Discover Winter 2011/12
When the history of our Faculty is written, I am certain that 2012 will be highlighted as a monumental year. This year will see much of our dedication and hard work come to fruition, while providing us with opportunities to excel as educators, researchers, learners, and innovators in ways we never have before.
In the months ahead we will bid farewell to the Cunningham Building and move into our new home on Wesbrook Mall. We will continue to enhance our academic program and further develop our research through innovative collaborations fostered by our new facilities. We will also continue the search for a new dean to succeed me at the end of this year. All of this change is incredibly exciting, but it also gives us an invaluable opportunity to reflect – to take pride in our past achievements, while redefining ourselves and setting new goals. This is our time to become the leaders we know we can be.
With this in mind, we have created our 2012-2017 Strategic Plan, a framework that will guide us through all of the change in the coming months and ensure we always remain true to our vision with an eye on excellence. While this plan reaffirms many of our essential commitments – to provide cutting-edge training and education to health care professionals, to produce world-class research – it also presents our core values in a way we never have before. It includes a promise to dedicate ourselves to developing novel approaches to assure optimal care and pharmacist-patient interaction. Furthermore, we acknowledge our responsibility to investigate how we, as a Faculty and as pharmacists, can contribute to an affordable health care system, one that is available to all. We are indebted to all of the faculty, staff, and community members who contributed to our strategic plan.
We moved in to the Cunningham Building in 1961. When I consider how far this Faculty has come in these last five decades, I am incredibly proud – and I am honoured to have been a small part of our continuing journey.
Robert D. Sindelar, PhD
Professor and Dean
BCPHA: MAKING PROGRESS IN PHARMACY FOR YOU
BCPhA Student Ambassadors (from left to right): Renée Dagenais, Melissa Patton, JD Puri, Aaron Sihota and Dawei Ji
UBC, BCPhA, CPhA, CPBC, Rx – the professional world is full of acronyms and abbreviations and it’s easy to jumble them all together. But the BC Pharmacy Association (BCPhA) is one of the most relevant ones to BC’s future pharmacists. That’s because BCPhA represents more than 2,600 pharmacists and 800 pharmacies in the province and negotiates on their behalf for both expanded scope of practice and economic viability.
In fact, BCPhA has helped bring about many of the exciting advancements in pharmacy practice that student are learning about today – including administration of injection authority, pharmacists’ ability to adapt and renew prescriptions, medication review services, and the BC Medication Management Project.
Parkash Ragsdale, Deputy CEO of BCPhA, said, “Joining BCPhA is simply the right thing to do and gives pharmacists the strength of one united voice. Our job as an association is to work to support you, through professional development, networking opportunities and key government relations. As pharmacy students, it’s never too early to get involved with your association.”
BCPhA also supports the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences through various sponsorship opportunities. Student members of BCPhA benefit from injections training subsidies, monthly newsletters, online job postings and – most importantly – a strong link to their peers and future employers.
Another great way to interact with experienced pharmacists is through the annual BCPhA Conference. This year, the three-day conference will be held in Victoria from May 24-26, 2012 and features exciting speakers such as local Vancouver blogger Miss 604, and the bestselling author of “The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary to Extraordinary,” Dr. Michelli.
The newly appointed BCPhA Student Ambassadors will also be attending the BCPhA conference in May, and helping to get the word out to other students. Keep an eye out for future opportunities to get great deals on conference registration!
To learn more about the 2012 BCPhA Conference or free student membership with BCPhA, visit www.bcpharmacy.ca.
We are pleased to announce the completion of our 2012-2017 Strategic Plan: Pharmacy Leadership Through Innovation & Engagement. This plan revitalizes our vision and mission, and charts our course for the next five years – to the forefront of innovation in pharmacy education, research, and practice.
