applied Research.
Denise Sprague and Dr. Mary Ensom - winners of the 2010 Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy BC Branch Publication (Review Article) Award.
Rosanne Thalakada, Tim Lau, Michael Legal, and Dr. Mary Ensom - winners of one of two Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy 2011 Specialties in Pharmacy Practice Awards.
Eric Poulin, Erica Greanya, Nilufar Partovi, and Dr. Mary Ensom - winners of one of two Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy 2011 Specialties in Pharmacy Practice Awards.
Roxane Carr and Mike Legal - winners of the 2010 Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy BC Branch Mentorship Awards.
Shane Pawluk, Roberta Esau, and Roxane Carr - winners of one of two Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy 2011 Pharmacotherapy Best Practices Awards.
Roxane Carr - conferred Fellow status by the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacy (FCSHP) at the 2011 Professional Practice Conference.
Tamiz Kanji - named Co-Faculty Advisor for CAPSI for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Marion Pearson - winner of the AMS Just Desserts Award for service to the Pharmacy Undergraduate Society.
Dr. Kishor Wasan - named Editor of the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, appointed to the Grand Challenges Canada Advisory Board for the Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health Section, and winner of the 2011 CSPS Award of Leadership in Canadian Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dr. Fawziah Marra - winner of the Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle Award for her recent paper The relationship among antibiotic consumption socioeconomic factors and climatic conditions published in Volume 21, No 3 of The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology.
Dr. Judith Soon - winner of a 2011 Distinguished Service Award for her volunteer contributions as a Judge for Youth Science Canada.