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College of Pharmacy Annual Report

July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015

Educating Pharmacists in Manitoba since 1899

College of Pharmacy Annual Report 2014-2015

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CONTENTS Mission ..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…....…....…....…....….. 3

Message from the Dean …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…....…....…....….. 4

Message from the Associate Dean (Academic) ………………………………………………………………………………...…....…....…....….. 6

Message from the Associate Dean (Research) .………………………………………………………………………………....…....…....…....….. 7

Faculty & Staff 2014-2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…....…....…....….. 9

New Faculty & Staff ……………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………...…....…....…....… 14

Retirements ……………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………. 15

Research/Study Leave Reports ...………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…....…....…........ 16

Pharm. D. Program development ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 28

Events …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…....…....…....…....…....…….. 33

New Initiatives ....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....…....………………………………………. 40

Undergraduate Program..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..…...………………… 45

Graduate Studies Report………………………………………………………………………………………………....…....…....…....…....…....…....….... 54

Faculty Awards …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………… 63

Bilous Legacy……………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………..…....…....…....…....…....…. 64

Endowment Fund Report …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…....…...... 65

Homecoming 2014……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…....…....…....…. 67

Alumni of Distinction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…. 68

Research Report ……………………………………………………………………………………..…..…..…..…..…..…..…..…....…....…....……......….. 70

Published by:

The College of Pharmacy

Editor: Angela Shank, Administrative Assistant

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College of Pharmacy

The College of Pharmacy is an institution that will create an educational environment that facilitates the

integration of pharmacy scholarship in the areas of practice, research and service to effect optimal

health outcomes for individuals and communities, and the advancement of the profession of pharmacy.

In striving to fulfill this mission the College is dedicated to:

Preparing competent graduates from both undergraduate and post-graduate programs who:

demonstrate confidence in their abilities to take responsibility for their role in optimizing the

health status of society;

demonstrate the practical and professional application of knowledge, skills, and attitudes;

are critical thinkers;

demonstrate professionalism in the values, ethics and attitudes reflected in their practice;

demonstrate skills and processes of active life-long learners.

Ensuring that ownership and responsibility for the College’s educational outcomes are widely shared by

both internal and external stakeholders:

Students share responsibility for their own academic and professional development;

Students are involved in the definition of education outcomes, curriculum development, evalua-

tion and professional activities;

Faculty, staff, preceptors and students work collaboratively to achieve the mission of the

Faculty;

All stakeholders are aware of curriculum components, research programs and governance/

accountability structures, as well as the goals and outcomes achieved by each.

Collaborating with the profession to enhance the continuing competence of pharmacy practitioners

in Manitoba.

Fostering a reciprocal relationship with graduates to advance both the education program and the develop-

ment of the profession.

Working with all stakeholders to proactively influence health care system innovation, change and re-

form to optimize the health status of society.

Encouraging collaborative models of research that support the strategic direction of the College.

Implementing transparent structures, systems and processes to manage and support ongoing change

in both internal and external environments, including regular evaluation and feedback from stake hold-

ers on the achievement of the College mission.

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I have just read our annual report for 2014-2015 which has

provided me with the inspiration to put my thoughts to print.

There are many accomplishments and achievements in our

program detailed in this year’s report.

In terms of personnel we have had a variety of changes in-

cluding the retirement of Dr. Keith Simons after 40 years of

service. Dr. Simons continues on with us as a Professor

Emeritus and we look forward to his continuing contribu-

tions. In particular, Dr. Simons has been a formidable force

in fostering research and graduate education and the Re-

search report contained within demonstrates that there is sus-

tained growth and much to be proud of in this area. (See sto-

ry and report within). Dr. Casey Sayre came with me to the

University of Manitoba as a graduate student in 2011, be-

came a colleague serving as an assistant professor this past

year and left as a friend with his Ph.D. relocating back to the

United States. Ms. Janice Bailey served with us a Faculty Manager for almost 30 years and has moved

on with her career. Dr. Ruby Grymonpre, Dr. Archie McNichol, and Amanda Kinnell have all joined

(or rejoined the team). Many faculty received awards including Dr. Chris Louizos who finished his

Pharm. D. degree, Drs. Ho (AFPC new investigator award) and Bugden (Pharmacist of the Year), and

teaching awards to Drs. Vercaigne, Zelenitsky, Lakowski and Cote. Drs. Namaka and Bugden enjoyed

successful research study leaves. Although small in numbers our staff is simply the best at the Univer-

sity of Manitoba. It is clear to me that everyone in Pharmacy is a winner one way or another.

The development of Manitoba’s first entry-to-practice Pharm. D. program is now in full swing under

the direction of another award winner, Mrs. Jan Coates. The RxPreceptor Launch, an integral part of

our structured practical experiential program, would not have been possible without the sustained ef-

forts of Kelly Drummond, SPEP Coordinator. These are some highlights of our program development

in 2014-2015.

In 2014-2015, we welcomed 55 new pharmacy students with the White Coat Ceremony and we all

shared in the graduation achievements of the Class of 2015 over at the Brodie Center. In between we

hosted a Mr. Pharmacy Pageant, the Health Minister’s Flu Shot, Graduate Awards Reception, Commu-

nity Blood Pressure clinics and the first prescribing for Ambulatory Ailments Laboratory.

When I think of our student pharmacists I am proud of all they have accomplished over the past year,

and I look forward to working with the next batch. Riley Love was an affable and erudite Senior Stick.

The awards and honour list of our students is equally impressive. Grace Badejo’s CSPS story gives us

all something to be proud of.

Message from the Dean

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Message from the Dean … cont.

Our external relations are built on a solid foundation of donors who helped establish the Class of

2004 Memorial Scholarship, continued to build the Roy Bilous Scholarship legacy and have left us

with an Endowment Fund that is critical to our ongoing student needs. We have had further opportu-

nities to interact with our alumni at Homecoming, the Alumni of Distinction Ceremony, the Manito-

ba Pharmacy Conference and gala, and the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Awards Ceremony.

All our success and achievements are made possible because we are a profession with a heartfelt

commitment to team work and excellence. My appreciation for your dedicated work and support of

Pharmacy is unwavering.

Thank you for having me as your Dean.

Sincerely,

Neal Davies BSc.(Pharm), Ph.D., R.Ph. Dean and Professor


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Message from the Associate Dean (Academic) Lavern M. Vercaigne, Pharm.D,

Professor and Associate Dean (Academic)

I am pleased to provide highlights of the 2014-2015 undergraduate year in

the College of Pharmacy. Throughout the year, we have continued to incor-

porate expanded scopes of practice into the Pharmacy curriculum. In addi-

tion to injection / immunization training that have been taught since the 2012

-2013 academic year, we have incorporated additional aspects of physical

examinations and implemented community- based blood pressure clinics

with our students. We have also included a 6 module section in our Skills

Lab-3 course to incorporate ordering and interpreting laboratory values. As practicing pharmacists are

now able to prescribe for ambulatory ailments, we have enhanced our coverage of these conditions in

our curriculum and added opportunities for students to practice prescribing. By the time our students

graduate, our goal is to have them ready to participate in the expanded scopes of practice that pharma-

cists are enjoying with the implementation of our pharmacy regulations. We continue to be involved in

the planning and delivery of new interprofessional activities at the University and were actively in-

volved in a new Patient Safety and Quality initiative in the last year.

This year has marked the beginning of extensive planning to submit a new proposal for a Pharm.D.

program in Manitoba. Several working groups have been formed to review admissions / pre-requisite

courses, a new Pharm.D. curriculum, experiential activities, interprofessional education, program eval-

uation, and student assessment. An advisory council has also been established to provide advice and

guidance from pharmacy stakeholders that may be impacted by the change. We look forward to dis-

cussing this proposal further with you and receiving your feedback to ensure the design of a strong

Pharm.D. Program proposal.

I would again like to thank the entire College and all of our partners for their support, input and dedica-

tion to pharmacy education in Manitoba. Your efforts are much appreciated. It takes a whole team with

many participants to offer a strong program and we thank you for your contributions.

Lavern M. Vercaigne, BSc. Pharm, Pharm.D.,

Professor and Associate Dean (Academic)

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Message from the Associate Dean (Research)

Faculty members of the College of Pharmacy have obtained funding from both national and inter-

national granting agencies and organizations in the last year, including CIHR, NSERC, Public

Health Association of Canada, Prostate Cancer Canada, Research Manitoba, Manitoba Health and

Healthy Living, University of Manitoba, and the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry. Total

funding received between July 2014 to June 2015 exceeded over $2 million dollars. Some major

highlights of the funding received are a CIHR Operating Grant to Dr. Emmanuel Ho, and two

NSERC Discovery Grants to Drs. Emmanuel Ho and Ted Lakowski, respectively.

Once again faculty members within the College have maintained consistent productivity in terms

of research publications. We have published 63 peer-reviewed research articles, book or book

chapters over the past year. We have also published or presented 97 conference abstracts or in-

vited presentations at both national and international conferences.

Faculty members in the College have also been recognized for their leadership and productivity

at various national conferences, including an AFPC New Investigator Research Award to Dr. Em-

manuel Ho and the CSPS Award of Leadership in Canadian Pharmaceutical Sciences to Dean Neal

College of Pharmacy

Yuewen Gong, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean (Research): July 1, 2014-Feb 15 2015 (on

Administrative Leave)

Xiaochen Gu, Ph.D., Professor and Acting Associate Dean (Research):

Feb 16, 2015-Feb 15, 2016


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Davies. Dr. Keith Simons was awarded the prestigious title of Professor Emeritus for his sus-

tained academic excellence over his stellar career and an honourary Lifetime Memberships to the

College of Pharmacists of Manitoba and AFPC in recognition for his outstanding contributions to

the profession of Pharmacy.

The College has hosted an undergraduate summer research program for years, and this year

there are 18 undergraduate students working in various research laboratories in our Pharmacy

building. They include students from our Pharmacy program, as well as other units at the Univer-

sity of Manitoba and international students from Brazil with the Science Without Borders pro-

gram.

Various areas at the Apotex Centre have been modified, updated and renovated to accommodate

increased research activities or office space needs. They include new laboratory spaces on the

third flood and office/laboratory spaces in the subterranean underbuilding. Also individual re-

searchers and the College spent approximately $250,000 in new research equipment additions

over the past year.

In conclusion, I am very proud of the research achievements in the College of Pharmacy for this

past year, and looking forward to seeing further growth and successes in research capacity and

activity in the future. I also want to thank all faculty, students, staff and alumni for their collective

contribution and support in enhancing the pharmacy and pharmaceutical research within the

College of Pharmacy.

Xiaochen Gu

Acting Associate Dean (Research)

Message from the Associate Dean (Research)...ctd

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Dean

Neal Davies, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Alberta), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Associate Dean (Academic)

Lavern M. Vercaigne, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Toronto)

Associate Dean (Research)

Yuewen Gong, B.M. (Beijing), M.Sc., (China), Ph.D. (Manitoba): on leave Feb 15, 2015

Xiaochen Gu, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (China), M.Sc. (China), Ph.D. (China): acting effective Feb 16, 2015

Professors

Frank Burczynski, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

David Collins, Dip. Pharm. (NZ), M.Sc. (Minnesota), Ph.D. (Minnesota)

Neal Davies, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Alberta), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Yuewen Gong, B.M. (Beijing), M.Sc., (China), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Ruby Grymonpre, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Minnesota)

Xiaochen Gu, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (China), M.Sc. (China), Ph.D. (China)

Brian Hasinoff, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Alberta), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Archibald McNicol, B.Sc. (Hons) (Glasgow), Ph.D (Glasgow) Effective October 15, 2015

Keith J. Simons, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Washington) retired June 30, 2015

Lavern M. Vercaigne, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Toronto)

Sheryl Zelenitsky, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Buffalo)

Associate Professors

Hope Anderson, B.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Shawn Bugden, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Manitoba), B.Sc. (Pharm) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Oxford), Pharm.D.