The 2012-2017 Strategic Plan reinvests in our commitment to provide diverse educational options for all types of learners, in all stages of their health care carriers. From our Entry-to-Practice Program to our Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development Programs, we will provide ground-breaking training to equip the future leaders of health care, alongside programs to strengthen the training of current health professionals. The plan also renews our pledge to deliver research that makes a difference to our local and global communities, as well as our promise to expand models of pharmacy practice to emphasize patient and outcome focused care. To this end, we have created Practice Innovation, a new academic portfolio for the Faculty, focused entirely on developing fresh approaches to pharmacy-patient interaction. Beyond this, the plan establishes the Faculty’s core values, encompassing our commitments to education, research, and practice, while acknowledging our responsibility to act as global citizens. Knowing the importance of this responsibility, we are launching our Initiative for Sustainable Health Care. This initiative will provide research on the economic principles necessary for health care sustainability, while focusing on the role of Pharmacy in achieving sustainable medical resources for all.
Development of the Faculty’s 2012-2017 Strategic Plan began in 2009, with initial working groups identifying the key areas of growth for the Faculty. With this ground-work in place, the plan was built through extensive collaboration and review. Faculty members, staff, students, alumni, volunteers, and community partners provided the inspiration and shape of the plan, and we are grateful for their contributions. As we implement our plan over the next five years, we will continue to review our work to ensure we are on course and fully achieving our potential as global leaders in pharmacy.
A copy of the plan will soon be available on our website. We look forward to sharing our success with you.
INTRODUCING PRACTICE INNOVATION
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences recently launched Practice Innovation, a new academic portfolio focused on developing new models, processes and practices for pharmacy. Directed by Associate Dean Dr. Peter Zed, Practice Innovation will lead the way to new practices needed for pharmacists and help the Faculty explore and evaluate innovation in models of care and practice.
The practice of pharmacy is rapidly changing. To meet the needs of today’s patient, all facets of the profession must evolve including the manner in which we train, practice and evaluate how and what we do as health care providers. Practice Innovation will guide a strategic vision with emphasis on the critical areas necessary to innovate in pharmacy practice to advance the knowledge, health outcomes, and the profession of pharmacy to enhance societal benefit and optimize patient care. The focus must always be the patient, but to get there we must innovate the way we train our students with essential practice-related skills. In addition, we must provide quality experiential training opportunities to allow our students to learn in evolved practice environments. There are many steps required to meet these needs. The Faculty will embark on several initiatives to lead practice innovation within contemporary practice models where collaborative, team-based, patient-centred care is paramount.
Essential to this vision will be the welcomed and necessary partnerships of externals stakeholders, as well as other members of the health care profession, to prepare and enable pharmacists to deliver care to full scope of practice. Practice Innovation will not only require changes in academics and the practice environment, but the development of a program of practice-based research to further inform what we do as pharmacists as well. The Faculty is dedicated to the creation and implementation of new processes, products, services and methods of delivery that result in significant improvements in outcomes, efficiency, effectiveness and quality.
For more information, please contact Dr. Peter Zed at peter.zed@ubc.ca or 604-827-0178.
New UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Building Wins Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
We are thrilled to announce that the new UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, set to open fall 2012, has won a Canadian Architect Award of Excellence. Given annually since 1968, this prestigious award recognizes excellence in architectural design and “significant building projects in Canada.” Projects are evaluated based on their “program, site, geographical and social context,” as well as their “physical organization, structure, materials and environmental features.” The UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Building was one of only eight projects to receive an award.
In their award citation, the jury praises the building’s “unique architectural form,” recognizing “the exchange of knowledge” as the driving factor behind the design:
“The new Pharmaceutical Sciences Building becomes a notable building for the entire city and region--one filled with inventive and innovative ideas. To successfully contribute to UBC's legacy of architecture and pharmaceutical research, the design was intended to produce a signature building that would become the standard by which future education and high-level research buildings will be measured--both in Canada and abroad.”
The citation also highlights the “careful implantation of programed and public spaces,” which supports both collaborative and independent research and learning, as well as the transparent ground floor, to “openly showcase” new research to the public. In his comments, jury member Peter Sampson commends the design’s longevity, stating, “It will be relevant for years to come.”
We are honoured that our new building has been recognized with such a distinguished award, and congratulate Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Hughes Condon Marler Architects (HCMA) for their joint design accomplishment.
To read the full award citation, or learn more about the Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence, click here.
