2009/10 Annual Report

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2010 Annual Report

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Dean’s Message ...................................................................3

Report To Stakeholders, Spring 2010 .................................4

Pharmacy Practice Division ................................................5

Academic Staff Pharmacy Practice ....................................6

Smart Condo .........................................................................7

Division Of Pharmaceutical Sciences .................................8

Academic Staff - Pharmaceutical Sciences .......................9

New Hires ............................................................................10

Administrative And Technical Staff ..................................11

Faculty Grants & Awards ..................................................12

Graduate Student

Scholarships, Bursaries And Endowments .....................13

Toastmasters Helps Pharmacists-In-Training Communicate Effectively ..................................................14

Undergraduate

Scholarships, Bursaries And Endowments .....................15

Alberta Pharmacy Students’ Association ........................16

Shine Clinic ..........................................................................17

Annual Report Of Finances For Fy2009 ...........................18

Dean’s Advisory Council .....................................................19

Donors .................................................................................20

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Dean’s Message

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The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta offers one of the very best pharmacy education programs in North America. Our students are not only outstanding pharmacy practitioners, but also leaders across Alberta and all of Canada. In order to highlight our accomplishments, we have decided to produce an Annual Report featuring both some basic information on the Faculty, but also some uplifting stories about our students’ and faculty members’ accomplishments. As you look through our first ever annual report, I hope you will take pride in your association with the University of Alberta and the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, whatever it may be. Together, we made some amazing progress last year.

First as most of you know, Dr. Franco Pasutto stepped down as Dean after 10 extraordinarily productive years. I began my term as Dean in August, 2009. My first few months have been exciting, illuminating and reassuring that my wife and I made the right decision to move to the University of Alberta. As many of you know, my previous position was Dean at the College of Pharmacy at Washington State University in Pullman/Spokane Washington. The staff and students in Alberta have been very welcoming and the challenges of educating future pharmacists, while somewhat different in Canada, are very familiar to me.

One challenge that seems to transcend countries is funding. However, in large part because of the support of our extraordinary students, we have been fortunate to achieve a stable financial foundation through the new tuition modifier announced in April. Although this does mean our students will pay more, it also reflects the extra cost related to delivering a quality curriculum to pharmacy students. The UofA still has one of the least expensive pharmacy tuitions in Canada. The consistently high quality of our program is a credit to the dedication of our excellent professoriate and staff.

Despite the security now in place for our base funding, the current program and our ambitious initiatives including more experiential education and an increased presence in Calgary requires more than just government funding. The balance must come from donations. Corporate and personal acknowledgement of ‘giving back’ is imperative if we are going to be able to

remain competitive and provide the “excellence” that differentiates the top programs from those in a lower tier. This includes gifts to support excellence initiatives, scholarships, and endowments that help us to recruit and retrain the best faculty in the world.

There are many alumni and friends who contributed their time and/or money to us last year. Our particular thanks goes to those that supported student scholarships and the Dean’s Excellence Fund. Cost will be increasing for our students and maintaining excellence is an ongoing activity. We appreciate what you have done to help our students handle the financial realities of a pharmacy education. Thank You.

Over the past months I have undertaken to distribute responsibility to more members of our outstanding staff. This has involved adding more responsibilities to the Division Chairs (Raimar Löbenberg and Christine Hughes) as well as creating several new positions including an Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs (Terri Schindel) and a Director of Experiential Education (Ann Thompson). The individuals holding these positions are amazing, and will provide important leadership as we continue to evolve our curriculum and implement the PharmD program that was approved by the Provincial Government in early 2010.

In addition to these administrative advancements, we have been fortunate to hire a number of new faculty members including Dr. Lars Oliver Klotz from Düsseldorf, Germany, who will arrive in August and hold our first Canada Research Chair. We have also hired Dr. Kevin Hall and Dr. Michelle Foisy in Pharmacy Practice and Dr. Sharon Marsh in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

It is great to be in Edmonton and working with such a fantastic group of staff and students

Here’s to another great year.

James P. Kehrer, Ph.D., Dean

Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical SciencesSummary Report to Stakeholders

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1.FacultychangesAdministrativeChanges• Dean Franco Pasutto completed a 10 year term as dean of the Faculty on July 1, 2009. James

P. Kehrer, Ph.D., was appointed as Dean, August 2009.• Ayman El-Kadi, Ph.D., was appointed as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies,

October, 2009 and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, April 2010.• Terri Schindel was appointed as Director of Assessment, October 2009 and Associate Dean

for Undergraduate Programs, April 2010.