(Washington)

Mike Namaka, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Silvia Alessi-Severini, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Parma), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Assistant Professors

Jamison Falk B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (UBC)

Emmanuel Ho, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Harris Iacovides, B.Sc. (Manitoba), B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Toronto)

I fan Kuo, B.Sc (Pharm) (UBC), Pharm.D. (UBC), M.Sc. (UBC) Effective August 1, 2014

Ted Lakowski, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC)

Christine Leong, B.Sc. (Manitoba), B.Sc. (Pharm) (Manitoba), Pharm D. (Toronto)

Casey Sayre, B.Sc. (Biology) (BYU), Pharm.D. (Idaho), PhD (Manitoba) Effective August 1, 2014, resigned June 30,

2015

Geoffrey Tranmer B.Sc. (Hons.)(Brock), Ph.D. (Guelph)

Faculty & Staff 2014-2015 (full-time or faculty based)

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Faculty & Staff 2014-2015 … cont. Instructors

Dennis Cote B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Kelly Drummond B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Drena Dunford, B.Sc. (Hons) (Waterloo), B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Toronto)

Grace Frankel, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm D. (Toronto)

Nancy Kleiman, B.S.P. (Sask.), MBA (Athabasca)

Christopher Louizos, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Florida)

Sheila Ng, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba) on leave October 2014-August 2015

Sonal Purohit, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Sessional Instructors

Ronald Guse, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Shirley Treacy B.S.P. (Sask), M.Sc. (Sask.)

Director of Pharm. D. Development

Jan Coates , B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba) effective January 1, 2015

Pharmacy IPE Committee and Practical Assessment Assistant

Dana Turcotte, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba): effective August 1, 2015

Program Evaluation Administrators

Cheryl Kristjanson, Ph.D. (Manitoba) July1, 2014-retired August 31, 2014

Robert Renaud, Ph.D. (Manitoba)

College Administrative Staff

Janice Bailey – Faculty Manager (July 1, 2014-November 2014)

Sara Dyck, B.Es (Manitoba)— Office Assistant

Amanda Kinnell, BComm (Laurentian), CGA –Senior Financial Officer, effective November 2014

Patricia Kopp, B.Sc. (Winnipeg)– Technical Support Manager

Cheryl Lee, B.Ecol (Manitoba) – Undergraduate Program Administrator

Usha Pammi B.Sc. (Eng) (India)- Financial Office Assistant

Angela Shank, B.A.S. (Hons) (Windsor)—Administrative Assistant

Sara Smith, BA (Manitoba) – Graduate Program Administrator (returned from leave October 2014)

Sherri Vokey, MA (Queens), MLIS (Western) – Librarian

Technical Staff

Steven Birch - Computer Technician

Paola Cordova, B.Sc (Manitoba), B.Es (Manitoba)-Laboratory Technician

Chrissy Laqui, CPhT (Winnipeg)- Laboratory Technician

Daywin Patel, M.Sc (Manitoba) – Laboratory Technician

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Faculty & Staff 2014-2015 (Emeritus, Clinical and External)

Dean Emeritus John Steele, B.Sc. (Glasgow), Ph.D. (Glasgow)

Professor Emeritus

Colin Briggs, B.Pharm. (Nottingham), Ph.D. (London), FRPharmS

John Templeton, B.Sc. (MUN), M.Sc. (Nfld.), Ph.D. (London), D.I.C. (Imp. Coll.), F.R.S.C.C. Chem.

(U.K.)

Keith J. Simons, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Washington) effective July 1,

2015

Assistant Professors

Bhupendrasinh Chauhan, M.Pharm. (India), PhD (India)

Albert Friesen, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Kennedy Mang'era, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Kenya), M.Sc. (Belgium), Ph.D. (Belgium)

Alberto Severini, MD. (Parma)

Clinical Professor

Robert Ariano, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Minn.)

Clinical Associate Professor

Peter Thomson, B.Sc. (Pharm.), (UBC), Pharm.D. (Wayne State)

Clinical Assistant Professors

Alvaro Bras, B.Sc. (Chem.) (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Christine Davis, B.Sc. (Manitoba), B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (UBC)

Sheri Fandrey, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Sask), Ph.D. (Sask)

Mark Friesen, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc., (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Toronto)

Rhonda Fusee, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba) July 1, 2014-March 27, 2015

Kimi Guilbert, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba)

Ronald Guse, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Nick Honcharik, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (SUNYAB)

Pat Honcharik, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (SUNYAB)

Kyle MacNair, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Brenna Shearer, B.MR (OT) (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Michigan), Ph.D. (Minnesota)

Amy Sood, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Toronto)

Rick Thurmeier, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Shirley Treacy, B.Sc.(Pharm) (Sask.), M.Sc. (Sask.)

Pat Trozzo, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Wally Watral, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Minnesota)

Lori Wazny, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Florida)

Donna Woloschuk, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Sask.), Pharm.D. (Cincinnati)


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Faculty & Staff 2014-2015 … cont.

Adjunct Professors (internal and external)

Robert Biscontri, Accounting & Finance

Ian Corbin, University of Texas Southwestern

Sreeneeraj Kasichayanula, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Carole Lavigne, National Microbiology Lab

William Leslie, Internal Medicine

Songyan Liu, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology

Salaheddin Mahmud, Community Health Sciences

Mohammed Moghadasian, Human Nutritional Sciences

Grant Pierce, Physiology & Pathophysiology

Casey Sayre, Roseman University

Daniel Sitar, Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine / Pharmacology

Xing Wu, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology

Lecturers Britt Kural, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Todd Mereniuk, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Brenda Rosenthal, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Dinah Santos, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), C.D.E. (Manitoba)

Danica Wasney, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Susan Lessard-Friesen, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Kim McIntosh, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), CACE

Sherri Vokey, MA (Queens), MLIS (Western)

Field Instructors Cory Badger, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Krista Brown, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Lisa DeGroot, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Jennifer Fotti, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Christin Franken, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Darren Hall, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Patrick Hamilton, BSP (Saskatchewan)

Tara Hoop, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Jane Lamont, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Jennifer Lamont, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Grant Lawson, M.Sc (Pharm) (Manitoba)

Arleigh Maddison, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Scott McDougall, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Erin Ramalho, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Gerri Scott, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

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Faculty & Staff 2014-2015 … cont.

Trevor Shewfelt, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Schalk Strydom, M.Sc (Pharmaceutics) (NWU)

Ashley Graham, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba), B.Ed

Karli Jones, B.Sc. (Pharm.), ACPR

Cody Hotel, B.Sc. (Pharm.)

Mervin Pichlyk, B.Sc. (Pharm.)

Field Instructors (WISH Clinic) Petrasko, Kristine, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Walus, Ashley, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Kathryn Peterson, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Michelle Hryciw, B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Manitoba)

Mr. Daniel Rossi and Miss Laura Newlands (left) nominated the St. Boni-

face Intensive Care Medical Services team as the “Pharmacy Team of the

Year.” The award is being accepted by Giuseppe Aletta, Monica Wong

and Dr. Rob Ariano (left to right). Ms. Kelly Drummond (right), SPEP

Coordinator presented the award. Not pictured are additional team mem-

bers Meghann Klowak and Travis Warner.


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Faculty & Staff New Faculty and Staff

The College of Pharmacy is pleased to announce the following new faculty and staff appointments.

Dr. Archie McNicol has joined the College of Pharmacy from the College

of Dentistry. Dr. McNicol has been with the University of Manitoba since

1993 teaching pharmacology and is also the Associate Dean of Graduate

Studies. We welcome his research and teaching expertise in pharmacology.

Jan Coates BSc(Pharm) 1973 has been hired as our Director of Pharm.D. De-

velopment. Jan is an award winning pharmacist who most recently served as a

WRHA Regional Clinical Pharmacy Manager for pharmacists at the Victoria

General Hospital, WRHA Family Medicine and Emergency Departments, and

additional Primary Care and Ambulatory programs, as well as the WRHA Medi-

cation Safety and Quality programs.

Dr. Ruby Grymonpre (Class of 1988) has rejoined the College of Pharmacy as a

full professor as of April 1, 2015 after a productive 10-year appointment with the

Interprofessional Education Initiative at the University of Manitoba. Dr.

Grymonpre will continue developing her extensive research program and assist

with the development of our Pharm. D. program.

Dr. Archie McNicol

Jan Coates

Dr. Ruby Grymonpre

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Dr. Dana Turcotte

Dr. Dana Turcotte graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

from the University of Manitoba, and continued on with clinical training in

a multiple sclerosis adult outpatient clinic for five years, coupled with the

completion of her Ph.D. (2014, University of Manitoba). Dr. Turcotte con-

tinues to pursue interests in neurology and pain management, with a current

clinical/research affiliation with outpatient neurology, working primarily

with complex chronic migraine. Current research interests include investi-

gating neurophysiological brain changes through the use of functional MRI

in chronic pain situations, both pre- and post-treatment with effective anal-

gesics.

Amanda Kinnell joined the College of Pharmacy as Senior Financial Of-

ficer in November 2014. Amanda is a Certified General and Certified Pro-

fessional Accountant and manages finances for both the College of Nursing

and Pharmacy.

Dr. Keith Simons (Class of 1966) retired as of June 30, 2015 after 40 years of

service to the University of Manitoba. He was granted Professor Emeritus status

upon this occasion (pg 39)

Pat Kopp, Technical Support Manager, retired as of August 14, 2015 after 35

years of service. Her expertise and problem solving will be missed and we wish

her the best of luck.

New Faculty and Staff ...ctd

Amanda Kinnell

Retirements


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Research/Study Leave Report - Dr. Shawn Bugden

The following is the report on my activities during my 6-month research/study leave that extended

from July 01, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

Scholarly Activity and Research

Opioid Stewardship in Manitoba

Opioid use has been increasing across Canada. The balance between appropriate use and abuse is diffi-

cult to manage in the clinical setting. Cross sectional analysis of opioid use in Manitoba may help to

inform clinicians about appropriate use and allow policy makers to assess the impact of their coverage

decision. The initial projects are intended to form the basis of a program of research which addresses

the issue of safe use of opioids and guides clinicians on appropriate opioid stewardship. This project

contains a number of sub-projects. Analysis of a number of these sub-projects was completed in the

study leave and a variety of research products were produced.

Targownik L, Nugent Z, Singh H, Bugden S, Bernstein CN. 2014. The prevalence and predictors of

opioid use in inflammatory bowel disease: A population based analysis. The American Journal of

Gastroenterology. 109(10):1613-20

Woelk, C, Friesen K, Bugden S. Regional prescribing patterns in the assessment of the response to

safety warnings for meperidine. Can J Rural Med (Submitted).