Celebrate Research Week 2012: Systems Health
Celebrate Research Week is a public showcase of events and activities that represent UBC’s strengths and diversity in research. This year's events run from March 2-9, 2012 at UBC’s Vancouver campus and in various locations throughout Vancouver. This year, as part of Celebrate Research Week, the Faculty is pleased to present:
Systems Health: Taking personalized medicine beyond the genome
Monday, March 5, 2012
1:00 - 4:00 pm (Reception to follow)
Telus Theatre, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Featuring a panel of internationally distinguished speakers, Systems Health explores how personalized medicine is evolving into a holistic view of health care encompassing a wide range of biological phenomena:
The epigenetics revolution – why our genetic code is a script and not a blueprint - Dr. Nessa Carey
Exploration and recent findings from the human microbiome - Dr. Karen Nelson
Phenotypic flexibility and systems health in practice: towards P4 medicine in type 2 diabetes - Dr. Ben van Ommen
Space is limited. To RSVP, please contact Dr. Barb Conway at baconway@mail.ubc.ca or 604-822-2390 by March 2, 2012. For full event information, including speaker bios, click here.
Faculty member or adjunct faculty member’s name appears in bold.
CIHR Emerging Team Grants
LYND, Larry D
CLIFFORD, Tammy J; JONES, Barry; LUN, Eric; NAKAGAWA, Robert S; BRYAN, Stirling; CLARKE, Lorne A; COYLE, Douglas A; FRIEDMAN, Jan M; JOLY, Yann; KLEIN, Peter; KNOPPERS, Bartha M; MARRA, Carlo A; MILLER, Fiona A; MITTON, Craig R; OZDEMIR, Vural; SIRRS, Sandra M (Co-Investigators)
Developing a Canadian framework for evaluation and decision-making for expensive drugs for rare diseases through innovation, value, and priority setting
$1,466,018 (5 years)
CIHR Operating Grants
GRIERSON, David S
CHABOT, Benoit; CHEUNG, Peter K (Co-Investigators)
Development of Specific Inhibitors of Alternative Splicing Events Crucial to HIV Replication: A New Anti-HIV/AIDS Strategy
$399,168 (3 years)
PUTNINS, Edward E
FIRTH, James D; GRIERSON, David S; GUTTMAN, Julian A (Co-Investigators)
Protection and Regulation of Oral and Gastrointestinal Mucosal Epithelial Barriers by MAO B Inhibitors and Their Novel Polar Derivatives
$100,000 for (1 year)
ANIS, Aslam H; MARRA, Carlo A
WILMER, Brett; LYND, Larry D (Co-Investigators)
The impact of price-caps on the generic pharmaceutical industry and provincial drug plan costs in Canada
$115,284 (2 years)
CIHR Planning Grants
LYND, Larry D
CLIFFORD, Tammy J; JONES, Barry; NAKAGAWA, Robert S; BRYAN, Stirling; CLARKE, Lorne A; COYLE, Douglas A; FRIEDMAN, Jan M; JOLY, Yann; KLEIN, Peter; KNOPPERS, Bartha M; MARRA, Carlo A; MILLER, Fiona A; MITTON, Craig R; OZDEMIR, Vural; SIRRS, Sandra M (Co-Investigators)
Planning Meeting for Developing a Canadian framework for reimbursement decision-making for expensive drugs for rare diseases
$24,666 (1 year)
REID, Ronald E
Redefining Complex Disease: Using "Omic" Technologies to Define Biomolecular Subphenotypes of Disease Diagnosis, Development, and Therapy
$25,000 (1 year)
CIHR Proof of Principle Phase I Grants
BURT, Helen M
Intravesical Taxanes
Phase I Proof of Principle $157,412 (1 year)
Other
GRANT, Jennifer; MARRA, Fawziah; PATRICK, David; SAXINGER, Lynora
BOWIE, William; BRYCE, Elizabeth; CONLY, John; DOWLING, Patricia; FORWARD, Kevin; GRAVEL, Denise; HUTCHINSON, Jim; KEEN, Patricia; LAU, Tim; MCKAY, Rachel; MORRIS, Andrew; NICOLLE, Lindsay; STEPHEN, Craig; WEISS, Karl (Co-Investigators)
Antimicrobial Use Monitoring and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Project from the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
$204,340
New Learning Management System Pilot a Success
The Office of Educational Support & Development is excited to report the successful rollout in January 2012 of four pilot courses in the new Learning Management System (LMS).
