Discover: Issue Seven, Fall 2014

THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES ISSUE SEVEN • FALL 2014

Building Capacity for Culturally Competent Care

in First Nations Communities

An Interview with Marion Pearson: Pharm Sci's

First Professor of Teaching

Thoughts & Advice from our Educators & Students

Back to School:

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In This Issue

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03 Message from the Dean

04 Back to School: Thoughts & Advice from our Educators & Students

08 An Interview With Marion Pearson: Pharm Sci's First Professor of Teaching

09 Celebrate Learning Week 2014

10 Back to School with the BCPhA

11 The College of Pharmacists of BC: Fall 2014 Update

12 Pharmacy Practice: Pharmacy Instructor Workshop 2014

15 E2P PharmD & Flex PharmD Programs: Fall 2014 Update

16 Introducing Dr. Shyh-Dar Li: Associate Professor in Nanomedicines Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics

17 The Summer Student Research Project Wraps Up with Another Successful Round of Projects

18 Building Capacity for Culturally Competent Care in First Nations Communities

21 Introducing Dr. Mark Harrison and the Professorship in Sustainable Health Care

22 A Recent Gift of Artwork Brightens Spaces in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Building

New Student Awards

Alumni News

23 Upcoming Events Calendar

Agents of Change 2014

24 Recent Awards, Publications & Grants

DISCOVER IS THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES.

RELEASED QUARTERLY, IT HAS THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT FACULTY PROGRAMS, RESEARCH, EVENTS AND ALUMNI.

EDITOR

Jimi Galvão

EDITORIAL TEAM

Jimi Galvão

Julia Kreger

Ivan Yastrebov

Sukhman Perhar

Brandon Lal

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Julia Kreger

CONTRIBUTORS

June Chow

Karla Claros

Michael Coughtrie

Patricia Gerber

Barbara Gobis

Brooke Hykaway

Isabeau Iqbal

Larry Leung

Peter Loewen

Arti Maharaj

Caely-Ann McNabb

Marion Pearson

Tony Seet

Kathy Seto

Elise Steeves

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Ivan Yastrebov

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Message from the

Dean

FALL 2014

Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development offers a wide array of courses and programs for practicing pharmacists, as well as opportunities to network with other pharmacy professionals. I encourage our alumni and other pharmacist colleagues to visit cpd.pharmacy.ubc.ca to learn more about the different opportunities available.

And last, but not least, the start of a new academic year is a time of change. Over the past several months we have been sharing progress made with respect to two significant changes in our curriculum: the new Entry-to-Practice Doctor of Pharmacy and Flexible Doctor of Pharmacy programs. Both represent major new initiatives for the Faculty and a major shift in the education of pharmacists, and we will continue to update you as we move forward.

Best wishes for a productive fall season, whatever meaning the new school year holds for you.

Sincerely,

Michael Coughtrie, PhDPROFESSOR AND DEAN

The start of a new academic year is an exciting time. At the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, our students

personify that excitement as they return to take up their studies again with renewed passion and dedication. And students new to UBC Pharm Sci are equally excited as they take their first steps along the road to a career in pharmacy.

In October, we will formally welcome the new cohort of future pharmacists and health care professionals at our annual White Coat Ceremony on October 9, 2014. The event is important to us, and to our incoming class, as it signifies not only acceptance into the Faculty but also into the profession. The symbolic gesture of presenting and receiving white coats, as well as reciting our Pledge of Professionalism, serve to remind students – and faculty members – of the real impact that pharmacists have on the lives of patients.

Both new and returning students of our graduate programs also continue their studies this fall. We are extremely fortunate to have the creative minds of these talented individuals contributing to research and clinical practice initiatives at UBC Pharm Sci. Their work, in partnership with our faculty members, will have real impact through fundamental new discoveries and demonstration of best practices that will benefit patients and society.

The new school year is also a time for those wishing to expand their skills through continuing education. The Division of

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Back to School:

by Sukhman Perhar

Thoughts & Advice from our Educators and Students

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Kathy Seto Instructor, Clinical SkillsWhat do you enjoy most about teaching?

One of the things I enjoy the most about teaching is having the

opportunity to interact with and get to know so many of the students in our program.

What is the most rewarding part of being a UBC Pharm Sci instructor?

The most rewarding thing about being an educator is being able to watch students grow over the years. It’s especially great when students come back to visit after they have graduated. I enjoy finding out where students end up practicing when they leave UBC.

What is your number one study tip for students?

Stay off your smartphones and stay focused in the classroom – you’ll spend far less time after the fact trying to figure out what happened in class if you are engaged and paying attention.

Why did you decide to enter pharmacy?

I took part in a co-operative education program in high school where I worked in a community pharmacy. The pharmacist I worked with became an important mentor to me, and is the person who first peaked my interest in studying pharmacy.

"(WHAT I ENJOY MOST ABOUT TEACHING IS) WHEN I SEE A STUDENT’S EYES LIGHT UP, MEANING THAT THEY “GET IT”, I.E., WHEN I KNOW THAT THEY’VE EXPERIENCED THAT “AHA MOMENT”! IT ALSO ALWAYS WARMS MY HEART WHENEVER I HEAR STUDENTS EXPLAINING PHARMACOKINETIC CONCEPTS TO THEIR PEERS. ” - DR. MARY ENSOM, PROFESSOR, UBC PHARM SCI

As the summer sun starts to set, a new academic year begins. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is privileged to be home to some of the talented educators at UBC, who in turn mentor students with bright futures in pharmacy. To start off the new school year, we asked our faculty members and students to tell us about their teaching and learning experiences with UBC Pharm Sci.

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Lynda Eccott Senior InstructorWhat do you enjoy most about teaching?

What I enjoy most about teaching is interacting with our students. I am

constantly impressed with their ability!


There are several! The most rewarding parts for me are the people that I get to work with every day – I am constantly learning new information and getting to teach and interact with a group of motivated and interesting students.


Flashcards got me through school.

What is your area of research? How do you bring that into your teaching?

I have done a fair amount of qualitative and quantitative research around interprofessional (IP) teaching and learning. I use my findings to improve my understanding on how to develop and implement effective IP learning opportunities for students.