Friesen, K, Bugden S. Voluntary Warning and Limits of Good Prescribing Behaviour: The Case for

De-adoption of Meperidine (Demerol ®) Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics Con-

ference Toronto, Ontario, November 2-4, 2014.

Friesen, KF, Bugden S.C. Fentanyl Patches: A Sticky Safety Situation. CADTH Symposium 2015,

Saskatoon Saskatchewan, April 12-14, 2015.

Friesen, K, Bugden S. Long Acting Opioids- A CONTINuing Concern. Manitoba Pharmacy Con-

ference (Abstract Submitted)

Woelk, C, Friesen K, Bugden S. Regional prescribing patterns in the assessment of the response to

safety warnings for meperidine. Can J Rural Med (Submitted).

Domperidone and Cardiac Risks in Parkinson’s Disease – MB Provincial Lead—Canadian Net-

work for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES)

Preliminary pharmacoepidemiologic studies have shown an association between domperidone (>30mg

day) and serious ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death particularly in those over the age of

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Research/Study Leave Report SB… cont.

60. The average age of onset of Parkinson’s disease is 60 years and many patients develop gastrointes-

tinal symptoms and dysphagia that is frequently treated with domperidone 60-80mg per day. This re-

search project will investigate if there is a serious risk of ventricular arrhythmias and or sudden cardiac

death with the use of domperidone in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Review of this issue in multi-

ple provinces will be used to guide future regulatory policy decisions in Canada. Analysis on this pro-

ject was largely completed during the study leave.

Isotretinoin and Pregnancy Study – MB Provincial Lead - Canadian Network for Observational

Drug Effect Studies (CNODES)

Isotretinoin is the most commonly prescribed teratogenic medication used in North America. Differ-

ences exist between Canada and the US in the rigor of the program used to limit pregnancy during the

use of isotretinoin. This research project will use meta-analysis of all relevant provincial databases to

assess the current pregnancy outcomes in patients using isotretinoin. It is hoped that this research might

guide future policy decisions by Health Canada in the regulation of isotretinoin use. Final analysis for

this project was completed during the study period. A manuscript is currently in preparation.

Medication Use in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

FASD affects approximately 1 in 100 individuals and rivals autism in its prevalence. Despite this, med-

ication use in FASD remains virtually unstudied. During the research study leave an effort was made to

begin to evaluate the literature of FASD medication use with view to a future program of research re-

lated to the pharmacoepidemiology of this condition. It is also an area that could involve pharmacists to

a greater degree in prevention and referral.

Bugden S, Friesen K. Melatonin in Children with FASD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

FASD and Mental Health Conference (National Conference) Winnipeg, MB, November 6-7, 2014.

Bugden S. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A Primer for Pharmacists. Manitoba Pharma-

cy Conference (Abstract Submitted)

Citalopram/Escitalopram Cardiac Risks and Policy

Health Canada has recently released warnings regarding the potential for citalopram and escitalopram

to cause QT prolongation and sudden cardiac death. There seems to be an enhanced risk for those over

the age of 65 and those on interacting medications. In the past, such warnings have not always had

much impact on prescribing practices. This research project will look at the impact of the Health Cana-


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da warnings and assess the level of “inappropriate” prescribing of citalopram and escitalopram. During

the research study leave all preliminary analysis was completed on the prescribing patterns and the as-

sociated interaction patterns. A submission to the Centre on Aging Symposium is planned. Outcome

analysis remains to be completed for this project.

The Ethical, Statistical, & Policy Ramifications of Study Cross-over in Oncology Trials

Cross-over between treatment arms in randomized trials effectively ends the trial early and diminishes

the ability of the trial to answer its intended clinical question. Cross-over is often justified on ethical

grounds but the downstream ethical considerations seem to be incompletely considered in trial design

and approval. The resulting process delays, rather than resolves, the ethical dilemma. Cross-over can

make difficult drug approval decisions near impossible and passes uncertainty regarding the efficacy

and effectiveness of new products to the broader patient population. During the study leave, a review of

this issue was updated to include pCODR reviews to the end of 2014. An abstract for the 2015 CADTH

Symposium was prepared.

Amador da Silva, J., Bugden, S. Limits of Crossover: The Ethical, Statistical and Policy Implica-

tions of Crossover in Oncology Trials. CADTH Symposium 2015, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, April

12-14, 2015.

Manitoba Pharmacist Smoking Cessation Project

This demonstration research project seeks to show the impact of pharmacist coordinated smoking ces-

sation in a specialized population. Fifteen Manitoba pharmacies have enrolled over 100 patients cur-

rently receiving income assistance who are interested in quitting smoking. This project will measure

the impact on patients (quit rates) and resources used (smoking cessation products and pharmacist

time). It is hoped that this collaboration with the Manitoba Society of Pharmacists (now Pharmacists

Manitoba) and the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba will demonstrate the effectiveness of pharma-

cists in this role and encourage future funding of pharmacists to perform this service in Manitoba. The

evaluation, analysis and creation of the final report were competed during the study leave.

Manitoba Pharmacist Initiated Smoking Cessation Pilot Program – Final Report Dec 2014

Hamilton, K, Alessi-Severini, S., Friesen, K., Shearer B, Bugden, S. A Pharmacist Initiated Model

for Smoking Cessation: Reaching the Hard to Reach. CADTH Symposium 2015, Saskatoon Sas-

katchewan, April 12-14, 2015.

Hamilton, K, Alessi-Severini, S., Friesen, K., Shearer B, Bugden, S. Reaching the Hard to Reach:

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The Manitoba Pharmacist Initiated Smoking Cessation Pilot Study: A Pharmacist Initiated Model

for Smoking Cessation: Reaching the Hard to Reach. CPhA Conference (Abstract Submitted)

Zoster Burden of Disease

HZ infection arises from the reactivation of latent VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) in sensory ganglia.

The lifetime risk for developing HZ is 20-30% and rises with age to 50% by the age of 85. Complica-

tions of acute HZ can be severe. The most common complication is post-herpetic neuralgia which af-

fects approximately 20% of patients overall, but is more frequent in patients over 80 years of age (>

35%). Recent Canadian data are on the incidence of HZ infections and their health and economic bur-

den are limited. It is important to assess the current burden of HZ illness in a typical Canadian province

and to monitor the uptake of the new HZ vaccine. This project makes use of Manitoba Centre for

Health Policy data to characterize the burden of disease of this condition. Dr Silvia Alessi-Severini is a

partner in this project. Grant funding, background research and MCHP, HREB and HIPC approvals

were obtained for this project during the study leave.

Misoprostol for Cervical Ripening

I participated in the planning of a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of misoprostol for

cervical ripening as an alternative to more expensive prostaglandin analogues. This project is expected

to start sometime in 2015 and my role will be the economic evaluation of the trial. There are significant

issues with stability of the suspension of misoprostol. Previous trials have assumed a 2 hour stability

for the suspension. In collaboration with Dr. Ted Lakowski and his lab we have planned a stability

study. The results of this study should inform the conduct in the trial.

Non-Inferiority Trials

A major focus of my teaching at the College of Pharmacy is the critical appraisal of the scientific litera-

ture. During the study leave I conducted a review of the methodology of the non-inferiority trials and

responded to an invitation from CSHP Banff Seminar to present on this topic. In addition I developed

an abstract for a workshop for the CADTH Symposium 2015.

Bugden S. Pharmacists in Wonderland: The Up is Down World of Non-Inferiority Trials. The

Banff Seminar, CSHP. Banff, Alberta, March 21, 2015.

Bugden S. Non-Inferiority Complex: Gaining Confidence in the Appraisal of Non-Inferiority Tri-

als. (Workshop) CADTH Symposium 2015, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, April 12-14, 2015.


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Other Scholarly Activities

Medications, Evidence & Decision Support (MEDS) Conference

Together with Dr. Jamie Falk and Dr. Jeff Sisler (CPD) developed the concept and planned this

first annual MEDS conference to promote rational therapeutics for frontline healthcare profession-

als.

RxFiles Advanced Academic Detailing Workshop – Long-term Care – September 21-23, 2014, Saska-

toon, Saskatchewan

Developed a critical appraisal workshop on antipsychotics in the elderly for this national confer-

ence.

Grant Funding

Merck Investigator Studies Program 2014 - $75,500 for the project “Assessment of health and eco-

nomic burden of herpes zoster in Manitoba: a population-based study” (Silvia Alessi-Severini, PI,

Dr. Shawn Bugden, Co-investigator, University of Manitoba) AWARDED

College of Pharmacists of Manitoba 2014 - $12,545 – Narcotic Utilization in Manitoba AWARD-

ED

Graduate Students

Honoured all commitments to graduate students and worked extensively with graduate students during

this period.

Kevin Hamilton (Advisor) – supervision of analysis and thesis for graduation early in 2015

Kevin Friesen (Advisor)

Juliano Amador da Silva (Advisor)

Olasumbo Ojo (Advisor) – started Jan 2015

Sarita Jha (Committee Member) – oral defense during study period

Noor Breik (Committee Member)

Teaching

Honoured existing teaching commitments during the study leave period.

College of Medicine – Workshop in Pharmacoeconomics for Oncology Residents– August 8, 2014

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PHRM 3430 – Natural Products – Critique of Homeopathy – September 25, 2014

PHRM 100 – Introduction to Pharmacy – Opportunities and Responsibilities in Pharmacy Care -

November 10, 2014

Training

TIPS (Teaching Improvement Programs) – November 20-21, 2014

Social Administrative Pharmacy Educators of Canada – meeting Oct 15-17, Montreal, Quebec

Service

Honoured some of my existing service commitments during my study leave.

Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC)

President

Committee on Exams

Finance Committee – Chair

Evaluation Committee

Chair of PEBC 50th Event at CPhA Conference

Delivery of Grad Lecture to University of Manitoba Students

College of Pharmacists of Manitoba

Chair Governance Commitee

panCanadian Oncology Drug Review

Economics panel

CancerCare Manitoba

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

College of Phamacy

Graduate Studies Committee

Program Evaluation Committee

College of Occupational Therapy

Complaints Committee


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Research/Study Leave Report - Dr. Michael Namaka

The following is the report on my activities during my 6-month research/study leave (RSL) that extend-

ed from January 01, 2015 to July 01, 2015. The purpose of my leave was to establish international re-

search collaboration.

Main Research Activities:

Note: I would like to acknowledge that my visits to Shantou and Chongqing were part of our university

academic exchange programs. The established official memorandum of understanding (MOUs) be-

tween the two universities has facilitated a very productive visit to China.

Note: All invited scientific seminars discussed below are listed in detail in the below section entitled

“Summary of Invited Presentations During RSL.”

Phase I: Shantou University and Shanghai Hospital Neurology Department:

I commenced my sabbatical in Shantou University where I participated as an invited speaker at the

Symposium on Biological Psychiatry (April 17-19). I also participated in the official signing

ceremony for the continuation of the Canada-China Joint Laboratory between the University of

Manitoba and Shantou University that involved Dr. Patrick Choy (University of Manitoba) and

the head delegates of Shantou University, China. Following the official signing ceremony, I

was invited to serve as one of the Principal Investigators by Dr. Jiming Kong. The official ap-

proval of this appointment as a principal investigator (PI) to the Joint Lab is in progress with

the final approval pending. During this time I also had the opportunity to network and engage

with other researchers at this institution and interact with graduate students.