Our Faculty participated in the university-wide pilot of the new LMS, which is the first stage in the transition from WebCT Vista to the new learning management system. Over 40 courses and 4,000 students were piloted throughout UBC’s various faculties. In our faculty, over the course of the fall in 2011 and into early 2012, five of our faculty’s intrepid instructors piloted four courses in the new LMS Blackboard Learn environment. These included one course in each Program Year: Phar 202 (Marion Pearson, Tony Seet), Phar 399 (Linda Tran), Phar 498 (Arun Verma), and Phar 400 (Alan Low). Some were transitioning mid-point in the term, which required both special care and created good learning opportunities for our pilot team. The faculty pilot project team was headed by the Office of Educational Support & Development, with training and support from the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), and with much appreciated cooperation from our student body.
It is with huge thanks that we would like to acknowledge our pilot instructors Marion, Tony, Linda, Arun and Alan for making this a success, our smart students for taking the impact in stride, and our CTLT partners, learning technology specialists Bonita Bray and Lucas Wright, for making the transition a successful and vibrant learning opportunity.
Naming the New Learning Management System (LMS) Contest
UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) has launched a new initiative to name the new Learning Management System (LMS). People from the UBC community are invited to submit entries based on their creative ideas and vision of what the LMS means to them.
This community engagement supports UBC’s current transition from WebCT Vista course management system to a new learning management system in 2012. Students are currently using WebCT Vista in concert with their campus-based and distance courses for a wide range of learning activities: discussion groups, peer assessments & collaboration, accessing notes and other course resources, submitting assignments, and taking online tests. The new system has a similar interface as WebCT Vista, with many more powerful tools! The new LMS faces an exciting future as UBC’s integrated, collaborative online learning space and an integral part of the university’s teaching and learning experience.
The university is asking its community to brand the new LMS with a meaningful name by entering the naming contest at pilot.lms.ubc.ca/name-ubcs-new-lms and typing in suggestions. Entries should be names relating to the idea of a learning ecosystem or community and/or links to content beyond the classroom. Challenge your brains and be creative! The winning entry will be announced at the end of February 2012. Contest entries are due by February 10, 2012. More information is available at pilot.lms.ubc.ca/name-ubcs-new-lms.
Celebrate Learning Week Event Widely Attended
An event attendee examines a patient chart in the 3D Keel Active Virtual Environment (KAVE).
The Faculty's Celebrate Learning Week event was a huge success. Held from November 2-4, 2011, it consisted of open seminars, a poster session and live demonstrations. Seminars were presented on November 3 by Dr. Stephen Chapman from Keele University and Dr. Kevin Eva from CHES, UBC Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Chapman shared his views on one of the major challenges facing all healthcare professions - embedding increased quality clinical teaching in the curriculum. He also discussed the challenges and successes of developing and implementing an active virtual learning environment and its impact on student learning. Dr. Eva explored the complexity of research in the health profession education field. He also presented on the challenges of defining quality, value and publishability of education research in academia.
Live demonstrations of the 3D Keele Active Virtual Environment (KAVE) were held from November 2-4. The KAVE provided immersive and interactive simulations of patient practice settings. This year the Faculty also took the opportunity to showcase in-house education research projects through a Poster Session on November 3. The session generated a lot of interest and exposure for education research on curricular integration and problem-based learning being conducted within the Faculty.
The event was widely attended, including members from UBC Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Education, and Nursing. UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences thanks everyone who attended the event and assisted with making it successful.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences’ Entry-to-Practice Program and the Doctor of Pharmacy Program have begun preparations for an Accreditation Review in 2012, to be conducted by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP). CCAPP is responsible for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy, at all universities in Canada. Its mission is to evaluate quality and to promote the continued improvement of pharmacy professional degree programs. A professional program of a Faculty of Pharmacy is typically granted initial or continued Full Accreditation status for a six-year term.