CurriculumandProgramDevelopment• A PharmD degree program has been approved by the University and the Alberta

government. We hope to graduate our first PharmD’s in 2013. All deans of pharmacy in Canada have committed to the PharmD program by 2020.

Facilities(PhysicalPlant)• Planning for the relocation of the pharmaceutical sciences research faculty and laboratories

to the Katz Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research is complete. Target date for occupancy is June 2011.

• Planning for the relocation of the pharmacy practice faculty to the Edmonton Clinic North is nearing completion. Target date for occupancy is June 2011. The cover photo shows this building.

2.UndergraduateEnrolment• The total number of applicants in 2009-2010 was 593 (vs. 578 last year); admission intake is

131 students.• Applications were received from: 319 Albertans, 248 non-Albertan Canadians, and 26

international students. Admitted – 113 Albertans, 18 non-Albertans, 0 international; 88 female, 43 male.

• Out of the 131 students admitted, 38 had previous degrees.

3.GraduateandResearchProgram• 62 graduate students from 15 countries. • 28 research associates/assistants, postdocs, visiting scientists. • staff continue to be very competitive in attracting funding from federal, provincial, and

corporate sources.• Research areas include pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, toxicology, biotechnology,

protein modeling and interaction, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, nano-formulations, vaccines, diabetes, oncology, diagnostics, drug delivery and pharmacy practice research in various areas including infectious diseases, diabetes, cardiology and ageing.

Pharmacy Practice Division

Dr. Hoan Linh Banh, Clinical Associate Professor has expertise in asthma and critical care and will be involved in teaching and practice in these areas.

Darren Pasay, Clinical Assistant Professor, is a hospital pharmacist who was hired to coordinate and re-design the pharmacy practice labs in second and third year of the program.

Ravina Sanghera, Sessional Lecturer, was hired to coordinate and teach in the first year pharmacy practice courses.

During the past year, Division members were successful in receiving new grant funding from the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy Innovation Fund, Canadian Diabetes Association, Health Quality Council of Alberta, Health Workforce Action Plan - Alberta Advanced Education and Technology & Alberta Health and Wellness, CIHR, and the Alberta Centre on Aging.

Division faculty members had a major presence nationally and internationally in 2009, with a total of 47 peer-reviewed publications. Publications of note include Dr. Sadowski’s research on typeface legibility published in Age and Ageing which was highlighted by the media; Dr. Simpson’s publication on hypertension treatment in Canadian Family Physician accompanied by an editorial and commentary; Dr. Yuksel’s research on community pharmacist’s screening for osteoporosis published in Osteoporosis International; Drs. Makowsky and Tsuyuki’s research on clinical pharmacist’s activities as part of a team published in Medical Care; and Dr. Hughes’ research on prevention of perinatal transmission of HIV published in American Journal of Public Health which was highlighted by the media. Division members are active in serving on editorial advisory boards for the Canadian Pharmacists Journal (Terri Schindel), Canadian Pharmacists Association (Dr. Yuksel), and the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (Dr. Simpson). In terms of awards, Dr. Mitchell received the Bristol Myers Squibb award for teaching in the undergraduate program, Drs. Makowsky and Tsuyuki received a Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Management and Leadership Best Practice Award (for the COLLABORATE Study), and Drs. Hughes and Yuksel were awarded Fellows by the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

In terms of service to professional organizations, Dr. Hughes was President of the Canadian College of Clinical Pharmacy and Dr. Yuksel was appointed a member of the North American Menopause Society Professional Education Committee. Terri Schindel continued her work as a member of the Blueprint for Pharmacy.

The Pharmacy Practice Division is recognized nationally for its leadership in teaching, research, and innovative practices by faculty members. In 2009, we experienced significant growth in our Division by successfully recruiting three new Division members.


NAME PHONE EMAILBahn, Hoan LinhAssociate Professor 780.492.6577 [email protected]

Breault, ReneClinical Assistant Professor 780.492.0544 [email protected]

Charrois, TeriSessional Lecturer 780.492.0947 [email protected]

Cheng, WilsonSessional Lecturer [email protected]

Cox, CherylExperiential Education Coordinator 780.492.2110 [email protected]

Dennehy, BadiaSessional Lecturer 780.492.0947 [email protected]

Guirguis, LisaAssistant Professor 780.492.9693 [email protected]

Gukert, MarleneExperiential Education Coordinator 403.254.6449 [email protected]

Hughes, ChristineAssociate Professor 780.492.5903 [email protected]

Lopatka, HaroldSessional Lecturer 780.492.0384 [email protected]

Makowsky, MarkAssistant Professor 780.492.1735 [email protected]

Mitchell, SharonAssistant Dean, Undergraduate Studies 780.492.4636 [email protected]