Following the conclusion of this scientific meeting, I went with Dr. Jiming Kong to Shanghai. In

Shanghai, I met with:

Dr. Xiaoying Bi, Director of Neurology at Shanghai Hospital. I was invited to present a research

seminar at the Shanghai Hospital at Neurology Rounds. During this time I also had the oppor-

tunity to network and engage with other researchers at this institution and interact with graduate

students.

Dr. Xingshun Xu at the Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. At Soo-

chow University I performed two invited scientific research presentations. During this time I

also had the opportunity to network and engage with other researchers at this institution and in-

teract with graduate students.

Dr. Jue He who arrived in Shanghai from Shantou University. Dr. Jue He had invited me to provide

a scientific research presentation to his collaborators at Soochow University. During this time I

also had the opportunity to network and engage with other researchers at this institution and in-

teract with graduate students.

Phase II: Visit to Chongqing Third Military Medical University and Hospital

During my stay in Chongqing I was invited by Dr. Weidong Liu, Dean of the College of Pharmacy at

Faculty and Staff

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the Third Military Medical University and other professors at the College of Medicine, Department of

Neurology (Dr. Feng Mei & Dr. Lan Xiao) to further solidify research collaborations, complete the

drafting of collaborative scientific manuscripts and share scientific training and expertise with the grad-

uate students. During my stay, I performed 3 invited scientific research presentations. In addition, Dr.

Yuewen Gong, Associate Dean (Research) from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Manito-

ba was also on administrative leave in China and travelled to Chongqing to facilitate discussions with

Dr. Weidong Liu and Dr. Li (Director-Neuro-immunology Department) involving my appointment as

an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy in the Third Military Medical University in China.

The official approval of this Adjunct Professorship appointment is in progress with final approval

pending.

Other Research Related Activities:

Lead Guest Editor for a Special Issue in the journal entitled: “Mediators of Inflammation”. Febru-

ary 2015.

Invited attendee and presenter at the ACCESS Divisional Meeting, Janssen Ortho, Toronto, ON,

Feb 9th – 12th, 2015.

Appointed to the Medical Advisory Board Meeting for Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals: on Neurogenic

Orthostatic Hypotension (NOH), Dallas Texas, June 25-26th, 2015.

Completed Re-certification of Standard First Aid & CPR Training Level C/HCP. Canadian Red

Cross, June 24th 2015.

May 2015–August 2015: Supervisor for Karen Magsino for her undergraduate College of Pharma-

cy summer student research project entitled “A prospective cohort study for the stratification of pa-

tients at risk of opioid abuse”. Ms. Magsino’s summer studentship was funded by College of Phar-

macy Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship.

Pursued recruitment discussions and evaluation of potential doctoral (Ph. D) students from Third

Military Medical University in Chongqing, China.

Attended and presented scientific research at the 9th World Congress International Brain Research

Organization (IBRO) Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 3 -12th, 2015.

Completed Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Training with Accuro that is essential to my clinical

practice sites in the pain clinic and/or the rehabilitation medical clinic. April 2015.

Summary of Research Articles Published or Accepted for Publication During my RSL:

Ning Xin, Michael Namaka, Changxin Dou, Yong Zhang. Exploring the role of interleukin-22

in neurological and autoimmune disorders. Accepted June 20th, 2015. International Im-

munopharmacology.


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Prenatal Inflammation-induced NF-κB Dyshomeostasis Predisposes to Conduit Artery Renin-

angiotensin System Overactivity in Hypertensive Offspring. Youcai Deng, Yafei Deng,

Xiaoyan He, Jianhong Chu, Jianzhi Zhou, Qi Zhang, Wei Guo, Pei Huang, Xiao Guan,

Yuan Tang, Yanling Wei, Shanyu Zhao, Xingxing Zhang, Chiming Wei, Mike Namaka,

Ping Yi, Jianhua Yu, Xiaohui Li. Accepted July 17th,2015: Scientific Reports.

Acosta, C., Cortes, C., Altaweel, K., MacPhee, H., Hoogervorst, B., Bhullar, H., MacNeil, B.,

Mahmoud Torabi, Burczynski, F. and Mike Namaka. Immune System Induction of Nerve

Growth Factor in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis: Implications in Re-myelination

and Myelin repair. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2015 Mar 17. PMID:25801841

Summary of Research Articles Submitted During my RSL with my International Collaborators

on Ongoing Collaborative Research Projects:

Gaocai Zhang, Lingli Yang, Beiqun Zhou, Zhigang Miao, Jiming Kong, Michael Namaka,

Xingshun Xu. The combination of spatial restraint stress and the middle cerebral artery oc-

clusion is a novel model of post-stroke depression in mice. Scientific Reports. Submitted

July 31st, 2015.

Tina Khorshid Amhad, Claudia Cortes, Khaled Altawel, Crystal Acosta, Ted Lakowski,

Qingjun Huang, X Xu, Jue He, Jiming Kong, Lan xiao and Michael Namaka. Transcription-

al Regulation of BDNF by MeCP2: Implication in re-myelination and myelin repair in an

animal model of MS. Acta Neuropathologica. Submitted July 27th, 2015.

Xing-Shu Chen, Namaka Michael, Lan Xiao. New Advancements in the Underlying Pathogene-

sis of Schizophrenia: Implications of DNA Methylation in Glial Cells. Frontiers in Neuro-

science. Submitted June 30th, 2015.

Summary of Published Abstracts Presented at Scientific Meetings During my RSL:

T. Khorshid Amhad, K. AlTaweel, C.Cortes, R. Lillico, T. Lakowski, Q. Huang, J. He, X. Xu,

X. Li, J. Kong, and M. P. Namaka. Epigenetic regulation of brain derived neurotrophic fac-

tor (BDNF) by methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) isoforms in an experimental auto-

immune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS). 9th IBRO World Con-

gress on Neuroscience. International Brain Research Organization. July 3 - 12, 2015. Rio

de Janeiro. Brazil

Tina Khorshid, Claudia Cortes, Ryan Lillico, Nicholas Stesco, Ted, Lakowski, Qingjun Huang ,

Jue He, Jiming Kong and Michael P. Namaka. Evaluation of Epigenetic Modifications in

Spinal Cord (SC) Histones from Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE)

Mice. 6th Annual Neuroinflammation Symposium and MB-ON endMS April 30, 2015.

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Tina Khorshid Ahmad, Claudia Cortes, Khaled Altaweel, Qingjun Huang, Jue He, Jiming

Kong and Michael P. Namaka. Epigenetic regulation of brain derived neurotrophic factor

(BDNF) by methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) isoforms in an experimental autoim-

mune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS). 6th Annual Neuroinflam-

mation Symposium and MB-ON endMS. April 30, 2015.

Summary of Invited Presentations During RSL:

“Managing Neuropathic Pain”.Chongqing Third Military Medical University, Neuro-immunology

Department,College of Pharmacy,China. May 13th, 2015.

“Current Advances in Multiple Sclerosis”. Chongqing Third Military Medical University, Neuro-

immunology Department, College of Pharmacy,China. May 12th, 2015.

“Transcriptional Regulation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) by Methyl CpG Bind-

ing Protein 2 (MeCP2): Implications in Re-myelination and/or Myelin Repair in an Animal Model

of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Chongqing Third Military Medical University, Department of Neurolo-

gy, College of Medicine - Chongqing Third Military Medical University, College of Pharma-

cy,China May 11th, 2015.

“Evolution of Pharmacy Practice and the Curriculum Reform” Invited speaker at Chongqing Third Mili-

tary Medical University, Neuro-immunology Department, College of Pharmacy, China. May 8th, 2015.

“Transcriptional Regulation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) by Methyl CpG Binding

Protein 2 (MeCP2): Implications in Re-myelination and/or Myelin Repair in an Animal Model of Multi-

ple Sclerosis (MS)”. Chongqing Third Military Medical University, College of Pharmacy, China. May

7th, 2015.

Current Advances in Multiple Sclerosis. Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, Chi-

na. April 28th, 2015.



ple Sclerosis (MS)”. Neurology Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. April 27th, 2015.



ple Sclerosis (MS)”. Department of Neurology, Shanghai Hospital - China. April 20th, 2015.



ple Sclerosis (MS)”. 2nd Guangdong-Canada Biological Psychiatry Symposium co-hosted by Guang-

dong and Shantou University Mental Health Center, China. April 18th, 2015.

“Cannabinoids in the Management of Chronic Pain”. Winkler Medical Group. Winkler, MB. February

26th, 2015.

“Breaking New Ground: New Advanced Pharmacy Practice Roles in Neurology in the areas of Chronic

Pain and Multiple Sclerosis" at Janssen Inc. Toronto, ON for the Divisional ACCESS Conference. Feb

9th, 2015.


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Funding Applications Awarded During RSL as a PI:

URGP Grant: Entitled Targeted Epigenetic Therapeutic Intervention Strategies in an Animal

Model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). June 2015

Bayshore Specialty Rx: Ongoing Support for the Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Net-

work Organization (MMSRNO). July 2015

CanniMED: Exploring the Role of Genetically Altered Cannabinoid Plant Oil Extracts in Sup-

pressing Multiple Sclerosis-Induced Neuropathic Pain. July 2015.

Funding Applications Submitted During RSL:

Jiming Kong (PI); Hassan Marzban, Human Anatomy and Cell Science (Co-investigator); Mi-

chael Namaka (Co-Investigator) College of Pharmacy; Yu Tian Wang (Co-investigator ex-

ternal to the University of Manitoba), University of British Columbia; Xinmin Li, Universi-

ty of Alberta (Co-investigator external to the University of Manitoba). SELECTIVE

KNOCKDOWN OF MISFOLDED SOD1 AS A THERAPY FOR ALS. ARTHUR J. HUD-

SON TRANSLATIONAL TEAM GRANT PROGRAM – 2015 - Operating Team Grant.

Funding Applications in Preparation:

Targeted Epigenetic Therapeutic Intervention Strategies that Promote Re-myelination and/or

Myelin Repair in an Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Animal Model of

Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Michael Namaka (PI-College of Pharmacy University of Manito-

ba) and Xingshun Xu (Co-investigator- Institute of Neuroscience Soochow University).

Targeted Epigenetic Therapeutic Intervention Strategies for Attenuating Neuropathic Pain

(NPP) in Animal Models of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) and Experimental Autoimmune

Encephalomyelitis (EAE)-Induced Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Michael Namaka (PI-College

of Pharmacy University of Manitoba) Li-na Wang (Co-investigator) Department of Anesthe-

siology, First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University; Xiao-hong Jin (Co-investigator) De-

partment of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University; Xiao-wen Meng

(Co-investigator),Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital,Soochow Univer-

sity.

Neurological Damage Induced by Exposure to Prenatal Inflammatory Stimuli: Implications in

White Matter Damage and Chronic Pain Development in Adulthood. Michael Namaka (PI-

College of Pharmacy University of Manitoba); Xiaohui Li (Co-investigator-Third Military

Medical University Chongqing, China)

Graduate Students and Visiting Scholar Supervision:

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During my leave I kept close contact with my Master’s graduate student. Through meetings and elec-

tronic communication, I was able to assist Ms Tina Khorshid Ahmad in the drafting of her final thesis

entitled “Transcriptional regulation of BDNF by MeCP2: Implication in re-myelination and myelin

repair in an animal model of MS”. Ms. Khorshid Ahmad intends to submit her thesis to the Faculty of

Graduate Studies for the October 2015 graduation period. In addition, I was also involved in the super-

vision and guidance of collaborative research being conducted with Dr. Jiassi Li, a visiting research

scholar from Shanghai Changhai Hospital at the Second Military Medical University in China. The

joint project is entitled: “Exploring the Role of M1 & M2 Microglia in White Matter Damage in an Ex-

perimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Model of Multiple Sclerosis”.