Dr. Frank Abbott, Professor and Dean Emeritus, has been appointed as the Chair of the Faculty’s Accreditation Committee that will prepare the self-study assessment documents for CCAPP. Dr. Abbott will be working with several faculty and staff members, many of whom are Chairs and Co-chairs of the various accreditation standards that will be reviewed. Key stakeholders, including students, alumni, and the British Columbia Pharmacy Association will be consulted before the final comprehensive internal review report is submitted to CCAPP.
The CCAPP Accreditation Standards and Guidelines reflect those professional and educational attributes identified as essential for professional degree programs in pharmacy. There have been many remarkable developments in the Faculty’s professional programs over the past decade in curriculum design, instructional methods, student assessment processes, experiential education, facilities and teaching personnel. Through the self-study assessment documents and the on-site visit in the fall of 2012, the Faculty will demonstrate that the programs comply with the CCAPP accreditation standards, which are defined as the appropriateness of program goals, the adequacy of resources and organization to meet these goals, educational outcomes which indicate these goals are being met, and that plans and commitments are in place to provide reasonable assurance that these goals will continue to be met.
For more information, please contact Sharon Brown, Curriculum Project Coordinator in the Office of Educational Support & Development at shbrown@mail.ubc.ca or 604-827-5690. For more information on the CCAPP Accreditation Standards and Guidelines, please visit www.ccapp-accredit.ca.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences recruited noted educationalist Dr. Gordon G. Page in September 2011 to review and make recommendations to enhance assessments of student learning and performance. Dr. Page is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of the Faculty’s methods of assessment in the Entry-to-Practice Program, with the ultimate goals of solidifying and refining current practices as well as developing opportunities for innovations that enhance student education, especially as we prepare for an expanded cohort.
Dr. Page has worked extensively with educators from various health professions to develop assessment strategies to assure that students are developing the necessary knowledge, skills and attributes as they get ready to practice health care.
“The what, how and when we assess are not only important questions but critical drivers of student learning and therefore the success of our educational process. Therefore, strategic investments such as these will ensure that we deliver the highest quality of education,” states Dr. David W. Fielding, Associate Dean, Academic.
Dr. Page presented a preliminary report of his findings at a seminar held January 11, 2012. In the seminar, he outlined the key roles of curriculum assessment and emphasized the importance of obtaining valid assessments of clinical competence. Dr. Page highlighted the strengths and challenges of the Faculty’s current assessment system and identified some preliminary opportunities for improvement.
For more information, please contact Sharon Brown, Curriculum Project Coordinator in the Office of Educational Support & Development at shbrown@mail.ubc.ca or 604-827-5690.
A group of delegates from the Faculty attended the 2009 AACP Curricular Change Summit where the White Paper “Addressing Competencies for the Future in the Professional Curriculum” was discussed. The paper reminded educators that although students’ attributes that relate to professionalism are intrinsic, pharmacy education can and should include professionalism outcomes as an essential curricular component. In Canada, the CCAPP Accreditation Standards recommends that educational programs promote a culture of professionalism and that pharmacy curricula provide activities and venues to address and enforce this culture. The expectation of professionalism is also mandated by the Blueprint for Pharmacy and the College of Pharmacists of BC’s Framework of Professional Practice. The literature in this area also clearly highlights that if students are not exposed to ongoing longitudinal and insightful dialogue, reflection, and activities about professionalism during their training, they will conclude that professionalism is not important.
In May 2011, professionalism was the subject of a UBC College of Health Disciplines Interprofessional Workshop entitled Exploring Professionalism across the Health Professions: Learning, Teaching & Assessment. Faculty members who attended the event met subsequently to discuss lessons learned and to review the activities around professionalism that currently take place within the curriculum. It was determined that there are many great learning activities that address professionalism; however, the majority of these occur in the 1st and 2nd year of our program and in isolation of each other.