Nelson, CindyAssociate Director, Practice Development 780.492.0993 [email protected]

Nicholson-Scheer, KellyAssistant Dean (Administration) 780.492.8375 [email protected]

Pasay, DarrenClinical Assistant Professor 780.492.4387 [email protected]

Sadowski, CherylAssociate Professor 780.492.5078 [email protected]

Sanghera-Grewal, RavinaSessional Lecturer 780.492.0947 [email protected]

Schindel, TerriDirector of Assessment & Practice Development 780.492.6134 [email protected]

Simpson, ScotAssociate Professor 780.492.7538 [email protected]

Thompson, AnnDirector of Experiential Education 780.492.5905 athompson@ pharmacy.ualberta.ca

Tsuyuki, RossProfessor 780.492.8526 [email protected]

Willsey, BradSessional Lecturer 780.492.0384 [email protected]

Yuksel, NeseAssociate Professor 780.492.4442 [email protected]

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Smart condo a product of bright mindsEleni Stroulia, Sharla King and Robert Lederer

January 30, 2009 - Edmonton-The term “smart condo“ can conjure up any number of visuals.

But few of them are likely to have the impact or genius of what this “smart condo“ will be able to do one day for senior citizens or individuals suffering from health-care issues.

It may not be much to look at now-a pile of white construction board boxes, white walls and instruments resembling security cameras fill the space. Yet, the project, when completed, will allow users to maintain their independence and enhance their quality of life by providing them the opportunity to live autonomously.

The condo is a collaborative project between the professors and students from the departments of occupational therapy, industrial design, human ecology, and computing science, and the faculties of engineering and pharmacy. Each group brings a unique perspective to the project. According to Lili Liu, chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy, the smart-condo project allows students to engage in the design process and “experience interdisciplinary collaboration early in their careers“

The “smart” in smart condo is the use of sensor technology as a means to monitor and track the residents’ habits and practices. The data from the condo can also be used to measure and monitor their health and safety. The sensors are established throughout the condo to detect such things as frequency of use of the microwave, changes to the resident’s weight and when-or if-the resident is taking their medicine.

All data is recorded to provide ongoing resident assessment and observation. It’s like collecting statistical information,” said Robert Lederer from the Department of Industrial Design. “That information can be related to safety. For example, if someone usually showers for 10 minutes but is in there for 15 minutes, then something may be wrong.”

Health-care workers can intervene through a number of means to ensure whether or not the patient is safe or requires medical assistance, which could range from virtual interaction via monitors to an in-house visit.

Yet, the technology, which would seem to resemble a Big Brother house, is highly unobtrusive. “Through the monitors, the resident is displayed as an avatar (a computer graphic representation),” said Eleni Stroulia, a computing-science instructor and member of the smart-condo team. “The health-care teams will also appear to the resident as avatars, so the patient is visited in the virtual world.”

Bearing in mind that this particular condo was developed for a family of three, opportunities exist to tailor the smart condo to the needs of the users. According to Lisa Guirguis, a professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, pharmacy students on the team learned about the design aspects of their role and contributed their knowledge of diseases and illness management for the condo’s fictitious residents. “This project increased our awareness of the connections between living space and health and well-being,” said Guirguis.

The condo, currently in concept stage, is a multi-year project that will conclude with the development of a working smart condo that can serve as an actual living space and a teaching tool for new health-care students who will likely make greater use of the advanced technology represented in the condo.

The smart condo will be constructed within the Edmonton Clinic North when it opens in 2011, thanks to space provided by Health Sciences Education and Research Commons.


Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. Ed Knaus received the lifelong learning award from the University of Alberta.

Dr. Lavasanifar received the AFPC-Sanofi-Aventis new investigator research award. The individual division members were able to attract over $490,000 in new research contracts and grants in 2009.

Dr. Paul Jurasz received a CFI infrastructure grant, which was matched by the Province of Alberta to a total of over $394,000.

Dr. El-Kadi joined the executive of the Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

With the arrival of the new dean, the position of the division chair was redefined and the Division elected Dr. Loebenberg as chairman. Dr. El-Kadi accepted the position as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Dr. Brocks serves as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and plays as key role in the admission of new pharmacy students. 62 graduate students were enrolled in 2009 at the Faculty of which 55 were supervised by members of the Pharmaceutical sciences division.

The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, which was the first open access journal in its field, has an impact factor to 2.042 thanks to the devoted work of its editor-in-chief Dr. Jamali.

The Drug Development and Innovation Centre is another milestone in the development of the Faculty. The Centre serves as a link between clinical and pharmaceutical research. This infrastructure allows graduate students and post docs to have hands-on experience in pharmaceutical research and development. The Centre received in November a Health Canada site license.

The Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences continued its leadership in research and education. The division had 14 faculty members in 2009. They published 66 manuscripts.

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Academic Staff - Pharmaceutical SciencesNAME PHONE EMAILBrocks, DionProfessor & Assistant DeanUndergraduate Studies (Admissions and Standards) 780.492.2953 [email protected]

Doschak, MikeAssistant Professor 780.492.8758 [email protected]

El-Kadi, AymanAssociate Professor, (Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies) 780.492.3071 [email protected]

Jamali, F (Mo)Professor 780.492.2807 [email protected]

Jurasz, PaulAssistant Professor 780.492.2120 [email protected]

Kaur, KamaljitAssistant Professor 780.492.8917 [email protected]

Knaus, Edward EProfessor 780.492.5993 [email protected]

Lavasanifar, Afsaneh AssociateProfessor 780.492.2742 [email protected]

Löbenberg, RaimarAssociate Professor 780.492.1255 [email protected]

Marsh, SharonAssistant Professor 780.492.2266 [email protected]

McQuarrie, SteveProfessor 780.492.0755 [email protected]

Pasutto, Franco. MProfessor 780.492.9337 [email protected]

Seubert, JohnAssociate Professor 780.492.0007 [email protected]

Siraki, ArnoAssociate Professor 780.248.1591 [email protected]

Suresh, Mavanur RProfessor 780.492.9233 [email protected]

Velazquez, CarlosAssistant Professor 780.248.1557 [email protected]

Associate Academic StaffADJUNCT MEMBERS S Aung, MD, PhD M Guirguis, PhD E Palylyk-Colwell, PhDC Biggs, BSc Pharm S Gupta, PhD M Tachuk, BSc PharmD Birkholz, PhD S Heschuk, MSc YK Tam, PhDT Charrois, BSc Pharm, MSc H Lopatka, PhD UM Tauscher, BSc Pharm, LLBDG Freitag, PhD EA Olszewski, BSc Pharm, LLB CLINICAL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR M Ackman, PharmD C Mitchell, BSc Pharm, MSc A Tofan, PharmDD Druteika, PharmD T Mysak, PharmD S Walter, BSc PharmM Gray, BSc Pharm M Snaterse, BSc Pharm M Zolezzi, PhDS Koshman, PharmD HONORARY MEMBERS G.B. Baker, PhD G. Pearson, PharmD D. Wishart, PhDProfessor Associate Professor Professor)J. Duke, PhD G. Tyrrell, PhD F Wuest, PhDAssociate Professor Assosiate Professor Assosiate ProfessorG.G.Griener, PhD H. Uludag, PhD Associate Professor Associate Professor 2010 Annual Report - 9

New Hires

Ann Thompson has joined the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta as the Director of Experiential Education. She has been practicing pharmacy for 10+ years, and during that time, she has precepted many pharmacy students and residents. Her current clinical practice is with the University of Alberta Hospital Hypertension Clinic.

Kevin Hall will be joining the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta in August. He comes from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority where he began his career as a critical care practitioner/researcher and later served as Director/Regional Director of Pharmacy for almost 20 years.

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Sharon Marsh Sharon Marsh has joined the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor. She has a PhD in Medical Genetics and 10+ years experience in the field of cancer pharmacogenomics, with a particular focus on chemotherapy drug pathway analysis.

Ole” Klotz will be joining the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta in August as our first Canada Research Chair. He comes from the University of Düsseldorf, Germany, where he is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Health Research Institute. He is a recognized leader in the areas of free radicals, oxidative stress and antioxidants.

Michelle Foisy will be joining the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta as a clinical associate in June. She worked as a clinical pharmacist, HIV, with Regional Pharmacy, Alberta Health Services. She has also recently launched her own consulting company, Innova Health, which focuses on innovations in pharmacy practice.

Administrative And Technical StaffNAME PHONE EMAILGeneral Office Enquiries 780.492.3362 [email protected]

Arnould, ArianeFaculty Admin Assistant 780.492.3654 [email protected]

Berekoff, BevCanadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Administrator 780.492.0950 [email protected]

Corrigan, DorisFinancial/HR Administrator 780.492.0201 [email protected]

Ellis, CarolaUndergraduate Administrative Secretary 780.492.3362 [email protected]

Hawkes, CarolAdministrative Assistant, Practice Development 780.492.2393 [email protected]

Johnson, JoyceGraduate Coordinator 780.492.2967 [email protected]

Kulak, KristenPractice Lab Administrator 780.492.7729 [email protected]