I decided to do a Master’s Degree in Pharmacology many (many) years ago because I was fascinated with how drugs worked in the body. While I was doing my graduate degree I was able to do some teaching and discovered that I really loved it! The rest as they say, is history.

Mary Ensom ProfessorWhat do you enjoy most about teaching?

When I see a student’s eyes light up, meaning that they “get it”- i.e., when

I know that they’ve experience that “aha moment”! It also always warms my heart whenever I hear students explaining pharmacokinetic concepts to their peers.


To me, few activities are more rewarding than to contribute to a pharmacy student’s professional development and years later to see the visible fruits of our labor. I love it when previous

students contact me years later to say that they can still hear my voice when they are working up a patient or tackling a research project or writing assignment!


Don’t cram! At the end of each day, make sure that you understand the material. That way, you shouldn’t even need to study the night before and can get a good night’s sleep so that your mind can be refreshed and alert to help you ace the exam!

What is your area of research? How do you bring that into your teaching?

Clinical pharmacokinetics/dynamics. Each day, I use my clinical practice experiences to identify relevant pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic problems that are then studied through my laboratory-based research program. As an integrator who bridges the gap between the basic and clinical sciences, the goal of my research program is to address these clinical problems from a qualitative, quantitative, and mechanistic perspective and to incorporate study results directly and immediately into patient care. The published results of my research are then shared with students in the classroom setting.

I have found that students learn more quickly and are able to retain the newly-learned information and skills when they are presented with a sense of the clinical relevance first. In the classroom, I always give students an example of the clinical applications first, to give them a sense of why they need to learn the theoretical material. Only then do I proceed with helping them to apply the theory to these clinical situations.


Don’t laugh, but these are direct quotes from the 500-word “letter” I wrote back in 1974 to convince the selection committee that I was qualified for acceptance into pharmacy school: “My goals are to help mankind by making a significant difference in the well-being of patients and to have a fulfilling professional career.” Little did I appreciate that those words would be so prophetic and describe exactly how I feel today.

I've always felt that as a clinical pharmacy educator, my experience as a clinician helps me to be an effective teacher and mentor and, at the same time, helps to identify some clinical questions that I can try to answer through my research program. My research program in turn gives me the opportunity to mentor more trainees and the results of my research can be translated immediately into practice to try and make a difference for more patients!

As a researcher and editor, I’m intimately involved in ensuring that new insights are disseminated and available to other clinicians and scientists around the world who can make a

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difference by incorporating it into their practice or further building on the work done by myself and other authors who publish in our journal. And, then, as a teacher and mentor, my work and the work of my students and my students’ students can continue to propagate and make a difference now and in the future!

Christopher Chan StudentWhat do you enjoy most about being a UBC Pharm Sci student?

After-hours access to the pharmacy building is nice – plus you can get lockers too.

What advice do you have for new pharmacy students?

Start working in a pharmacy if you don't already work in one. Add TC to your reading list. Study by disease states and not by course numbers. Go to the lunch talks. Find out what you like about pharmacy.

What are you most excited about in the upcoming year?

Graduation and licensing.

Iona Lioznyansky StudentWhat advice do you have for new pharmacy students?

Research what is available to you and what options you have as a pharmacist. There is so much more involved than dispensing. And make sure to involve yourself in things outside of pharmacy too. The different types of learning experiences will make you a better pharmacist overall.

What are you most excited about in the upcoming year?

To learn more complex and more common disease states such as angina, heart failure and mental health issues.

What are your future plans with your degree in pharmacy?

I would like to do a hospital residency, preferably in pediatrics.

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A Q&A With Marion Pearson:UBC Pharm Sci's First Professor of Teaching

by Jimi Galvão

Marion Pearson is a long-standing faculty member and director of the Entry-to-Practice Program at

the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her academic background consists of a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Certificate on Teaching in Higher Education, and Master of Arts in Higher Education – all obtained at UBC. She is also nearing completion of her Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Pedagogy from UBC.

Recently, Marion was promoted to the rank of Professor of Teaching. This is the highest academic rank for teaching at UBC and recognizes teaching excellence and outstanding achievement in educational leadership. Marion’s promotion is also significant in that she is the very first UBC Pharm Sci faculty member to hold this position in the history of the Faculty. Moreover, she is 1 of 17 faculty members at UBC

who have achieved this rank since it became available in 2011.

When did you first join UBC Pharm Sci?I first joined the Faculty as a sessional lecturer in 1983. In 1985 I left to take a pharmacist position at a small independent pharmacy. However, I returned to the Faculty a year later and have been here ever since.

What inspired you to become a teacher?When I graduated and completed my community residency, I thought I was going to have a career as a pharmacist. I maintain my license and still do consider myself a pharmacist. It was at the Faculty’s invitation that I became a teacher. I was asked to consider applying for a lab instructor position that had become available, to teach in the first and second year pharmacy practice labs. It was on my return to the Faculty in 1986 that I really made the career decision to be a teacher. I have been, and continue to be, inspired by my interactions with students, the creative aspects of teaching and curriculum design, and the positive environment of the Faculty and UBC.

You’ve accomplished a great deal during your career. If you could choose one achievement that you are most proud of, what would that be?I am proud to have played a role in the education of over 3,700 graduates of the BSc(Pharm) program. In my role as a lab instructor, I got to know each one of them at least a little bit. To put that number into perspective, there are

"TECHNOLOGY NOW PROVIDES ACCESS TO AN ENORMOUS ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND HAS MADE IT A LOT EASIER TO INCORPORATE VISUAL ELEMENTS AND SOME FORMS OF INTERACTIVITY INTO OUR TEACHING. HOWEVER, LEARNING ITSELF IS STILL A PERSONAL, HUMAN ACT. AND SO IS TEACHING. ” - MARION PEARSON, PROFESSOR OF TEACHING & DIRECTOR, ENTRY-TO-PRACTICE PROGRAMS


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Celebrate Learning Week 2014Celebrate Learning Week (CLW) is an annual initiative that encourages students, faculty and staff alike to celebrate their love of learning. Events are held throughout the Vancouver campus and include workshops, lectures, information sessions, student advising activities, poster sessions, and more. Most events taking place during CLW are free and open to UBC faculty members, staff, students, and the community.