Service: During my sabbatical leave I was involved with the course coordination and teaching of most of the

Applied Pathophysiology Course 46.143. I utilized my sabbatical leave from January to April 2015 to

prepare several newly assigned lectures and update existing lectures in the course which included: Dia-

betes Type I and Type II; Hepatitis and Cirrhosis; Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(COPD); Ulcers; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA); Osteoarthritis

(OA); Psoriasis; Epilepsy; Neuropathic Pain (NPP); Multiple Sclerosis (MS); and Parkinson’s Disease.

Conclusion and Acknowledgments

My six-month RSL has been a very productive and rewarding experience. My RSL has allowed me to

develop professionally, complete the preparation and submission of several collaborative manuscripts,

secure research funding for the continuation of my research program, strengthen current national and

international collaborations and establish future collaborations.

I am indebted to the College of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba for the opportunity and support

provided for my RSL. A special thanks to Mrs. Claudia Cortez for her assistance with the daily opera-

tions of my neuro-immunology laboratory during my absence while on sabbatical. I would also like to

thank Dr. Jiming Kong, Dr. Yuewen Gong and Dr. Patrick Choy for all their assistance with all my

travel plans and research contacts during my sabbatical visit. I would also like to express special thanks

to Dr. Jiming Kong (University of Manitoba), Dr. Xiaoying Bi (Shanghai Hospital), Dr. Xingshun Xu

(Soochow University); Dr. Weidong Liu (Chongqing); Dr. Huang (Shantou); Dr. Hailong Li (Shanghai

Hospital), Mr. Ting Zhou (Chongqing), Dr. Done (Chongqing), Dr. Lan Xiao (Chongqing) and Dr. Jue

He (Shantou University) for all their assistance in arranging my travel, accommodation and speaking

arrangements during my visit to China. I would also like to thank Dr. Neal Davies (Dean, College of

Pharmacy, University of Manitoba) for his generous support in providing my round trip travel from

Canada to China in support of my sabbatical leave. Finally, I would also like to express my sincere

thanks to my wife Pamela Namaka for looking after all things at home while I pursued my academic

responsibilities in China. The overwhelming support from colleagues, collaborators, friends and family

were integral to the success of my RSL.


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Project Charter

Begin Date: January 5, 2015

End Date: First class intake for proposed Pharm.D. program: Date to be Determined.

PROJECT STATEMENT:

Design a proposal for a new innovative program leading to a Professional Doctoral Degree in

Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) that provides students with a strong knowledge in the pharmaceutical sci-

ences, and a greater foundational and clinical knowledge base with more practice-oriented ex-

perience in preparation for pharmacy graduates to assume an expanded patient centered prac-

tice and/or novel pharmacist roles within the healthcare system including such areas of practice

as community, primary care, ambulatory care, acute and long-term care facilities, industry , gov-

ernment and other specialized fields.

PROJECT BACKGROUND:

The formal training for practice of pharmacy in Canada has evolved over the past 75 years, from trade

and apprenticeship courses to a professional degree program. So too, has the evolution of the com-

plexity of the pharmacist’s role and the scope of their practice. In 2007 a Blueprint for Pharmacy Task

Force was created, a collaborative partnership representing the full scope of the pharmacy profession –

professional advocacy, regulatory, corporate and academic constituencies. By 2009 the highly revered

Blueprint for Pharmacy document was authored and published, providing strong direction and purpose

for change . The Blueprint prescribes “Our Way Forward: Optimizing drug therapy outcomes for Ca-

nadians through patient-centered care”. A concept embraced by all sectors represented.

The Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) vigorously reacted to the recognition that

current pharmacist training programs can no longer provide the volume of learning that is required for

the pharmacist to respond to the challenge of the Blueprint: “the current baccalaureate professional

program at Canadian pharmacy schools can no longer effectively accommodate the proposed added

depth and breadth to curricular content knowledge in the pharmaceutical sciences nor provide gradu-

ates with the enhanced skills that the profession and the health care system will expect from pharma-

cists going forward” 1 In a pivotal commitment to support this recognition, February 2010 the

AFPC resolved to replace “current baccalaureate pharmacy curricula with a comprehensive doctor of

pharmacy curricula of foundation knowledge in the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, practice

skills training, and extensive clinical experiences for the first professional degree in pharmacy to en-

sure that graduates can enter practice to competently perform the enhanced patient care skills that will

be expected of pharmacists’….. and that through a consultative process across Canada, there should

be “significant effort to ensure that all pharmacy schools have a doctor of pharmacy curriculum in

place by 2020”.

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Project Charter ...ctd

PROJECT SCOPE

The project will be led by the Project Manager and require 3 phases It is guided by:

Principles:

Transparency and accountability: with and to all stakeholders

Alignment with the direction and recommendations from organizations of influence: e.g. Blueprint for

Pharmacy, NAPRA, AFPC, CCAPP, CSHP

Evidence based

Build on Strengths

Sustainable; build to last and adapt

Responsive to the health needs of Manitobans

Work Groups:

representative of community and hospital pharmacists, faculty and staff, students, and key stakehold-

ers.

Stakeholder Consultation and Feedback:

University of Manitoba (UM) College of Pharmacy faculty, staff, Students and Alumni

University of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences

Professional Associations:

College of Pharmacists of Manitoba (CPhM)

Pharmacists Manitoba

Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP)

Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS)

Accrediting bodies:

Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP)

University Faculties: Science, Arts

Provincial Health Regions

Phase I: Development of a proposal for the entry to practice doctorate (Pharm.D.) program

Phase II: Development of a proposal for an ‘Adaptable’ Pharm.D. program for current practicing phar

macists, and foreign trained pharmacists

Phase III: Implementation strategy pending approval of the proposals

Project Proposal Leadership Team:

Jan Coates (Project Manager), Dr. Neal Davies (Dean), Dr. Lavern Vercaigne (Associate Dean, Academ-

ic)

Provides oversight to recommendations from Work Groups and decisions

Participates in communication to Key Stakeholders

Provide support where required


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Pharm. D. Proposal Development Working Groups

To ensure all stakeholders are informed, plus institutional knowledge and expertise are preserved, 9

Working Groups have been formed to assist Jan Coates with writing the proposal that will be submit-

ted to the University of Manitoba and, ultimately, government for approval.

Pre-requisites and Admissions – Chaired by Dr. Ruby Grymonpre

Mandate: To describe the Pre-Requisite criteria, as well the Admission criteria and process that will provide the basis for the success of a

well prepared student entering the PharmD program.

Curriculum – Chaired by Dr. Lavern Vercaigne

Mandate: To describe an innovative curriculum that will provide the depth and breadth of foundational skills and knowledge in the phar-

maceutical sciences and clinical therapeutics that will enable the graduate to assume, in a diversity of settings, an expanded patient cen-

tered practice with the confidence and competence that meets the challenging healthcare and disease prevention needs of Canadian socie-

ty.

Program Evaluation – Chaired by Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky

Mandate: To recommend a coherent program of evaluation that integrates with as much of the curriculum as possible, including Faculty

and Staff Development, and provides a comprehensive evaluation of outcomes of this educational program.

Cheryl Lee – Admin Support Dr. Chris Louizos Dr. Christine Leong

Dr. Dennis Cote Dr. Emmanuel Ho Dr. Frank Burczynski

Nancy Kleiman Dr. Rob Renaud Dr. Keith Simons

Cheryl Lee – Admin Support Dr. Archie McNicol Dr. Christine Leong

Dr. Dennis Cote Drena Dunford Dr. Geoff Tranmer

Nancy Kleiman Dr. Grace Frankel Dr. Harris Iacovides

Dr. I fan Kuo Dr. Jamie Falk Kelly Drummond

Dr. Shawn Bugden Dr. Ted Lakowski Dr. Xiaochen Gu

Dr. Peter Thomson – WRHA Travis Warner – St. Boniface Nick Rusnick - student

Angela Shank – Admin Support Dr. Neal Davies Dr. Lavern Vercaigne

Dr. Yuewen Gong Dr. Rob Renaud Dr. Chris Louizos

Dr. Hope Anderson Kelly Drummond Jacy Howarth - Student

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Working Groups… cont. Experiential – Chaired by Kelly Drummond

Mandate: To describe the Experiential Learning component of the PharmD curriculum which will provide an excellent experience that

increases the accessibility, quality, quantity and variety of experiential learning opportunities to prepare pharmacy graduates to practice

in expanded and innovative roles

Interprofessional Education – Chaired by Dr. Grace Frankel

Mandate: To describe the Interprofessional Education component of the project and how it will be integrated into the PharmD curriculum

that will provide an excellent experience for Pharmacy students to meet the goals of the PharmD project (described above). This will

naturally require collaboration with several of the other work group committees.

Communication – Chaired by Jan Coates

Mandate: To establish a robust communication strategy spanning the entire duration of planning, program development and implementa-

tion. As this project has significant impact on the pharmacy profession as a whole, throughout our province and beyond, as well as our

interprofessional colleagues, the importance of a transparent and inclusive approach is critical.

*Finance, Assessment and Faculty/Staff Development will be starting in the next year.*

Chrissy Laqui/Paola Cordova - Admin Amy Marriot – WRHA Amy Oliver – SDM

Dr. Christine Davis – SBGH Dr. Dana Turcotte Grazia Prochazka – WRHA

Jackie Mendez – MITT Pharm Tech Jaden Brandt – Rural Community Dr. Jamie Falk

Jarrid McKitrick – HSC Joanne Johnson – Rural Community Karin Ens – WRHA

Kyle MacNair – Rural hospital Lesley Hoy – WRHA Marc Geirnaert – CancerCare

Nancy Kleiman Natalie Macleod-Schroeder – OT Pat Hamilton – Rural Hospital

Ryan Buffie – Urban Community Sharon Smith – Rural Community Sheila Ng

Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini Dana Kowal – student Kevin Huang – student

Susan Lessard-Friesen - CPhM

Sara Smith - Admin Ashley Walus – WRHA Britt Kural – Community

Dr. Christine Leong Dr. Frank Burczynski Dr. Jeff Sisler – Medicine

Jennifer Thackery – NRHA Nicole Nakatsu – Community Pat Miller – WRHA

Roger Tam – Community Sheri Dyck – SBGH Scott Van – student

Tracy Thiele – WRHA nursing Dr. Mike Namaka (Fall 2015 chair)

Sara Dyck – Admin Support Angela Shank Steve Birch - IT

Brittany Kessler – student John Danakas – MCO Ilana Simon – Medicine

Stephanie Fehr – MCO Melni Ghattora – Medicine


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Working Groups… cont. Proposal Advisory Council – Chaired by Jan Coates

Mandate: To consider and provide feedback on recommendations received from the Work Groups in collaboration with the Pharm.D . Devel-

opment Leadership Team, and thus assist in guiding the development and implementation of the proposal for a new professional doctoral de-

gree program at the U of M. This proposal will guide the development of a new program that will fulfill all the criteria stipulated by Canadian

Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP ) Standards, and meet the expectations of the AFPC stated Outcomes, to be called a

professional doctoral (Pharm.D.) degree.

