NEWS & NOTES An annual feature in UAlberta Pharmacy, the News & Notes section is dedicated to highlighting awards, accolades and updates of our faculty, staff, students and alumni. It also includes upcoming events. If you have news or a note to share in this section, email us at: phcomms@ualberta.ca
PRECEPTORS OF THE YEAR AWARDS
The Faculty and students at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences are very grateful to our preceptors. Through sponsorship of Teva Canada, we are fortunate to be able to award Preceptor of the Year to deserving recipients each year.
(L-R) Miranda To, Class of 2016, and Craig MacAlpine, Pharm 426 Preceptor of the Year.
Recipients of the awards are chosen on the basis of communication and collaboration skills, demonstrated professionalism, ethical decision making, leadership, and advocacy for patients and the profession. PHARM 426 PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR: Craig MacAlpine (B.Sc. Pharm '09), Wal-Mart Pharmacy #3657. Nominated by Miranda To (Class of 2016). PHARM 428 PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR: Charles Au, Foothills Medical Centre. Nominated by Robert Wright (Class of 2016).
(L-R) Robert Wright, Class of 2016, Charles Au, Pharm 428 Preceptor of the Year and Ann Thompson, Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Experiential Education.
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PHARM 316 PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR: Serena Bains (B.Sc. Pharm '12), Stollery Children's Hospital and Lorraine Delano (B.Sc. Pharm '99), Stollery Children’s Hospital. Nominated by student Diva Niaz (Class of 2016). The PHARMD PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR is Matt Mink with the Poison and Drug Information Service (PADIS) in Calgary. Matt has been chosen on the basis of; communication and collaboration skills, demonstrated professionalism, ethical decision making, leadership, and advocacy for patients and the profession. Catherine Dewaal (PharmD '16) had submitted this nomination.
PHARM 305 PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR: Taria Gouw (B.Sc.Pharm '93), Bow Island Apple Drugs. Nominated by Cassandra Ann Cooper (Class of 2019).
FACULTY NOTES
Professor Fakhreddin Jamali received a 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences. Professor Afsaneh Lavasanifar received a patent award from TEC Edmonton at the Innovation Makes Sense event celebrating the talented scientific minds behind these inventions, and recognize the funders and business entities who support the creation and commercialization of these achievements. Her patent is for a material that can be used to prepare degradable polymers with potential applications in the field of drug delivery and tissue engineering. Clinical assistant professor Sherif Mahmoud received the 2016 Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. Tatiana Mahkinova was recently hired as an assistant professor in the Pharmacy Practice Division. Brenda Oscroft was presented with the Faculty’s Award of Merit for her significant contribution and commitment.
STUDENT AWARDS
Graduate student Seyed Amirhossein Tabatabaei Dakhili won best poster presentation award for the 5th Western Canadian Medicinal Chemistry Workshop (WCMCW) in Saskatoon.