As it has done in previous years, UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences will be hosting its own CLW event. The theme this year will focus on curricular transformations and the event will mark the launch of the integrated Respiratory Module, which begins October 31, 2014, and has involved a formidable team effort.

All members of the teaching and learning community are invited to attend and participate in the Faculty's event.

"I encourage everyone to attend our CLW event and see the effort that has gone into building this integrated module,” says Dr. Wayne Riggs, associate dean Academic, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “It’s also an opportunity to learn and share ideas as we prepare for a fully modular curriculum that will markedly enhance the learning and education of our students.”

The Faculty’s Celebrate Learning Week event will be held Tuesday, October 28, 2014 in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Building. More detailed information will be available soon at www.pharmacy.ubc.ca.

ISABEAU IQBAL IS CURRICULUM PROJECTS COORDINATOR IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT.

approximately 5,200 licensed pharmacists in B.C. They are not all UBC grads, of course, but many excellent practitioners and leaders of the profession in the province – not to mention quite a few Faculty colleagues – were once my students. I love going to pharmacy events or walking into pharmacies wherever I happen to be travelling in B.C. and running into former students. I would not presume to take any credit for their successes, but I delight in seeing them making a difference in patients’ lives and moving the profession forward.

Technology has had a significant impact on the way we all learn. What is your take on the use of technology in teaching?You are talking to a person who recalls the days when we used manual typewriters to create labels for prescriptions – not that I have any nostalgia for that particular task! I also remember the Apple IIe that was my first desktop computer and predated the graphical user interface. Technology has come a very far way since those days. It is a tremendous tool that has profoundly changed how we communicate with each other and undertake our work, including teaching and learning. Technology now provides access to an enormous array of educational resources and has made it a lot easier to incorporate visual elements and some forms of interactivity into our teaching. However, learning itself is still a personal, human act. And so is teaching.

In your opinion, where do you see the future of pharmacy education headed?The future of pharmacy education is linked to the future of pharmacy practice. There is challenging work to be done to advance practice in ways that takes proper advantage of the knowledge, skills and abilities of our graduates to provide care to individuals. I am very encouraged by the Faculty’s recent efforts under the auspices of the associate dean, Practice Innovation to provide leadership in practice change. There is equally challenging work to be done to change our approach to pharmacy education, but again I think we are on the right track with the vision we now have for a curriculum that is firmly rooted in authentic pharmaceutical care practice.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

[email protected] 604-822-4933

IMAGE: (Opposite) Marion Pearson, Professor of Teaching and Director, Entry-to-Practice Programs


by Elise Steeves

Back to School with the BCPhAEDUCATION

You’ve ordered your textbooks, started your courses and met your classmates. Now it’s time to join your professional

association!

The BC Pharmacy Association (BCPhA) represents more than 3,000 pharmacists, 800 pharmacies and 500 pharmacy students in B.C., and works to support and advance the professional role and economic viability of its members.

As a student registered in a pharmacy program at a post-secondary institution in Canada, you can sign up for a free student membership and take advantage of a number of great benefits.

This includes free registration to the BCPhA Speaker Series. These sessions are held at UBC two to three times per school year, and offer mentorship and information about pharmacy careers, clinical services and more. Keep an eye out for announcements about upcoming dates soon.

You’ll have access to the best pharmacy job board in the province and resume writing tools, as well as eTraining programs to enhance your portfolio.

The monthly Student News will be sent to your email address, and you’ll also be able to read the electronic version of The Tablet – the Association’s flagship magazine published every

two months. To help you manage that tight student budget, you’ll receive discounts on everything from Telus mobility plans to Canucks tickets, hotels, and Playland passes through our Affinity Rx program.

If you’re already a member, be sure to make the most of these benefits! Learn more or sign up at www.bcpharmacy.ca/student.

Bonus: the BCPhA Student Ambassadors have developed a website that includes a Student Manual to help answer some of the questions pharmacy students ask throughout the duration of their undergraduate program.

Topics include how to study for certain lab exams and oral defences, what is required for licensing, and what organizations are available to students or graduates regardless of the path in health care you take. Visit www.bcphastudents.ca to learn more.

ELISE STEEVES IS MANAGER OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE BC PHARMACY ASSOCIATION.


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The College of Pharmacists of BC (CPBC) welcomes you to another school year. September may mark a

new school year for students, but learning is something that continues throughout your career. The College is proud to support a number of initiatives designed to enhance quality in pharmacy practice in B.C.

CPBC Panel on Quality Pharmacy: November 3, 2014 This year the College is doing something a little different. We’re hosting a live interactive webcast panel on Monday, November 3, which will review the first year of the College’s strategic plan to enhance the quality of pharmacy care in B.C. You’ll learn about the success and challenges to date, hear from pharmacists about how they are using the enhanced patient skills learned in the ADAPT program to improve their practice, and introduce initiatives to enhance interdisciplinary relationships between pharmacy and other health professions, while also looking at how to enhance relationships between pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The Practice Review Program will conduct its very first pharmacy review and pharmacy professional review in January 2015. As the launch of the program in community pharmacy grows closer, find out the latest on the program, its application to different practice settings, and the role these reviews play in ensuring safe and effective pharmacy care.

We’ll also be discussing what we can do to prevent pharmacy robberies that are becoming a serious public and occupational safety concern. Developing a strategy to reduce or eliminate pharmacy robberies has become a key priority of the College, and the panel will discuss the issue so that you’re able to answer the question of “Why now?” and “How do I help stop it?”

e-Therapeutics+ Complete+ The College is pleased to announce that it has come to an agreement with the Canadian Pharmacists Association to provide universal access to e-Therapeutics+ Complete to each and every registered pharmacist and pharmacy technician in British Columbia. e-Therapeutics+ Complete

provides pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other health care professionals with online access to evidence-based, reliable Canadian drug and therapeutic information. It is the authoritative source for prescribing and managing drug therapy and you now have access to it wherever you are and whenever you want it.

In addition, registrants will also receive e-Therapeutics Highlights CE, an email newsletter that allows pharmacists to stay current with the latest in evidence-based Canadian drug and therapeutic information while earning CEUs. Each week, pharmacists will receive a highlight from e-Therapeutics. Simply review the content, answer the learning assessment and earn 0.25 CEUs. You can earn up to 13 CEUs by email each year.