Name Stakeholder representation Specific expertise

Dr. Rob Ariano Pharm.D. Pharmacist Practitioner: Urban Hospital: SBGH

Tertiary Care Pharmacist

Dr. Christine Ateah RN, PhD

Professor, College of Nursing Vice Dean, Faculty Health Sciences; IPE

Brent Booker Pharm.D.

Pharmacist Practitioner: Urban Community: Safeway

Co-chair Standards CPhM

Dr. Shawn Bugden Pharm.D.

College of Pharmacy: faculty Scientific literature Evaluation Pharmaco epidemiology

Jan Coates (Chair) Director, Pharm.D. Development

Dr. Catherine Cook MD Professor, College of Medicine Assoc. Dean, First Nations, Metis & Inuit Indigenous Health

Drena Dunford College of Pharmacy: faculty Clinical Pharmacy

Dr. Anne Durcan MD Physician: Primary Care Coordinator, Asst. Professor

Mount Carmel Clinic; WISH Clinic; Inuit Health Program,

Northern Medical Unit

Jeanette Edwards

Regional Director

Primary Health Care and Chronic Dis-

ease

Government Advisor & WRHA appointment

Ron Eros BSc.Pharm

WRHA Pharmacy Program, director Provincial Pharmacy Working Group

Accountable to the Acute and Specialty Health Care

collaborative;

Patrick Fitch Canadian Society of Hospital Pharma-

cists, Urban Community Hospital e-Health; Resident/Preceptor

Ms. Donna Forbes Public Representative, CPhM Consumer

Ron Guse

College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Registrar (Regulating body)

Jane Lamont

Pharmacist: Rural Hospital: Brandon Director, Pharmacy Program, Prairie Mountain Health Authority

Barret Procyshyn

Pharmacist Practitioner: Rural Community: Dauphin

Pharmacists Manitoba Vice President CPhA liaison

Dr. Colette Raymond Pharm.D.

Former Research and Practice Develop-

ment; U of T; PharmD UBC;

MB Centre for Health Policy SPEP Education

Sharon Smith President, Pharmacists Manitoba Rural, Community pharmacist (Gladstone)

Harris Sohail College of Pharmacy: Student Council 2015-16 3rd year Co-Stick

Student Perspective

Dr. Karen Sullivan B.Sc.Pharm., MHSA,

PharmD

Director, Pharmacy Professional Affairs Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw

Industry

Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky Pharm.D.

College of Pharmacy: faculty Clinical Pharmacokinetics Infectious diseases Clinical Pharmacy

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Faculty, staff, and members of the

pharmacy profession were on hand

in the Brodie Centre atrium to wel-

come fifty-four new student phar-

macists into the pharmacy program,

supported by an audience of their

family and friends on September

22nd, 2014.

Outstanding achievements of stu-

dents throughout the professional

pharmacy program were recognized

in addition to faculty members and

preceptors. Dr. Neal Davies, Dean of

Pharmacy, served as the Master of Ceremonies and Mr. Ronald Guse, Registrar of the College of Phar-

macists of Manitoba, was invited as a guest speaker. Students from all four years of the program were

presented with awards, including the Summer Student Research Awards.

White coat ceremonies are a relatively new ritual and were introduced in Canadian Pharmacy programs

in the late 1990’s. These ceremonies formally welcomed the students, and instilled a sense of pride and

belonging in the profession of pharmacy. The presentation of the white coat symbolizes the hope, heal-

ing and dedication to patient care in the profession of Pharmacy. Dr. Dennis Cote invited Barbara Cin-

namon, Wayne Couling, Dr. Gordon Krip and Phillip Young from the Class of 1964 and Dr. Keith Si-

mons from the Class of 1966 to the stage to present each first year student with a white coat. However,

before they did, Mr. Ronald Guse presented a personalized white coat to each of the Golden graduate

alumni drapers with their name and year of graduation.

Junior co-stick, Maira Ahmed welcomed the

first years to the stage to be coated. Ms. Drena

Dunford led the first year students in reciting

the Pledge of Professionalism, publicly ac-

knowledging their commitment to professional-

ism, integrity, and ethical conduct. Senior co-

stick Riley Love addressed the first year stu-

dents before Dr. Davies invited all the guests to

the Apotex Centre for a reception.

White Coat Ceremony welcomes new Pharmacy Students

Pharmacy Class of 2018 reciting the Pledge of Professionalism

Events

Class of 2018 students being Coated by the Class of 1964


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By Alexis Wanner, 3rd Year student

November 22nd, 2014 marked the 3rd annual Mr. Pharmacy Pageant and Holiday Party for the

College of Pharmacy. The competition was close, but 4th year student Joel Hart came out on top and

was crowned Mr. Pharmacy 2014. The event was attended by students, faculty and professionals from

the community and was a huge success.

The highly anticipated event was co-chaired by Alanna Doell, Alan Phung, and Alexis Wanner

on behalf of the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI) and the University of

Manitoba Pharmacy Student Association (UMPhSA). After the previous year’s success, the goal for

this event was to include more community professionals and promote unity amongst practitioners and

students in a celebration of our chosen profession. The event was also an opportunity to give to those in

need. Gently used professional attire was collected and donated to Siloam Mission and the South Win-

nipeg Family Information Centre.

The event took place at the beautiful Metropolitan Entertainment Centre. Cocktails were fol-

lowed by a three-course meal before the show began with personal introduction videos for each of the

contestants. The eight contestants competing for the coveted title were: from the Class of 2018, Shael

Minuk and Jared Fridfinnson, from the Class of 2017, Oscar Quach and Michael Lachowicz, from the

Class of 2016, Kevin Huang and Michael Wiebe, and from the Class of 2015, John Kim and Joel Hart.

The eight contestants opened the live portion of the pageant with a group dance number choreographed

by third year student Joyce Umandap.

While the gentlemen had a quick costume

change the judges’ panel was introduced. This

year five pharmacists made up the panel, includ-

ing Dr. Dennis Cote, Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini,

Dr. Jamie Falk, Sharon Smith, and Gayle Roma-

netz. Throughout the night the judges comment-

ed on the event, the front-runners in the competi-

tion, and also the burden of being a ‘super phar-

macist’.

The first competition of the night was the

‘Professional Dress’ portion, where the contest-

ants showed off their sense of style, confidence,

and charisma. Riley Love, the Senior Co-stick of

UMPhSA and former contestant, announced the

biographies as they took to the catwalk. This was

followed by the ‘Question and Answer’ portion

of the evening. The College of Pharmacists of

Manitoba Registrar, Mr. Ronald Guse, grilled the

contestants on their opinions about reward points

for prescriptions, the Ebola outbreak, and the ex-

panded role of pharmacists.

The second half of the show started with the

Mr. Pharmacy 2014

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Pharmacy Practice Competition, sponsored by the Manitoba Society of Pharmacists. In the past, this

event has been a pill counting contest. However, this activity alone does not reflect the true role of the

modern pharmacist. To better reflect our roles as gatekeepers to patient safety and to encompass the

practice of community and hospital pharmacists, a Prescription Reading Competition was held instead.

Prescriptions (some of which were written by Manitoba’s own physicians) were displayed, and points

were awarded for accurately deciphered drug names, strengths, and dosing regimens. The audience also

had a good time trying to guess what each prescription said.

The last competition of the event was the talent portion. The contestants all showed off their

unique talents, which included extreme yo-yo tricks, rapping, a mysterious magic show, and solving a

Rubix Cube under a time limit.

The time finally came to announce the winners. Mr. Pharmacy 2013, Louis Chute, took the

stage to say a few words and to help crown the new winner. John Kim was the recipient of the Mr.

Congeniality award, a title voted on by the contestants themselves and meant for the person with the

most enthusiasm and sportsmanship. The runner up was 3rd year contestant, Michael Wiebe, who also

represented Manitoba in the first ever National Mr. Pharmacy Competition at Professional Develop-

ment Week 2015 in Quebec City. Finally, Mr. Pharmacy 2014 was none other than Joel Hart. Joel im-

pressed the judges with his quick costume changes throughout the evening and his talent; his own lyr-

ics to well-known songs about life in the College of Pharmacy.

This event is certainly a unique occasion that brings members of the profession together for a

great evening of entertainment. Our sincere gratitude goes out to all who volunteered to help organize

the event, as well as to those who attended and sponsored the night. This is definitely a tradition that

will continue to grow in the coming years. Congratulations to all of the contestants for a job well done,

and to Michael for placing first in the talent section in Quebec City!

Mr. Pharmacy Pageant… cont.

CPhM Registrar, Ron Guse, with the contestants


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Graduate Awards Reception: Celebrating Excellence

As the fall semester drew to a close, the College of Pharmacy celebrated excellence in graduate educa-

tion and research. With the continued support of our incredible donors, student and faculty research is

booming in both quality and quantity.

Since 2005 the College of Pharmacy has hosted the Graduate Awards Reception to bestow scholarships

to Masters and Ph.D. students and reconnect with the pharmacy community. In 2013, with the generous

donation of Dr. Joanne Buggey and the Buggey family, the Leslie F. Buggey Endowed Professorship

was established and it was decided this honour would be presented at the annual reception. This year

marked the start of a new tradition when the inaugural award winner, Dr. Keith Simons, provided the

first “Leslie F. Buggey Professor Lecture” as the invited speaker at this year’s reception. Dr. Simons has

worked tirelessly on the development of a sublingual epinephrine tablet that can be used in place of an

epinephrine autoinjector to treat life threatening anaphylaxis in allergic reactions.

Dr. Joanne Buggey joined Dr. Neal Davies, Dean of Pharmacy, and Dr. Simons to present the second

Leslie F. Buggey Professorship to Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky. Dr. Zelenitsky will continue her work improv-

ing the use of antibiotics and preserving their effectiveness in an era of increasing resistance. When

asked how presenting the second Buggey Professorship felt Dr. Buggey, eloquent as always, said “It’s

been a great experience for me and more than my wildest dreams.”

In honour of the 25th presentation

of the Leslie F. Buggey Graduate

Scholarship in Pharmacy, Dr. Ric

Procyshyn, Pharmacy Class of

1983 and the first winner of this

award, was invited to join in the

presentation. Drs. Buggey and

Procyshyn presented the

2014/2015 scholarship to Ms. Div-

na Calic, a Masters student cur-

rently researching antibiotic use in

surgery cases. Divna graduated

from the College of Pharmacy

Dr. Ric Procyshyn, Dr. Joanne Buggey, Divna Calic

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Graduate Awards Reception: Celebrating Excellence

in 2010 and recently returned for her Masters because of a special interest in infectious diseases and anti-

microbials. Further study will help her apply these new skills to help patients in a clinical setting.

With the generosity of Mr. William G. Eamer and the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba, a scholarship

has been offered to a graduate student who exhibits excellence in academics and community service each

year since 2004. The William Eamer/CPhM Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacy was presented by Mr.

Eamer, Mr. Ronald Guse, Registrar of the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba, and Ms. Dinah Santos,

Vice President of the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba, to Ms. Sidi Yang. In addition to her research,

developing a nanomicrobicide to prevent the transmission of HIV, Sidi was commended by Mr. Eamer

for her commitment to improving health in our communities as an active volunteer. “It’s been a great

pleasure for me [and] I’m honoured to present you with this award, “said Mr. Eamer.