McIntyre, GladysUndergraduate Admissions Coordinator 780.492.3363 [email protected]

McRae, GordonNetwork/Systems Analyst 780.492.4492 [email protected]

Oscroft, BrendaAdministrative Assistant 780.492.0119 [email protected]

Poole, LindaCoordinator, Practice Development 780.492.2393 [email protected]

Price, DrewInstrumentation Coordinator 780.492.5184 [email protected]

Somayaji, VishwanathaSpectrometry Services Coordinator 780.492.2508 [email protected]

Satanovsky-Feldman, DianaResearch Administrator Assistant 780.492.5458 [email protected]

Swift, ShirleyExecutive Secretary 780.492.0199 [email protected]

Turchinsky, JeffFacilities/Services Coordinator 780.492.5996 [email protected]


Faculty Grants & Awards

M Doschak, BSc MSc PhD Young Investigator Award, The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (2008)

L M Guirguis, BScPharm, MSc, PhD Jennings Murphy Award, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (2008)

C Hughes, BScPharm PharmDNational Rationale Drug Use Award , Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (2008)Fellows Award, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (2008)

F Jamali, PharmD, PhDFellow, Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (2009)

E Knaus, BSP MSc PhDHonored Life Membership, Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) (2008)Life Long Learning Award (UofA) (2009)

A Lavasanifar, PharmD, PhDSANOFI-AVENTIS/AFPC Award for Outstanding Research in Pharmacy as a New Investigator (2009)

S Mitchell, PharmB, M.Pharm, PhDUniversity of Alberta Senate - Beyond These Halls Community Service Recognition Award (2008)Bristol-Myers Squibb Excellence in Teaching Award (2008)

F M Pasutto, BScPharm PhDCollege of Pharmacists Honourary Membership (2009)

T Schindel, BSP MCEReseach Award for the Collaborate Study Research Team, Capital Health (2008)

J Seubert, BSc MSc PhDGlaxosmithkline/CSPS Early Career Award (2008)

N Yuksel, BScPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP, NCMPFellow, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) (2008)

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Graduate Student Scholarships, Bursaries and EndowmentsEndowments

• Philip Cash Research Excellence Endowment**

Scholarships

• Antoine Noujaim Graduate Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences**

• BioChem Pharma Graduate Scholarship**

• Dorothy Whiteman Scholarship**

• Friends of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship**

• Mike Wolowyk Graduate Scholarship**

• Novartis Pharmaceutical Canada Inc Graduate Scholarship**

• Pharmacy PhD Alumni Graduate Student Scholarship**

• Shoppers Drug Mart Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences**

• Value Drug Mart Mainstreet Cancer Research Graduate Scholarship**

• Awards and Prizes

• Dr Leonard Wiebe Graduate Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences**

• Pfizer Pharmacy Research Award**

Bursaries

• Friends of Pharmacy Graduate Bursary**

• Philip Cash Pharmacy Graduate Student Bursary**

** Endowed Funds for Pharmacy Graduate Students

To create your own award, please contact Terry Legaarden at [email protected]


Toastmasters helps pharmacists-in-training communicate effectively By Quinn Phillips

Required course in speech craft hones skills for dealing with patients and colleagues.

September 14, 2009 - (Edmonton) It’s a bright and sunny Saturday morning. The mercury is set to reach almost 30 C, a perfect day to spend outside. While most students at the University of Alberta are enjoying the day, Mychan Mai and her fellow first-year pharmacy students are in the classroom for a required session on public speaking.

“There are no words to explain how much of a drag it is,” joked Mai. “It’s a good experience but waking up at nine in the morning on a Saturday is no fun.”

This is the first of five Toastmasters Speechcraft sessions that all freshmen students are required to take. The first session is all day Saturday, and the final four are after class until 10 p.m. This course will help these future practitioners communicate clearly and concisely with patients and fellow health-care workers. As much as she didn’t like hearing the alarm go off, Mai understands the importance of this program.

“I think that it’s going to come in handy when it comes to public speaking, because I have a lot of trouble with it,” said Mai. “For the faculty to introduce a program that’s going to enhance my public speaking and help my interaction with patients or health-care workers or civil servants, is a great opportunity for me to embrace.”

Pharmacy practice is changing, especially with new legislation that gives pharmacists prescribing rights, so the practice is becoming more and more centred on front-line patient care.

“That means you have to have the confidence to be able to look a person in the eye and give them the information about their prescription and do the counseling properly,” said Nancy Rae, who ran this public-speaking program for 15 years. “You also have to have the confidence to speak to physicians, dieticians and nurses or to physiotherapists, because when you’re working together as a team for the patients, you have to be able to understand where they’re coming from and express where the pharmacist’s role is and where they fit in.”