To learn more visit www.bcpharmacists.org.

BROOKE HYKAWAY IS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST AT THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACISTS OF BC.

The College of Pharmacists of BC:Fall 2014 Update

by Brooke Hykaway


by Kathy Seto and Tony Seet

Pharmacy Practice:Pharmacy Instructor Workshop 2014

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Pharmacy Skills is a series of three required courses offered in Years 1 to 3 of the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical

Sciences Entry-to-Practice Program. In the pharmacy practice labs and tutorials, we create a simulated pharmacy environment where students learn and apply skills relevant to present and future pharmacy practice. The courses also provide unique opportunities for students to learn directly from practicing pharmacist instructors who facilitate and support student learning.

Many of our pharmacist instructors have been teaching in our program for a number of years and they are an integral part of the teaching team. At present, we have 44 pharmacist instructors and students enjoy learning from them for many reasons:• They are registered pharmacists who provide care to real patients on a day-to-day basis.• They bring practical work and clinical experience to patient scenarios.• They are enthusiastic, approachable, supportive, and knowledgeable about pharmacy practice.• They provide mentorship and career advice.

While preparing for the new Entry-to-Practice PharmD Program, pharmacy practice educators recognized the need for further training to equip our pharmacist instructors with the advanced knowledge and clinical skills necessary to teach in both our current program and new curriculum. In addition, we noted that the majority of our pharmacist instructors have not had the opportunity to take any formal training on effective teaching and felt there was a need to provide more educational support for our team of instructors.

In response to this need, pharmacy practice educators created, organized, and delivered the first Pharmacist Instructor Workshop at our Faculty. This eight-hour workshop was offered on two days in August to accommodate the busy work schedules of our participants, many of whom took time off work or attended the workshop on their day off.

The WorkshopThe workshop began with an introduction to several

instructional skills topics, including ethical principles of university teaching, small group facilitation skills, group dynamics, and providing effective feedback. Instructors also learned about clinical documentation, a topic that was recently introduced to the Pharmacy Skills curriculum in response to the AGILE report (Advanced Experiential Learning in Institutional Pharmacy Practice).

In the afternoon, instructors participated in a hands-on session on measuring vital signs. In addition, pharmacist instructors delivered a mini-lesson on a practice-related topic that they prepared prior to the workshop, and were provided with written and verbal feedback from both colleagues and pharmacy practice educators. The day concluded with a demonstration of Poll Everywhere, an audience response system that allows speakers to engage their audience in real time using cell phones, tablet devices, and laptops. This new technology will be implemented in the Pharmacy Skills courses, and was also used to gather feedback from workshop participants.

Feedback and The FutureThrough our pharmacist instructors’ participation in the workshop, our goal is to better prepare them to support the growth of our students. A total of 39 instructors attended and feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with 97% of Poll Everywhere respondents reporting that the workshop was helpful.

“THE PHARMACIST INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOP WAS AN INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL SESSION. THERE WERE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE AND DEVELOP OUR TEACHING SKILLS THROUGH GROUP WORK, COLLABORATION OF IDEAS, AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES. I FEEL I AM BETTER EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS NEEDED TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHER.” - MELISSA LOWE, PHARMACIST INSTRUCTOR AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT

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"As a new instructor, I found the workshop was a great opportunity to meet other instructors and learn from their experience," says Lauren Chor, a new addition to the pharmacist instructor team.

“The Pharmacist Instructor Workshop was an informative and helpful session. There were many opportunities to practice and develop our teaching skills through group work, collaboration of ideas, and hands-on activities,” says Melissa Lowe, also a pharmacist instructor. “I feel I am better equipped with the tools needed to be a more effective teacher.”

When asked to look ahead to the new academic year, instructors reported that following the workshop, they felt better prepared to provide constructive feedback to students, facilitate group discussions, manage group dynamics, and effectively assess clinical notes.

"I really enjoyed attending the workshop. I found it useful in improving my skills as an instructor,” says Adeline Tan, who has been a pharmacist instructor for the past 10 years. “I really appreciate that as pharmacist instructors, we received training so that we can better train and instruct pharmacy students in lab courses.”

Overall, the Pharmacist Instructor Workshop was a great success and plans are already underway to make this an annual educational retreat. Based on feedback from participants, some topics that may be explored for future workshops include conflict resolution, preparing and presenting an effective PowerPoint presentation, lung assessment, teaching with human patient simulation technology, and lab values.

Acknowledgements: Colleen Brady, Tamiz Kanji, Tony Seet, and Kathy Seto would like to thank pharmacy student volunteers, Brian Kim and Matthew Lee, for their help during the workshop. We would also like to thank our pharmacy practice centre manager, Lia Hughes, for her help in organizing the event. Finally, we would like to thank our fantastic team of pharmacist instructors who attended the workshop:

Adeline Tan Albert Su Ali Meghji Bernice Li Bonnie Low Brigita Wilkinson Calvin Chan Candace Wong Colleen Wong Don Blyth

Donna Koo Dorothy Cram Ed Tung Elaine Ho Erica Wong Geoffrey Lui Grace Wong Hanh Le Jag Birk Jeannie Mah

Joan Wu Joanne Hui Jocelyn Ha Karen Shergill Kent Ling Lauren Chor Mary Hoang Matt Cheng Matt Penner Mayssoun El Chami

IMAGES: (Top) Image: Pharmacist Instructors at Sunday August 10th session. Photo by Kathy Seto. (Bottom) Pharmacist Instructors at Tuesday August 12th session. Photo by Mathew Lee.

Melissa Lowe Michelle Fisher Neda Shariat Rose Lee Salmeh Ossareh Sarb Sihota Shema Dharssi Sheny Bhanji Vaughn Chauvin

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E2P PharmD & Flex PharmD Programs:Fall 2014 Update

by Jimi Galvão

As a part of our continuing effort to keep you informed on the status of our new Entry-to-Practice Doctor of Pharmacy (E2P PharmD) and Flexible Doctor of Pharmacy (Flex PharmD) programs, we are pleased to share the follow updates:

E2P PharmDOn July 25, 2014, our E2P PharmD progam proposal completed the Ministry of Advanced Education’s public consultation phase A decision from the Ministry is expected several weeks after that. In the meantime, our existing and new faculty are actively building the Year 1 Foundations of Pharmacy and Medication Management courses. We also welcomed Maureen Tanney to the Faculty as our senior program assistant. Maureen will be working with the rest of the program team to provide overall administrative support.