Dinah Santos, William Eamer, Sidi Yang and Ronald Guse


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Welcome to the Profession, Class of 2015 At the annual Welcome to the Profession Ceremony on

May 28th, 2015, the College of Pharmacy, in collaboration

with the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba, presented a

new class of pharmacists to the public in front of family,

friends, and faculty. These newly minted pharmacists will

be practicing on the cutting edge of health care across Can-

ada. After this ceremony, the graduates participated in the

University Convocation at the Fort Garry Campus.

The University of Manitoba’s Apotex Centre has been

home to the pharmacy students for four years as they

earned their Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree. The

College of Pharmacy faculty and graduating class were led

into the Brodie Centre by traditional bagpiping. Executives

from the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba were on hand to ‘coat’ the Class of 2015. Each student is pre-

sented with a personalized white pharmacist’s coat to symbolize their new role as a health care professional

Dr. Neal Davies, Dean of Pharmacy, was the emcee for the event and welcomed family, friends and sup-

porters to the ceremony. He congratulated the students on long years of study and practice to achieve this

prestigious degree. Mr. Ronald Guse, Registrar of CPhM, provided the Welcome to the Profession address.

Mr. Riley Love gave the valedictorian address. He was also the Gold Medal winner and Senior Co-Stick for

UMPhSA.

In a new tradition this year, Preceptor of the Year awards were given out at this ceremony instead of at the

White Coat Ceremony in the autumn. Graduating students are asked to nominate exceptional preceptors

who have helped shape their education. Mr. Daniel Rossi and Miss Laura Newlands nominated the St. Bon-

iface Intensive Care Medical Ser-

vices team as the “Pharmacy Team

of the Year.” “Community Preceptor

of the Year” went to Britt Kural,

nominated by Grace Badejo. The

“Hospital Preceptor of the Year” was

Mark Friesen, nominated by Joel

Hart. The “Elective Preceptor of the

Year” was Dr. Chris Louizos.

The Class of 2015 then recited the

“Oath of a Pharmacist”, led by Ms.

Drena Dunford, instructor in the

College of Pharmacy, before joining

family and friends for a reception in

the Apotex Centre.

Coating the Class of 2015 by CPhM officials

Class of 2015

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Dr. Keith Simons’ Retirement An outstanding professor, accomplished researcher and valued colleague

retired from the University of Manitoba this year. Dr. Keith Simons retired from the

College of Pharmacy after 40 years of service on June 30th, 2015 and was granted the

title of Professor Emeritus. Dr. Simons was honoured at the Manitoba Pharmacy

Conference on April 17th, 2015 with a reception at the Canadian Museum for Human

Rights.

Dr. Keith J. Simons earned his BSc. (Pharm) degree from the University of

Manitoba in 1966 and his MSc. in Pharmacy in 1969. He later completed his Ph.D. at

the University of Washington, School of Pharmacy in Seattle in 1975 under the su-

pervision of Dr. Rene Levy.

What you won’t find on Dr. Simons curriculum vitae are some of the intan-

gibles attributes that he has provided friends, colleagues, students as a mentor, as a parent, as a spouse, and as a

friend. Dr. Simons is a consummate professional and a true gentleman of great moral conviction and a distin-

guished disposition who always took the time to help others. We are all extremely proud of what Dr. Simons has

achieved in his career and pharmacy is a better profession because of pharmacists like Keith.

Dr. Simons joined the, then, Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba in 1975 as an Assistant

Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 1986. He moved up the ranks and has held a number of high-

profile positions within the College of Pharmacy, including Division Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences from

1994-2004 and Associate Dean (Research) from 2004 to 2009. Dr. Simons served on and chaired most of the

College of Pharmacy’s standing committees and various Faculty of Graduate Studies’ committees. He was a

University of Manitoba Senator from 2003-2005. In the fall of 2013, he was awarded the inaugural Leslie F.

Buggey Research Professorship.

During a career spanning over five decades Dr. Simons has rendered distinguished service and excel-

lence in teaching. Dr. Simons has been a passionately committed and outstanding educator. He taught under-

graduate and graduate courses in a variety of practice areas and has been recognized for his positive teaching

methods. He has contributed to the education of more than 1,900 pharmacists, most of who are currently practic-

ing in Manitoba. He has also supervised six Ph.D. students, six M.Sc. students, and two post-doctoral fellows.

His trainees have all gone on to either academic positions or high level positions in the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr. Simons is a prolific author with over 400 scholarly articles, ab-

stracts books, and book chapters, and is frequently invited to speak at

national and international conferences. He has received competitive

research grants and industry funding totalling several million dollars

which is indicative of his research excellence.

At his retirement reception, kind words were shared by those

who had been impacted by Dr. Simons. Barret Procyshyn spoke on

behalf of the Pharmacists Manitoba and Glenda Marsh from the Col-

lege of Pharmacists of Manitoba. Both spoke to Dr. Simons’ long and

fruitful career and his passion for education. More accolades were

given when he was awarded the title Honorary Life Member of the

Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada at the Canadian So-

ciety of Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference in Toronto in June. As a

profession, pharmacy should honor its scholars and associate itself

with leaders like Dr. Simons.

Dr. Keith Simons

Dr. Neal Davies & Dr. Keith Simons at

the Manitoba Pharmacy Conference

celebration


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Influenza Vaccination Clinics

Health Minister Erin Selby issues ‘the Flu shot challenge’: “If you haven’t had your flu shot, roll

up your sleeve” and pharmacists hear the call.

Getting a vaccine is easier than ever in the province of Manitoba. To celebrate the regulations outlined in the

Manitoba Pharmaceutical Act that granted pharmacists the ability to administer injections, Health Minister

Erin Selby and Mr. Dennis White Bird from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs received their influenza vac-

cinations from Mrs. Dinah Santos, a certified pharmacist, Vice-President of the College of Pharmacists and

an instructor at the University of Manitoba on October 10, 2014.

As the injection was being drawn up, Minister Selby asked “You’ve done this before, right?” Dinah Santos

responded with “Of course, I’m fully trained!” It is that personal service that will be faithfully delivered in

the expanded scopes of practice of pharmacy care and education. “Now many Manitobans can visit their lo-

cal pharmacy to get their flu shot and other services from the pharmacist that they know, trust and respect,”

said Mrs. Glenda Marsh, President of the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba.

Seeing how seamlessly it was performed, Mr. White Bird happily rolled up his sleeve, too. “The Assembly of

Manitoba Chiefs is pleased to have First Nation engagement in this year’s provincial flu campaign,” said

Grand Chief Derek Nepinak. With pharmacists now able to administer injections, rural and remote communi-

ties have significantly better access to the vaccinations and improved health-care.

Steele’s Apothecary within the College of Pharmacy was selected as the ideal location for these seminal in-

jections of this year’s flu season. The Bannatyne campus is the educational epicenter of the University of

Manitoba’s nationally recognized Pharmacy program. This location provides the necessary environment for

the development of clinical skills that pharmacists have as a healthcare providers. All College of Pharmacy

students are trained to administer injections and the University of Manitoba has partnered with the College of

Pharmacists of Manitoba to certify over 530 practicing pharmacists in the province.

This will be the first year that Manitoba pharmacies are

included as sites for flu vaccinations. Over 200 pharmacies

in Manitoba are ready to administer the flu shot. All Mani-

tobans are encouraged to contact their local pharmacy or

health-care provider to arrange for their immunization.

Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Michael Routledge, said

roughly 20-25% of Manitobans receive their flu shot each

year. “Every flu shot really counts”, said Dr. Routledge.

The provincial campaign “Because it’s About Them Too.

Get Vaccinated. Don’t Spread the Flu,” hopes to encourage

a record number of flu vaccinations this year.

New Initiatives

Dinah Santos and Erin Selby

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Launch of RXPreceptor

The College of Pharmacy is excited to introduce Rx Preceptor: an online

experiential program management software.

This program allows us to schedule our students and manage both student and pre-

ceptor evaluations online. The major advantage for you as a preceptor will be

your ability to complete evaluations of your students on the internet and easily

submit them to the College of Pharmacy, replacing the need for paper forms.

How Rx Preceptor will work is very simple. You will receive an e-mail from Rx

Preceptor with your online account information once a student is scheduled to

your pharmacy by the College of Pharmacy SPEP team. You will then log into the

system and personalize your account, such as changing your user name and pass-

word. We encourage you to customize your profile with photos, additional qualifi-

cations/specialties you may have and any information about your site and practice

that you wish to share with potential students. Let’s use the software to its fullest

potential! You will be able to see which students are scheduled to come to your

pharmacy and be provided with their contact information and resume. Students are

still required to contact you 1-2 weeks before their placements begin and, as al-

ways, support for preceptors is available through the College of Pharmacy’s SPEP

team.

If you have any questions about this new program, suggestions for improving

functionality, or are interested in becoming a preceptor, please email

[email protected].

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Healthy blood pressure is an essential

component to cardiovascular health. The

College of Pharmacy has added blood

pressure assessments to the curriculum,

ensuring new pharmacists are equipped

to offer this service to patients upon

graduation. This year pharmacy students

along with Dental Hygiene students

from the School of Dental Hygiene oper-

ated community outreach clinics offering

free blood pressure assessments and life-

style counseling in collaboration with

the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Dr. Christine Leong, Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy has been building physical as-

sessments into the curriculum since 2013 with the assistance of Pharmacy Skills Lab coordinator, Dr.

Chris Louizos. Students first had hands on practice of assessment skills in a periodontal clinic in the

first year of the program. The students expressed an interest for more practice of physical assess-

ments, a skill that is also outlined in the AFPC Educational Outcomes. Dr. Leong received a District

V grant to incorporate blood pressure practice

in the 3rd year of the pharmacy curriculum.

Three clinics were operated in Winnipeg,

with 53 pharmacy students and 17 dental hy-

giene students participating. At two clinic

sites, Good Neighbours Active Living Centre

and Parkside Plaza, Amanda Nash, a regis-

tered dietician with the Heart and Stroke

Foundation, was on hand to present nutrition

and lifestyle information to patients. Students

were supervised by College of Pharmacy fac-

ulty: Dr. Leong, Dr. Louizos, Dr. Grace

Frankel, Dr. I fan Kuo, Dr. Casey Sayre, Ms.

Kelly Drummond, Ms. Nancy Kleiman and

Community Blood Pressure Clinics

Good Neighbours Active Living centre, supervised by Ms. Kelly Drummond and Dr. Grace Frankel

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Ms. Drena Dunford. Approximately 150 patients had

their blood pressures read by students.

Additionally, two third year students, Alexis Wanner

and Marlee Stewart, facilitated their own blood pres-

sure clinic while on their Structured Practical Experi-

ential rotation in Churchill, Manitoba.

Good Neighbours Active Living centre, supervised by Dr. Casey Sayre

Chris Louizos, Drena Dunford, Grace Frankel, I fan Kuo, Nancy Kleiman, and Christine Leong

Marlee Stewart and Alexis Wanner at the blood pressure clinic in Churchill


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In January 2014 the approval for pharmacists’ expanded

scopes of practice came into effect. With the guidance of

Dr. Lavern Vercaigne, Associate Dean (Academic) and

Dr. Neal Davies, Dean of Pharmacy, updates to the cur-

riculum have begun which will allow graduates to fully

meet the needs of patients in Manitoba. One such curricu-

lum change was started in the 2014/2015 year with the

addition of Prescribing for Ambulatory Ailments into the

2nd year of the program.