In the process of exploring how best to further the development of professionalism in our students, representatives from other schools of pharmacy in Canada and the US, and representatives from other health professions at UBC (i.e., Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy & Nursing) were contacted to gather information on how professionalism is addressed. The nature and extent of coverage of professionalism within pharmacy curricula are similar across Canada; however, it was identified that this area requires further development due to the deficiencies and issues observed in student behaviour and given the profession’s future for increase in scope of practice within an interprofessional system. Many US schools of pharmacy have specific resources allocated to addressing professionalism in their Entry Level PharmD curricula, they generally devote more time to professionalism, employ more unique activities, and have the topic more integrated throughout their curricula. Other health professions at UBC have well established core threads of courses and activities across all years that deal with professionalism and devote a significant amount of time within the curriculum for reflection and dialogue about what students experience during rotations.
In an effort to engage the Faculty in the process of further exploring this topic and to ascertain their views on professionalism, all faculty members and the Director and Administrative Coordinator of the Office of Student Services were interviewed between May and December 2011. Interviewees were asked to consider how the Faculty can best cultivate a stronger and more sustained culture of professionalism in the student body, how the Faculty can enhance modelling of professionalism, how it can best incorporate professionalism values into the curriculum, and what teaching and learning strategies could be employed to do so. Comments, ideas and suggestions gathered from the interviews along with a series of recommendations were presented and discussed at Faculty meetings in December 2011 and January 2012. The Faculty is currently in the process of exploring these recommendations in further detail. Next steps include prioritizing recommendations and developing an action plan for implementation, which will include consultation with various stakeholder groups including students.
For more information, contact Dr. Patricia Gerber at gerberp@mail.ubc.ca.
Alumni Make Their Mark with a Special Appeal
In Spring 2011, an appeal went out to our alumni informing them of the opportunity to leave their mark in our new building. For a gift of $1,000 or more, donors will be listed on the building campaign wall. As of January 24, this appeal has generated over $156,000 - that is one big mark! The appeal was also recognized with a Bronze CASE District VIII Communications Award in the category of direct marketing. If you would like to learn more about contributing to the new building, please contact Arti Maharaj, Development Coordinator, at arti.maharaj@ubc.ca or 604-822-8029.
Start an evolution with UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of British Columbia has embarked on a historic fundraising and alumni engagement campaign (the most ambitious of its kind in Canadian university history) and UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences is ready to partner with donors and alumni to start an evolution. Encompassing everything from groundbreaking research to student scholarships, UBC’s Start an evolution campaign has two objectives: raise $1.5 billion and double alumni involvement in the University. As a part of the campaign, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has the following priorities with a total financial target of $21 million:
Community Engagement
A new quarter-million square foot facility opens Fall 2012 to benefit students, alumni and the Pharmacy profession throughout BC. It houses for the first time under one roof all the teaching, learning, research and community outreach activities of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Teaching and Research
Professorships for Practice Change
Professorships allow us to recruit and retain the best faculty members from around the world. These new positions provide the vision and mentorship required to shape
students into the next generation of leaders in the Pharmacy profession.
Ongoing Innovative Research
Partnerships between our researchers and industry have the potential to create translational research, new targets for drug discovery, and the foundational science to support drug development.
Equipment Innovation Fund
We must ensure that our students, faculty and researchers have access to the most advanced technology so they may continue to innovate within their fields of teaching, learning, research and practice.
Student Learning
Entry-to-Practice Student Support
Scholarships, bursaries, awards and travel funding for students of the entry-to-practice program support them in their professional pursuits.
Graduate Student Support
Students of our graduate programs are committed to advanced education and practice. Financial support is needed for our Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), Masters (MSc) and Doctoral (PhD) candidates, as well as for post-doctoral fellows.
International Engagement
The Neglected Global Diseases Initiative UBC (NGDI-UBC)
NGDI brings together the technical expertise and perspectives of a variety of disciplines to develop interventions for neglected global diseases and ensure their delivery to those in need.
Click here to get involved and start an evolution with UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences today. For more information, contact:
Janis Horne, Director of Development
janis.horne@ubc.ca
604-822-1328
June Chow, Associate Director of Development
june.chow@ubc.ca
604-822-1772
Congratulations to Rao V. S. V. Vadlamudi
Congratulations go out to alumnus Dr. Rao V. S. V. Vadlamudi for his recent appointment as Director of St. Peter's Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Warangal. Dr. Vadlamudi completed his BPharm (1973) and MPharm (1976) from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam before proceeding to Vancouver, BC, Canada to complete his MSc (1980) and PhD (1983) in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC.