The Toastmasters Speechcraft sessions were brought in as a required element 26 years ago, thanks to funding from major pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis, who donated money to all pharmacy schools across the country for a public speaking workshop. They saw the importance of pharmacists’ ability to communicate effectively.

Rae, a retired professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, was the first faculty member to run the program. She happily took over after the first year the program was implemented.

“When I was working as a hospital pharmacist in Red Deer I had joined the ladies toastmasters and I just really recognized the benefits of public speaking from being involved in that organization,” said Rae. “It gave me a lot of confidence; it gave me a lot of organizational skills, and it gave me an understanding of how to run an effective meeting, so I did recognize the benefit.”

Now it’s faculty member Lisa Guirguis who runs the program. She took the Toastmasters Speechcraft sessions 16 years ago; the program made such an impact she still remembers the topic of her speech.

“It really increased my confidence in public speaking. As well, often students become close with their group and stay with them throughout pharmacy. I know I did,” said Guirguis.

The really exceptional relationship in this, though, is the community partnership between the U of A and Toastmasters. The organization rallies dozens of volunteers to help these students.

“The toastmasters come back year after year because they can see the growth in the students,” said Rae. “It’s a very positive experience to be involved with the students because they’re dealing with a group who appreciates what they’re doing.”

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UndergraduateScholarships, Bursaries and EndowmentsEndowments-Dean’s Discretionary Award Endowment**-Dispensaries Ltd Endowment**-Enhancement of Student Learning Endowment**-Experiential Education Endowment**-Faculty of Pharmacy Staff Prof. Development Endowment**-Value Drug Mart Educational Resource Endowment**

Scholarships-Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Pharmacy Scholarship-Alberta College of Pharmacists Gold Medal-Alberta College of Pharmacists Professional Scholarship-Alberta College of Pharmacists Scholarship-Charles Cummer Memorial Scholarship**-Charles E Frosst Scholarship-CPhA—Apotex Future Leader Award-David S Tam Scholarship in Pharmacy** -Edmonton Ladies Pharmaceutical Auxiliary Scholarship**-Gene Harty Memorial Scholarship**-London Drugs/Brenda Miller Memorial Scholarship**-Merck Sharpe & Dohme Scholarship in Pharmacy-MJ Huston Scholarship in Pharmacy**-Nahid Ramji Memorial Scholarship in Pharmacy**-PACE/Apotex Scholarship-Philip Cash Gold Undergraduate Scholarships—First and -Second Years**-Ron Turner Capital Region Pharmacists’ Association Scholarship**-RE (Dick) Moskalyk Scholarships in Pharmacy**-Save-On Foods Gold Scholarship**-Sheila Kelcher Scholarship**-Shirley Heschuk Scholarship**-Shoppers Drug Mart Community Pharmacy Scholarship-Terry Morrison Scholarships in Pharmacy**-Value Drug Mart Entrance Scholarship-Value Drug Mart Scholarship

Awards and Prizes-Dr GR Van Petten Memorial Scholarship**-Dr George C Walker Memorial Prize**-Dr Sek C Yuen Prize**-Ormond and Luella Phillipson Award**-MJ Warner Memorial Prize-Myros Samycia Family Award**-Novopharm Prize in Pharmacy-Pat Jacobsen Award**-Pfizer Consumer Health Care Prize-Value Drug Mart Leadership Award

Bursaries-Alberta Pharmacists Association Bursary-Dan Allen Bursary**-Davey Drug Mart Ltd Bursary**-David Pollack Memorial Bursary in Pharmacy**-Friends of Pharmacy Undergraduate Bursary**-Gord LaClaire Memorial Bursary**-Larry Pratt Family Bursary**-Len Corkery Bursary**-Loblaw Pharmacy Bursaries-London Drugs 60th Anniversary Bursaries**-London Drugs Undergraduate Bursaries in Pharmacy**-Manrex Medication Delivery Bursary-Nancy Rae Bursary**-Neil Cameron Bursary**-Pharmacy Class of 1955 Bursary**-Pharmacy Class of 1957**-Pharmacy Class of 1964/1965 Bursary**-Pharmasave Drugs Western Ltd Bursary-Pharmadel Wholesale Partnership Bursary**-Seneka Family Bursary**-Sue and Jim Muir Bursary**-Vic Harrison Bursary in Pharmacy**

Travel Awards-A&T Danchuk Pharmacy Clinical Travel Rotation Award**-Caremart Clinical Rotation Travel Award**-Class of 1975 Clinical Rotation Travel Award**-JA Bachynsky Travel Award**-John and Hazel Switzer Clinical Travel Rotation Award**- Value Drug Mart Mainstreet Clinical Rotation Travel Award**

To create your own award, please contact Terry Legaarden at [email protected]

** Endowed undergraduate student funds2010 Annual Report - 15

APSAThe Alberta Pharmacy Students Association (APSA) is a long standing group of energetic and creative individuals. The APSA executive is composed of over 22 positions who coordinate everything from recruitment to sports events to social activities. There are representatives on CAPSI, RXA, ACP, IPSF and CSHP. Throughout the year various educational and professional development seminars are organized for the members.