More detailed information on the E2P PharmD is available through the Faculty website: www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/programs/e2ppharmd.

Flex PharmDThe program proposal has been developed and will be presented to the Faculty for approval this month. Christina Larson was recently welcomed to the Flex PharmD program team as senior program assistant. Similar to Maureen, Christina will be

playing an important role in providing overall administrative support for the program.

More detailed information on the Flexible PharmD is available through the Faculty website: www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/programs/flexpharmd.

We welcome your questions and feedback on both programs. We also look forward to sharing further updates with you in the near future.




[email protected] 604 813-5390

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by Jimi Galvão

Introducing Dr. Shyh-Dar Li:

The Faculty welcomed Dr. Shyh-Dar (Star) Li into the tenure track position of associate professor, Nanomedicine,

Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics on August 1, 2014. This is a new role within UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences created to enhance research in drug delivery technologies as well as provide specialized training experiences for students.

Star completed a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1998 and a Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences from National Taiwan University in 2000. He then pursued doctoral studies and graduated with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. Following postdoctoral training at the Moores Cancer Center, University of California, he joined the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) as a principal investigator in 2009. In that role, he led the Drug Delivery and Formulation Group for the Drug Discovery Program. Later on, Star was appointed to the position of assistant professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and principal investigator, Level 2, OICR.

“Nanomedicine is becoming increasingly important in drug research as scientists the world over endeavour to develop the most effective and least invasive medication therapies possible,” says Dr. Michael Coughtrie, professor and dean, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “Star is one of the world’s leading experts in this field and we are thrilled to have him join our research program.”

Nanomedicine involves the application of nanotechnology to medicine, which allows drugs to be handled on a molecular scale. The desired end result: treatments that can be accurately delivered in the human body and that are personalized to the individual physiology of the patient.

“My nanomedicine research centres on enhancing cancer chemotherapy,” says Star. “My lab is currently focusing on two proprietary drug delivery systems, aiming to improve current cancer chemotherapy.” The results of Star’s drug delivery systems are published in several leading oncology and drug delivery journals including Cancer Research, Journal of Controlled Release, and Biomaterials. Star and his team have also successfully licensed three drug delivery and nanomedicine technologies within the past five years, and one of them is currently in phase II trials for brain tumor therapy.

In addition to his research achievements, Star has won a number of prestigious awards. Most recently, he was awarded the 2014 New Investigator Research Award, Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada. Other awards include the 2013 New Investigator Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the 2013 New Investigator Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.



Associate Professor in Nanomedicine, Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics

IMAGE: Dr. Shyh-Dar Li.

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by Sukhman Perhar

The Summer Student Research Project

The Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) is a formalized undergraduate research program that provides

students with a unique opportunity to take part in, and study, the wide variety of research that the Faculty has to offer. The SSRP offers the full spectrum of basic, clinical and practice-oriented research taking place in the Faculty, allowing students to pursue many fields of research interest. This year, students had the option of studying disease mechanisms, drug delivery, educational assessment, nanomedicine, patient assessment and pharmacogenomics.

Alex Unterberger, research grants facilitator at the Faculty, believes that much of the value of the SSRP program comes from the opportunity for students to explore the reality of doing research. “Research can be difficult and emotionally challenging, but it is also an incredible opportunity to develop intellectually and can be immensely rewarding,” he says. “Undergraduate students are at a critical juncture in their lives. They have to consider what they are going to do when they graduate. Find a job? Continue their education in research or in another field altogether? SSRP gives them a taste of what one of those options could be like.”

Wendy Luong, a third year student, was involved with a project that focused on the benefits of enhancing learning and expanding institutional experiential clerkship opportunities through mutually beneficial activities for preceptors and students. She explains, “People always think of research as laboratory work, but there are plenty of option to do research in a non-laboratory setting through SSRP. Through this project, I developed a great appreciation of what goes into the curriculum development for pharmacy.”

The SSRP is also a fantastic opportunity for students to network with other students, professors, and researchers who are passionate about the future of pharmacy. “I got to work very closely with my professors, some of whom are also pharmacists, and receive one-on-one mentoring,” says Emma Kim, a third year pharmacy student that worked on a pharmacogenomics project with Dr. Corey Nislow, Dr. Ron Reid and Mark Kunzli. “I was very surprised with the level of support and trust I got

from my supervisors and the level of mentorship I received.”

The SSRP concludes with a poster competition, and this year it was held on August 27, 2014. The competition provided students with an opportunity to highlight their summer research projects, with the top posters representing the Faculty at the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences meeting in the following year. This year’s winners were Miao Yan Sun (Supervisor: Dr. Tara Klassen), Gemma Pinchin (Supervisor: Dr. Tim Cen), and Mathew Lee (Supervisor: Dr. George Pachev).

A participant in SSRP for the past two years, Emma advises more students to consider SSRP. “If you think you are ready to take on a challenge, receive a priceless learning experience from your instructors, and expand on your critical thinking skills, try SSRP next summer,” she says.

"UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ARE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN THEIR LIVES. THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY GRADUATE. FIND A JOB? CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN RESEARCH OR IN ANOTHER FIELD ALTOGETHER? SSRP GIVES THEM A TASTE OF WHAT ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS COULD BE LIKE." - ALEX UNTERBERGER, RESEARCH GRANTS FACILITATOR

Wraps Up With Another Successful Round of Projects

RESEARCH


by Barbara Gobis and Larry Leung

PRACTICE

Building Capacity For Culturally Competent Care in First Nation Communities

IMAGE: Pharmacist and Clinic instructor Jason Min assists a patient.

IMAGE: Interior of a Pharmacists Clinic consultation room.