Throughout his career, Dr. Vadlamudi has held a number of important positions including Reader in Pharmacology, UDCT (1984-89), Professor in Pharmacology, Bombay College of Pharmacy (BCP) (1989-90), Visiting Lecturer at UDCT/BCP (1990-2002) and Director, BCP (2004-07). His industry career began in 1990 as the Principal Research Scientist, Hoechst Research (1990-1992), Head Pharmacology, Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR) Research Center (1992-98), Head Pharmacology, Nicholas Piramal Research Centre (1998-2002), VP, Discovery Biology, Suven Life Sciences (2002-04), VP and Principal Fellow, Nektar Therapeutics India Private Limited, Hyderabad (2006-2011) and Sr. VP-Life Sciences at Vimta Labs Ltd, Hyderabad (Mar 2011-Oct 2011). He also serves as the Editor of Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the official scientific publication of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA).
Dr. Vadlamudi's list of accomplishments is extensive. He has authored and coauthored 25 research publications, 20 poster and oral presentations and delivered more than 50 invited lectures on various topics related to drug discovery and development, scientific writing and careers for pharmacy graduates. He was the recipient of the Fellow of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association award in 2000, Dr. B. N. Ghosh Memorial Oration Award of the Indian Pharmacological Society in 2005 and the Prof. M. L. Khorana Memorial Lecture Award 2009 of the IPA.
Congratulations to Ramesh K. Goyal
Congratulation to Dr. Ramesh K. Goyal for his appointment as Director of I.S.F. College of Pharmacy in Moga, Punjab. Dr. Goyal recently 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 was a post-doctoral scholar with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC in 1984 and later spent a year as a visiting professor.
Dr. Goyal's accomplished career is decorated with a number of achievements including three patents, 15 books, and over 250 full papers. He is the recipient of 58 awards including Best Pharmacy Teacher and Best Pharmaceutical Research Scientist (APTI) and Distinguished Service Award from International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Canada.
Alumni Making a Difference: Osama Hana
Alumnus Osama Hana, a pharmacist at Pharmasave #198 in Hope, BC, made a significant difference to his community recently. When a whooping cough epidemic broke out in Hope, the Public Health Unit asked Osama to assist by providing flu shot services. Since beginning the flu shot program at his pharmacy, Osama has given more than 200 injections for pneumoccoal, flu, and twinrix vaccines.
Left to Right: Dr. Stelvio Bandiera, Dr. Harvey Wong BSc(Pharm)'94, PhD(Pharm)'00, Dr. Zamas Lam, Dr. Ryan Takahashi PhD(Pharm)'10
Celebrating 25 years, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2011 Conference took place in Washington, DC on October 25, 2011. Dean Robert Sindelar and Dr. Kishor Wasan from UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences hosted the 6th Annual Alumni and Friends Luncheon as part of the event. Each year, the luncheon proves to be a success – this year was no different. A special thanks to Dr. Wasan for organizing this event to ensure our Faculty’s participation is further recognized at AAPS.
On October 18, 2011, Dr. Wayne Riggs hosted the inaugural UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Alumni and Friends Dinner at the 17th Regional Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX). The dinner was held at the Sweet Georgia Juke Joint in Atlanta, Georgia.
It is with sadness that we bid farewell to the following Alumni who recently passed. They will be missed and remembered fondly.
Ms. Donnalene Steven BSc(Pharm)'53
Mr. Dart Lim Lee BSc(Pharm)'51 – Mr Lee, who was also known as ‘Limmie’ amongst his friends, was the first Chinese-Canadian to own his own pharmacy in Canada: Lee's Pharmacy at Main and Pender.
Names included in our In Memoriam notice are provided to us by our Alumni and friends. Please contact Arti Maharaj, Development Coordinator, at arti.maharaj@ubc.ca or 604-822-8029 with any information that you would like us to share in future notices.
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