The mission of the Association is to promote unity among pharmacy students and to address pharmacy students’ social, academic, and advocacy needs.

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Pharmacy students serving hot chocolate to UofA students on a frosty March morning. It hi-lited the Faculty during Pharmacy Awareness week 2010.

One of the punch displays at this year’s Blue and Gold Ball. The time honored tradition continues with even an alumni class entering the competition this year.

A quiet time-out in the annual Pharmacy/Dentistry game.

Part of the Alberta contingent who attended Pharmacy Development Week held in Toronto this year. The event attracts approximately 800 pharmacy undergrads from across Canada. A packed agenda includes a Pharma Facts contest, seminars, discussions on professional and personal development and fun.


Shine ClinicThe SHINE Youth Clinic is a student-run health clinic providing free services for Edmonton’s underserved youth. It operates out of the Boyle McCauley Health Center on Saturdays from 2-6pm. The SHINE clinic incorporates students from eight different health related disciplines; Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Social Work, Psychology, Physical Therapy, and Dentistry, who are supervised by their corresponding licensed healthcare preceptors. The interdisciplinary approach allows for the student volunteers to gain practical experience in providing imperative and comprehensive care for the youth of Edmonton’s core. The clinic offers a safe, non-judgemental, and comfortable atmosphere for the youth while offering a relaxed and easy-to-learn atmosphere for the students. The integration of 8 disciplines allows for SHINE to provide a broad spectrum of services thereby enhancing the primary care provided to the patients.

The SHINE clinic offers pharmacy students an opportunity to incorporate the knowledge learned in the classroom into real life scenarios. The students are encouraged to be involved in the patient’s whole health experience. The pharmacy student is paired up with another healthcare student and has specific roles of greeter, triage, and health history collectors. Once the patient has been assessed by the student health history team, the students present the case to the preceptors and other students. The team then discusses the best treatment plan for the patient, and the necessary preceptor and students return to the patient to provide care. The pharmacy student may be involved in taking a patient’s blood pressure, checking blood glucose levels, providing pregnancy tests, and of course, dispensing and counselling on medications. The SHINE clinic provides a great learning experience for pharmacy students, allowing them to practice their communication skills, clinical skills and encouraging them to apply their pharmacotherapy knowledge.


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Income Base Operating Budget

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2009/10 $182,428 $6,094,854 $2,500,000 (est.) $316,622 $118,941 $100,000 $9,312,845 2008/09 $227,330 $6,483,774 $2,351,000 $271,873 $202,487 0 $9,536,464 2007/08 $218,931 $5,706,900 $2,619,000 $222,551 $333,889 $50,500 $9,151,771 2006/07 $214,286 $5,244,100 $2,365,000 $205,153 $328,938 $22,280 $8,379,757 2005/06 $207,089 $4,619,600 $2,013,000 $256,911 $166,649 0 $7,263,249 The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences received $118,941 in gifts and another $182,428 endowment earnings in the fiscal year 2010, for a total of $301,368 in revenue from donors.

Annual Report of Finances for FY2009


Dean’s Advisory CouncilFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of Alberta

Early in 2010, Dean Kehrer invited recognized leaders in the pharmacy community to participate on an advisory council. The inaugural meeting was held on March 5 at the Faculty.

Mission:

The purpose of the University Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) is to provide diverse advisement to the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The goals include promoting alumni engagement and advancing the Faculty. An optimal educational experience for the students will be

ensured by addressing issues on curriculum, experiential activities, and development.

Membership:

The following individuals accepted the challenge and will sit for a variety of terms ranging from one to three years. List = All members of the DAC shall be appointed by the Dean with appropriate consideration of recommendations from current DAC members as well as others with an interest in the Faculty. The number of members will range between 12-15, at the Dean’s discretion. The Dean will strive to have a diversity of practice venues and healthcare perspectives represented on the DAC. The Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Director of Development and Alumni Relations will be ex-officio members of the Council. The Chair of the DAC will be elected by the appointed members from within the membership, and shall serve a 3 year term. The Chair can be renewed for a maximum of one additional term.