The Pharmacists Clinic at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is exploring innovative models for delivery of

pharmacist-led Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) services to patients. One initiative has pharmacists from the Clinic collaborating with First Nation communities to provide culturally competent outreach care to patients on and off the reserve. The initiative builds on the UBC Place and Promise commitment to Aboriginal engagement, and the Faculty’s goal of increasing learning opportunities about Aboriginal issues and perspectives.

Challenges in providing care as identified by First Nation community members and local health care practitioners include the need for cultural sensitivity, the importance of investing time to build relationships and trust, and the remote location of some communities.

This initiative demonstrates how pharmacists providing a culturally competent model of CMM can overcome these challenges, increase the capacity of local health care teams to meet patient needs and improve the health outcomes of patients.

Pharmacists from the Clinic travel into and stay in Bella Coola (Nuxalk) and Rivers Inlet (Oweekeno/Wuikinuxv), Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) and Klemtu (Kitasoo/Xai’Xais), and Mount Currie (Lil’wat) for two-week periods every six months.

While in these communities, the pharmacists provide care to patients in three ways:

Specialized Collaborative Clinics• Pharmacists are integrated with existing Home and Community Care Clinics (e.g. Foot Clinic, Blood Pressure Clinic). Patients receive CMM at the Clinic and drug therapy problems are identified and resolved, thereby improving drug therapy outcomes.• Pharmacists collaborate with other healthcare professionals in implementing new Home and Community Care Clinics (e.g. Falls Prevention, Healthy Heart, Diabetes) that include pharmacist-led CMM services.

Home VisitsPharmacists provide CMM to high-risk patients in their homes. Home visits give patients access to care and also give the pharmacist the opportunity to remove expired medications and natural health products.

Disease Education and Academic Detailing• Pharmacists provide disease education to patients through community presentations and one-on-one visits.• Pharmacists provide training to nurses during home visits on medication reconciliation and how to best identify drug therapy problems.• Pharmacists also provide academic detailing sessions for local physicians on evidence-based medicine topics of need and interest.

The Clinic approach is based on respectful collaboration that complements existing services and health care professionals in the community. Clinic pharmacists work with home and community care programs and First Nations bands in each community.

Following every one-on-one patient encounter, the most responsible physician, homecare nurse and any other allied health professional will receive a full care plan, which includes:

• Medication reconciliation and updated best possible medication history• Identified drug therapy problems • List of evidence-based recommendations to optimize medication, natural health product, and traditional medication therapy• Proposed monitoring and follow-up plan

THIS INITIATIVE DEMONSTRATES HOW PHARMACISTS PROVIDING A CULTURALLY COMPETENT MODEL OF CMM CAN OVERCOME (THESE) CHALLENGES, INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL HEALTH CARE TEAMS TO MEET PATIENT NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS.

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The cost of this initiative is currently shared by the Faculty and First Nations communities.

Starting this fall, students will be participating alongside pharmacists from the Clinic in providing care and services in these First Nations communities. Additional work is also underway to provide services and learning opportunities in more communities, introduce pharmacist CMM services to the First Nations Health Authority and also explore telehealth service models to better meet the needs of First Nations people.

The goal of these efforts is to build capacity for culturally appropriate patient care and increase patient access to pharmacist services.

BARBARA GOBIS IS DIRECTOR OF THE PHARMACISTS CLINIC. LARRY LEUNG IS A PHARMACIST AND LECTURER AT THE PHARMACISTS CLINIC.




Pilot ProjectThis initiative builds on the results of a pilot project undertaken in 2012 by two pharmacists working with the Nuxalk, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai’Xais and Lil’wat Nations in the provision of pharmacy services to the communities of Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Klemtu, and Mount Currie. The pharmacists worked with community health leaders to complete a needs assessment and establish a program of relevant services.

The pharmacists spent a total of 280 hours providing CMM to 205 patients through one-on-one visits in the health centre, home visits, and specialized collaborative clinics. Preliminary results enforced the need for pharmacist support and the prevalence of risk factors for medication misadventure in these populations. The four communities committed funding to the pharmacists and have asked that these services be continued.

AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge the following individuals for their ongoing contributions to this collaboration:

• Glenda Phillips, Registered Nurse, Home and Community Care Manager, Bella Coola & Bella Bella, Vancouver Coastal Health • Rachel Andrew-Nelson, Director of Community Health Services, Lil’wat Nation • Joanne Van Engelsdorp, Licensed Practical Nurse, Home and Community Care Lead, Lil’wat Nation • Ursula Carus, Counsellor, Mental Health Team Lead, Lil’wat Nation • Nadine Peterson, Licensed Practical Nurse, L.E.A.P. Special Needs Coordinator, Lil’wat Nation • Michelle Headley, Registered Nurse, Community Health Team Lead, Lil’wat Nation

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Introducing Dr. Mark Harrison

by Jimi Galvão

UBC Pharm Sci is pleased to introduce and welcome Dr. Mark Harrison, assistant professor, who was recently

appointed to the Professorship in Sustainable Health Care. Dr. Harrison officially began on August 11, 2014 and we are excited to have him on board and the expertise he brings.

The Professorship in Sustainable Health Care is a new position within the Faculty affiliated with the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). Its chief responsibility is to lead the Initiative for Sustainable Health Care, a programme dedicated to ongoing dialogue and research in economic principles of health care sustainability, with a focus on the role of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals in affecting change. In his new role, Dr. Harrison will be developing integrated relationships between industry, government and academia as well as educating our students to be thought leaders, prepared to have a voice in decision-making for access to beneficial medications for their patients.

“We are very thankful to the founding partners of the professorship and Initiative for Sustainable Health Care,” says Dr. Michael Coughtrie, professor and dean, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “We could not accomplish this important work without the vision and commitment of Amgen Canada Inc, AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Boehringer-Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd, Eli Lilly Canada Inc, GlaxoSmithKline Inc, Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, LifeScan Canada, Lundbeck Canada Inc, Merck Canada, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc, and Pfizer Canada Incorporated.”

Mark is originally from the UK and holds a first class honours degree in Business and Management Sciences from the University of Bradford, Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the University of Edinburgh, and PhD from the University of Manchester. He began his research career with the Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit at the University of Manchester in 2002, focusing on the variation in service provision and treatment outcomes in people with rheumatoid arthritis, drug safety and the evaluation of treatment strategies. Following the award of his PhD, Mark worked at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics at the University of Manchester on a range of projects with academic, governmental, and industry partners, and was an adviser for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service for the North West of England.

“Dr. Harrison is a welcome addition to the Faculty and our research programs,” says Dr. Peter Zed, associate professor and associate dean, Practice Innovation. “He is an accomplished academic with a highly successful track record in outcomes research.”

In addition to his role with UBC Pharm Sci, Mark is an affiliate of the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St Paul’s Hospital and retains an honourary position of senior research fellow at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics.

“I’m really looking forward to making a difference in the research and education programs of the Faculty,” says Dr. Harrison. “I aim to provide timely data required by decision makers trying to select the most efficient treatments for improving health and to better match people with appropriate treatments.”

and the Professorship in Sustainable Health Care



IMAGE: Dr. Mark Harrison.

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UPDATES

A Recent Gift of Artwork Brightens Spaces in the Pharmaceutical Sciences BuildingThe Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences was excited to receive a gift of artwork from Vancouver artist and UBC alumna Pat Service recently. A total of three original paintings comprised the in-kind donation: (from top)

Title: “ORANGEADE” Date: 2007 Size: 69x65 inches

Title: “POETIC” Date: 2007 Size: 48x36 inches

Title: “TAKE ME…” Date: 2012 Size: 70x66 inches

Each piece consists of a unique composition that conveys a masterful balance of form and colour. Also, the references to nature that the paintings collectively portray connect thematically to the tree-inspired design of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Building architecture.

“Our faculty, staff and students absolutely love the artwork,” says Charlotte Lawson, director, Development & Alumni Engagement. “We’re very thankful to Pat and her husband, David Nelson, for their generosity.”

Pat Service was born in Port Alberni, B.C. After completing her university education, she lived in Eastern Canada, Scotland and Venezuela. Pat is an accomplished artist with a successful career. She has participated in many exhibitions, both solo and group, and her work is represented in collections around the world. To learn more visit http://www.patservice.com.

New Student AwardsAwards provide financial assistance and acknowledge student achievement. We thank the following donors for their generosity in recognizing and encouraging student potential.

Dwivedi-Mitchell Graduate Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Double alumnus, Dr. Sarvajna Dwivedi (MSc’88, PhD’92), and his wife, Dr. Seema Dwivedi, have created the Dwivedi-Mitchell Graduate Award in honour of his father, Dr. Rewa Prasad Dwivedi, professor emeritus of Sanskrit at Banaras Hindu University in India, and of his graduate supervisor at UBC, Dr. Alan G. Mitchell, professor emeritus of Pharmaceutics. Two awards of $5,000 each recognize graduate students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences demonstrating research excellence and impact through peer-reviewed

journal publication. Eligible candidates must have published, or have been accepted for publication, in any of the top three journals in their discipline. Preference is given to students who take an interdisciplinary approach to their research and/or show exceptional inventiveness or initiative. In the case of a truly exceptional candidate, the awards may be given as one $10,000 award. The first award(s) will be given out in spring 2015.

To learn more about establishing a new student award, please click here for more information. - JUNE CHOW & ARTI MAHARAJ

Alumni NewsReunions

The classes of 1994, 1974, 1990, 1965, and 1966 are all underway with reunion planning! Keep an eye out for more information. If you’d like to organize a reunion for your class contact us, we can help!

Update your alumni profile!

Have you submitted your alumni profile for our digital Alumni Yearbook? Share what you’ve been up to since graduation and submit a photo to be included with your graduation photo! Come by the Faculty and see your classmates and yourself on our touch screen display and read what your schoolmates have been up to. Fill out your profile here.

Other Updates

Our alumni relations manager, Caely-Ann McNabb, will be leaving the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences on September 26, 2014. She has enjoyed working with our alumni and will greatly miss the enthusiasm, professionalism and good humour of our grads. A new alumni relations manager will be replacing her this fall. In the meantime, if you’d like to connect with the Faculty, please contact Charlotte Lawson, Director of Development and Alumni


UPDATES

OCTOBER 2014

Wed, 1 Oct 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: Molecular Design for Phenotypic Effects : A Case Study on Redesigning PON1 as Bioscavengers. Jennifer Bui.

Wed, 8 Oct 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: Methods and Practicalities of Health Care Decision Making in the UK: Value Based Pricing, Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness Threshold and Determining the Need for Further Evidence. Eldon Spackman.

Thurs, 9 Oct 5:30 - 7 p.m. West Atrium, Life Sciences Centre

2014 White Coat Ceremony

Wed, 15 Oct 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: Pharmacogenomics of acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. Michael Court.

Wed, 22 Oct 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: Medical Cannabis: Characterization of Active Ingredients and Development of New Drugs. David Noshad.

Tues, Oct 28 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Room TBA

Celebrate Learning Week Event. More details to come.

Wed, 29 Oct 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: Targeting Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX), a Hypoxia induced enzyme critical for tumor progression. Shoukat Dedhar.

NOVEMBER 2014

Wed, 5 Nov 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: The implications of orphan drugs and rare diseases in Canada – a health care sustainability perspective. Larry Lynd.

Wed, 12 Nov 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: Antibody engineering. Horacio Bach.

Wed, 19 Nov 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: eHealth and Infomatics. Leanne Curry.

Wed, 26 Nov 12 - 1 p.m. Room 1201

Fall Seminar Series: The emerging role of CDK12 in regulating transcription and splicing in cancer. Gregg Morin.

Upcoming Pharm Sci EventsEngagement at [email protected]. - CAELY-ANN MCNABB

Agents of Change 2014On September 26, the Faculty hosted the first Agents of Change Alumni Research Symposium in downtown Vancouver. Over 80 members of the life sciences community attended the sessions, which was followed by a formal dinner.

The speaking program included presentations by seven of UBC Pharm Sci's most distinguished alumni: Dr. Peter Jewesson, BSc(Pharm)’78, PhD’86, Consultant, Professor and Dean Emeritus; Dr. Gary Lopaschuk, BSc(Pharm)’78, MSc’80, PhD’83, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alberta; Dr. Subodh Verma, MSc’93, PhD’97, cardiac surgeon, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Director, Traineeship in Atherosclerosis, Canada Research Chair in Atherosclerosis; Dr. Ric Procyshyn, PhD’94, PharmD’96, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Dr. Raj Suryanarayanan, MSc’81, PhD’85, Professor and William and Mildred Peters Endowed Chair, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota; Dr. Raman Venkataramanan, PhD’79, professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pathology, Director of Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Diana Chow, PhD’81, Professor of Pharmaceutics, Director, Institute of Drug Education and Research (IDER), College of Pharmacy, University of Houston.