Guest speakers with targeted national and/or regional expertise may be invited to address and educate the DAC on current issues in pharmacy and education, or other issues deemed relevant by the Dean or the DAC. Speakers may also be invited to address faculty and staff on the Alberta campus to maximize their time and effectiveness.

Topics:

1. The DAC will offer advisement on topics that may include, but are not limited to, those listed below:

• Work force planning issues that employers face - the training and skill sets needed by employees to do their jobs

• Optimizing real-world work force preparation for students—defining critical competencies and bridging knowledge application gaps to maximize student successes and impact in a diversity of professional environments

• Identification of relevant health care industry challenges and priorities - from both a pharmaceutical-specific and broader health care environment perspectives

• Strategic planning for the Faculty

• Preparations for the Future

• New directions in Pharmacy as a profession - five year perspectives

• Curricular and admission criteria: how students are being evaluated and managed (outcomes and assessment issues)

• Academic issues - curriculum development and accreditation, faculty recruitment and retention

• Alumni relations - outreach, activities, etc.

• Fundraising


Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

2010 Annual ReportDonorsIndividuals$100 - $499David BecherGerard BecherGloria BrissonJohn CabralDorothy CaseyAgnes ChengJeff ChongCook, RyanDebbie CooperLinda CsekeChristine DejongT DerkachStephanie EdwardsLaurie EliukKatherine EwchukPeter GojmeracCatherine GreerChristina HayashiDavid HillG K HironakaConstance KastelanRhonda KerrJoanne LarisonMartin LeeCarmen Lehmann

Margaret LongworthElaine MacPhailNeemet McDowellColleen MetgeMilford, DarseyLaurence MillerChristine MorrisLarry PrattKatherine RoszkoTerry SkarbergMarlene SlippDiane StromeTimothy TailfeathersBryce ThompsonLaurie Tkachuk9Tomoko WatanabeJohn GrundyLaurence TorsherLori HelgelandHeidi SenekaLynn TorsherRae EllisLauna AspesletDion BrocksDianne CalderJulie-Anne ChiweteluPriscilla Fung

Peter MoleschiLesley RebrynaNatalie SolymaNuzhat Tam-ZamanRosie VishramRob FergusonShannon LowAlexandern DubykLynn HolroydSigmund LeeKathy McClellanSharon PiseskyCarole ZachkewichMarty CarsonKarin FodorBetty-Anne AlexanderMimi BachAmandeep BhanguDenise S BjorganJanice ClineKathleen CorkeryEleanor EdgarIris A FarriesJames FournierNicolle HuhnHung JunStan Lissack

Mary SeredaAlex SiuClaire StrachanRobert TaylorCarolyn ThompsonKenneth MooreTerri SchindelDavid SegattoMason SzutuLeslie ChattenLinda HamesElaine S RankineDonna SamyciaAlan G RobisonDavid BougherJerry PondRob TkachSafia ChaudhryShirley Ellerbeck

$500 - $999Edgar BrunsLauren CharbonneauGregory FuhrBonnie KirschenbaumTerrance MorrisonStewart Nickerson

Ted RichardsonWilliam RuddLawrence M SerediakJack MahAlan ListerRuby LamprechtMary Anne BilanMary Purschke

$1,000 - $4,999Gerald GalenzaSandra GalenzaCarole HighamChristopher LeeMary QuonRose ScottDavid TamLois HunterWilliam BilanJohn McNeillBob MacKenzie

$5,000 - $9,999Dwayne SamyciaRobert Dowling

Business$100 - $499Heim Pharmaceutical Services IncTurner Realty LtdNorlite Ida Pharmacy Riverside Value Drug Mart9Applied Biosystems

$500 - $999C & C Med Solutions Inc.University Of Alberta Foundation Usa, Inc9

$1,000 - $4,999G & E Pharmacy LtdAbbott Laboratories Ltd

Paul Kehrer Family FoundationAlberta Pharmacists’ AssociationManrex LtdWyeth Consumer Healthcare IncCobalt Pharmaceuticals IncEdpharm PartnershipCanada Safeway Limited (Edmonton)Glaxosmithkline IncOverwaitea Food GroupLondon Drugs LimitedPharmascience IncGenpharm IncUnipharm Wholesale Drugs Ltd.University Of Alberta Foundation Usa, IncValue Drug Mart Associates Ltd

Novopharm LtdAlberta Blue CrossAlberta College Of Pharmacists

$5,000 - $9,999Merck Frosst Canada LtdSandoz Canada IncThe Medicine Shoppe Canada IncMckesson Canada

$10,000 - $25,000Astrazeneca Canada Inc

There were 22 anonymous donations totalling $503, 159

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