The Faculty would like to thank our sponsors Pfizer Injectables, a division of Pfizer Canada Inc, Boehringer-Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd and Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies for their generous support of this event. - JULIA KREGER


Recent Awards, Publications & Grants

AWARDSChristian Buchwalder - UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship

Vongai Nyamandi - 3 year Canadian Diabetes Association Doctoral Student Research Award.

Sahan Ranamukhaarachchi - $6,000 Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) award.

Dr. Mary De Vera - 2014 Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research for “Pharmacoepidemiologic and pharmaceutical outcomes research to improve medication use, adherence, and outcomes in patients with arthritis.”

Jacob Gordon, co-supervised by Mike Cox and Kish Wasan - 2014 PCFBC Grant-in-Aid graduate student award funded at $25,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Szeitz A, Nguyen T, Riggs W, Rurak D. A validated assay to quantitate serotonin in lamb plasma using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: applications with LC/MS3. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. DOI 10.1007/s00216-014-7913-6

Contreiras C, Legal M, Lau TTY, Thalakada R, Shalansky S, Ensom MHH. Identification of Risk Factors for Nephrotoxicity in Patients Receiving Extended-Duration High-Trough Vancomycin Therapy. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2014;67:126-32

Giaever G, Nislow C. The Yeast Deletion Collection: A Decade of Functional Genomics. Genetics. June 2014. 197:451-465;doi:10.1534/genetics.114.161620

De La Vega JC and Häfeli UO (2014). Utilization of Nanoparticles as X-Ray Contrast Agents for Diagnostic Imaging Applications. Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging. DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1613

Osei-Twum JA, Wasan KM. Does P-glycoprotein contribute to amphotericin B epithelial transport in Caco-2 cells? Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2014 Jun 25:1-7. [Epub ahead of print]

Nick Dragojlovic, Larry D. Lynd, Crowdfunding drug development: the state of play in oncology and rare diseases, Drug Discovery Today, Available online 25 June 2014, ISSN 1359-6446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2014.06.019.

Kiang TKL, Häfeli UO, Ensom MHH. A Comprehensive Review on the Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics in Interstitial Fluid Spaces in Humans: Implications on Dosing and Clinical Pharmacokinetic Monitoring. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2014 Jun 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24972859.

Carr RR, Decarie D, Ensom MHH. Stability of Epinephrine in Standard Concentrations. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2014;67:197-202.

Van Karnebeek CDM, Mohammadi T, Tsao N, Sinclair G, Sirrs S, Stockler S, Marra C. Health economic evaluation of plasma oxysterol screening in the diagnosis of Niemann Pick Type C disease among intellectually disabled using discrete event simulation. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism (2014), doi: 10.1017/j.ymgme.2014.07.004

McCormick N, Lacaille D, Bhole V, Avina-Zubieta JA (2014) Validity of Heart Failure Diagnoses in Administrative Databases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104519. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104519

Tsao NW, Marra CA, Lynd LD, Thomas JM, Ferreira E. Community pharmacist surveillance of hypertension in pregnancy. Are we ready for prime time? Canadian Pharmacists Journal. Published online before print July 30, 2014. doi: 10.1177/1715163514543898

Michael J. Espiritu, Abby C. Collier, Jon-Paul Bingham, A 21st-century approach to age-old problems: the ascension of biologics in clinical therapeutics, Drug Discovery Today, Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2014, Pages 1109-1113, ISSN 1359-6446.

Thomas D, Koopmans T, Lakowski TM, Kreinin H, Vhuiyan MI, Sedlock SA, Bui JM, Martin NI & Frankel A . Protein arginine N-methyltransferase substrate preferences for different Nn-substituted arginyl peptides. ChemBioChem (2014), 15. 1607–1613.

Collier AC, Yamauchi Y, Sato BL, Rougee LR, Ward MA. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (Ugt) 1a Enzymes are Present and Active in the Mouse Blastocyst.Drug Metab Dispos. 2014 Sep 8. pii: dmd.114.059766.

Ensom MHH, Decarie D. Stability of Extemporaneously-Compounded Clonidine in Glass and Plastic Bottles and Plastic Syringes. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2014;67:308-10

Ensom MHH, Decarie D. Stability of Extemporaneously-Compounded Dexamethasone in Glass and Plastic Bottles and Plastic Syringes. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2014;67:274-9.

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GRANTS

“Informing Future Orphan Drug Coverage Using Scenario Studies (iFOCUSS).” Dr. Larry Lynd & Dr. Conor Douglas CIHR-MSFHR Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI). $235,801.

“Novel Therapy for Leber Congenital Amaurosis.” Dr. Cheryl Gregory-Evans, Dr. Kevin Gregory-Evans and Dr. Kishor M. Wasan Foundation Fighting Blindness of Canada. $236,906.

“A Pilot Study of Subcutaneous vs. Intramuscular Testosterone for Gender Affirming Therapy" Dr. Mary H.H. Ensom (co-PI and mentor), Dr. David Wilson (co-PI and mentee), Dr. Tony K.L. Kiang (co-I) VCHRI 2014 Team Grant (one of 4). $18,435. 1 year.

“Dynamics of Arginine Methylation in Cellular Processes" Adam Frankel. NSERC Canada. $33,000. 1 year.

“Functional Analysis of Nuclear Receptors" Thomas Chong. NSERC Canada. $145,000. 5 years.

"A Novel Combination of Radioimmunotherapy and Innate Immunomodulation for the Treatment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Anti-Mesothelin scFv Validation". Tullio Esposito and Urs Hafeli. Pancreas Centre of BC. $25,000.

"Development of Polar MAO B inhibitors for the treatment of epithelial barrier diseases." Ed Putnins, David Grierson, Edie Dullaghan. CIHR PoP1 grant. $160,000.

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