In two key courses, Clinical Pharmacy 1 and Pharmacy

Skills Lab 2, the information and opportunity to practice

the skills of prescribing was adopted. Ms. Drena Dun-

ford teaches Clinical Pharmacy 1and added information

on the conditions and prescribing options for pharma-

cists, as well as how to educate patients on the prescriptions they could receive. To give students the time

to practice this new skill, a special lab in Pharmacy Skills Lab 2, created by Ms. Sheila Ng and coordinat-

ed by Dr. Casey Sayre, was implemented. “This is the first time in their education when they actually

wrote the prescription. It’s very exciting for the profession,” said Ms. Dunford.

Students were taught to conduct a patient assessment, arrive at a differential diagnosis and present three

therapies to their patients, in addition to non-pharmacological treatments. Acting in small groups students

were all ‘patients’ for each other. They then had to write a prescription that would satisfy the legal re-

quirement put forth by the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba, document their actions following the

CPhM guidelines and develop an appropriate monitoring plan with their patient. The feedback on this lab

was very positive overall. Students enjoyed the hands on appli-

cation of their lectures and could see the real world applica-

tion.

The lab activity would not have been possible without the ef-

forts, supervision and input of Ms. Nancy Kleiman, Ms. Sonal

Purohit and Dr. Grace Frankel, Instructors with the College of

Pharmacy, and the technical support of Ms. Chrissy Laqui and

Ms. Paola Cordova.

Right now, practicing pharmacists need to complete continu-

ing education modules to be able to prescribe medications for

conditions like thrush, allergic rhinitis and eczema. The full

list of ambulatory ailments and approved treatments are availa-

ble through CPhM.

The First Prescribing for Ambulatory Ailments Lab

2nd Year students in the PSL-2 lab

Students being supervised by Ms. Sonal Purohit

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The College of Pharmacy had 55 students who confirmed their acceptance for the 2014/15 academic

session, by the end of August. The Admissions meeting for review of applicants was held on June 19,

2014. The recommendation was to offer positions to 54 applicants (included one applicant from the

special consideration list) with 9 on the wait list.

The total number of applications for entry to the Faculty in 2014-2015 was 300.

Table 1: Student Profile 2014-2015

Year Female Male Total

1 40 (71%) 16 (29%) 56

2 32 (62%) 20 (38%) 52

3 34 (64%) 19 (36%) 53

4 21 (44%) 27 (56%) 48

Total

127

(61%)

82

(39%)

209

Undergraduate Program Undergraduate Enrolment

Graduates Jessica Adria Melissa Gobin Sarah Kolshuk Dustin Reimer

Grace Badejo Ruth Habte Alexander Lei Daniel Rossi

Tyler Campbell Joel Hart Amy Lo Curtis Russel

Kevin Chaboyer Bradley Hernden Riley Love Antonio Sacco

Shawn Chohan Aimee Hetherington Jenny Luc Jasdeep Sandhu

Rick Damsel Joseph Ho Amanda Mazinke Samuel Shuster

Geraldine De Lemos Himath Jayasinghe Janice Neufeld Kulwant Singh

Jaclyn Deonarine Trevor Johnson Laura Newlands Jae Song

Alysha Dudych Inderpaul Kaler Jeffrey Ngo Nicholis St. Goddard

Kathleen Fogg Linnaea Kaminski P.J. Marlon Perez Franil Tailor

Jesse Franklin Daehong Kim Ryan Persaud Amanda Wallack

Stephanie Gautron John Kim Kristen Poncsak Jennifer Young

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Riley Love was the Senior Stick for the Class of 2015, the Gold Medal Winner and was elected Class Valedictori-

an. Here is an excerpt from his Valedictorian Speech given at the Welcome to the Profession Ceremony.

Welcome to The Profession, graduating Class of 2015!

I want to take a moment and thank each and every per-

son on behalf of our class. Without the support of fam-

ily and friends we wouldn’t be here today, so thank

you! With that said, in the immortal words of my be-

loved Toronto Raptor’s Global Ambassador Drake,

“WE MADE IT!” Through the late nights cramming

for clinical, through the early mornings running on on-

ly stress and caffeine, through the PHIA OSCE’s in

year 1 to the Indapa-what OSCE in year 3, WE MADE

IT! And we made it together. Some of our profes-

sors may argue that we got closer as a class as the

years went on, based on the fact that we seemed to split the classroom into a right and left side with the

middle unoccupied. But I think that arrangement was largely due to us getting smarter and realizing that

you were more likely to be chosen to answer a question if you sat near the middle. I know for me, per-

sonally, I have met some of my best friends in the Friendly Back Row and it’s bittersweet knowing that I

won’t get to see everyone everyday as I’ve grown accustomed to over the years.

When we all came together 4 years ago we all had our own preconceived notions about what being a

pharmacist was all about. I still remember that first day when we were all asked to introduce ourselves

and say why we wanted to be a pharmacist. For those of you who weren’t there the answers ranged from

“wanting to help people” to “I like drugs”, with a few “I like chemistries” sprinkled in between. I myself

answered that “I wanted to help people” but I’ll be honest and say that the question stumped me that day.

When I really thought about it, I didn’t really know why I wanted to be a pharmacist. Sure, I wanted to

help people (I think each and every person in this class would say the same), but why pharmacy? Why

not being a teacher, or a nurse, or a physician, or one of the countless other careers that help people every

day? I then thought about how I would answer that question if I were asked it today, 4 years and many

exams later. I think my answer would go something like this:

I want to be a pharmacist because I see a country and healthcare system that is battling with in-

creasing healthcare costs, an aging population, increases in diabetes and obesity and gaps in

healthcare in many underserved areas. I see pharmacy as a way to control healthcare spending

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and improve patient health through targeted medication reviews. I see pharmacy as a way to

educate patients on lifestyle changes that can prevent and help treat obesity and diabetes as front

-line health professionals. I see pharmacy as an opportunity to make a difference in patients’

lives and close these gaps through the new expanded scope of practice being rolled out not only

in Manitoba but also across the country.

As you can see my answer is quite different than the one I gave 4 years ago and I think highlights the

growth that I think most of us have undergone. I challenge each of my classmates to ask yourself the

same question. I think it’s an important question at this point in your life as you complete the transition

from student to professional because it allows you to begin your career with the end in mind. What do

you want to accomplish? How do you want your colleagues and patients to remember you? What do

you want to be able to tell your classmates at our 30-year reunion?

I wanted to close with something that Dr. Shawn Bugden said at the Manitoba Pharmacy Conference in

his acceptance speech after winning Pharmacist of the Year. He said that he didn’t see himself as the

pharmacist of the year, he saw himself as the pharmacist of many 5-minute encounters where he

might’ve made a difference. I thought this was a really powerful message that hit home with me about

what being a pharmacist is all about. As we all head off into the real world we are going to be faced

with many situations where just spending 5 minutes with someone could make a huge difference for

them and their health. I challenge each and everyone one of you to be the pharmacist of as many 5-

minute encounters as you can and promise you that that little bit of extra time you spend helping a pa-

tient select an OTC medication, discussing adherence is-

sues or providing diabetes education will make all the dif-

ference in the world.

When I think of my classmates, I don’t just see 47 future

leaders of pharmacy in Manitoba; I see 47 friends, 47 peo-

ple that have each helped each other and myself along this

journey that culminates today with the receipt of our di-

plomas. Thank you.

Message from the Senior Stick

Harris Sohail, 2015-2016 Junior Stick, and Riley Love


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Courtney Lawrence, (Year 1): Doreen O’Donnell Memorial Scholarship. Highest standing in first year

pharmacy

Lane Sokolowski, (Year 1): William G. Eamer/College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Scholarship. Academic ex-

cellence and demonstrated social responsibility and personal initiative through active participation in student

government or other student community service [FOUR AWARDS are granted]

Courtney Lawrence, (Year 1): Dr. D. McDougall Memorial Scholarship. Outstanding merit in Fundamentals of

Pharmaceutics (PHRM1300)

Haley Foxton and Naomi Wolfe (Year 1): Procurity Pharmacy Services Inc. Award. Outstanding merit (great

aptitude) in Skills Lab I (PHRM1100); obtained grade no less than B+ in course; achieved minimum cumulative

GPA of 3.5 [TWO AWARDS are granted]

Taylor McVannel and Patricia Gorczyca, (Year 2): Procurity Pharmacy Services Inc. Award. Outstanding merit

in Skills Lab II (PHRM2100); Obtained grade no less than B+ in course; achieved minimum cumulative GPA of

3.5. [TWO AWARDS are granted]

Dana Kowal, (Year 2): Petrasko Award of Excellence for Clinical Pharmacy 1. For a student who has complet-

ed second year of the B.Sc. in Pharmacy with high academic standing and shown outstanding merit in Clinical

Pharmacy I

Erika Hartel, (Year 2): Bletcher Memorial Scholarship. High standing in second year pharmacy

Dana Kowal: Pharmacy Class of 1966 Scholarship (Year 2). Completion of 1st or 2nd year with high academic

standing (min GPA 3.5) and demonstrated leadership & involvement in extra-curricular activities (by letter of

application)

Stephanie Bryant, (Year 2): Pharmacy Class of 2004 Memorial Scholarship: enrolled in at least 2nd year, good

academic standing, demonstrated leadership qualities and extra-curricular involvement

Katlyn Taylor, (Year 2): William G. Eamer/College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Scholarship. Academic excel-

lence and demonstrated social responsibility and personal initiative through active participation in student gov-

ernment or other student community service [FOUR AWARDS are granted]

Erika Hartel, (Year 2): College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Scholarship. Outstanding merit in second year phar-

macy

Nicholas Rusnick (Year 2): The Doreen Ash Memorial Prize (student nominated). For a student active in availa-

ble sports programs, social programs and student activities of the College with at least one year of Pharmacy

Patricia Gorczyca, (Year 2): Joseph & Sylvia Lavitt Award in Pharmacy. For a student enrolled full-time in the

third year of the B.Sc. Pharmacy and in good academic standing

Joseph Gille, (Year 2): Sanofi-Aventis Award in Law & Ethics. Highest academic standing in the jurisprudence

section of PSL-2 PHRM2100

Joseph Gille, (Year 2): Stewart G. Wilcox Award. Completion of the second year of the program in the Collegey

of Pharmacy with high academic standing and achieving the highest standing in the course PHRM2100: Juris-

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Undergraduate Student Awards … cont. prudence Section

Arianna Crowe, (Year 2): Mrs. Ethel Roberts Memorial Prize. Outstanding merit in second year pharmacy [Not

tenable with other awards]

Dana Kowal, (Year 2): Manitoba Pharmacists’ Women’s Auxiliary Scholarship. Outstanding merit in second

year pharmacy

Patricia Gorczyca, (Year 2): Donald J. Forsyth Memorial Scholarship. Outstanding merit in second year phar-

macy

Mariam Ahmed, (Year 2): Mary & Joe Zeal Price. Outstanding merit in second year pharmacy

Erika Hartel, (Year 2): Novopharm Ltd. Scholarship in Medicinal Chemistry. Highest aggregate standing in first

and second year medicinal chemistry

Erika Hartel, (Year 2): Novopharm Ltd. Award in Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics. Highest aggregate stand-

ing in Biopharmaceutics (2270) & Pharmacokinetics (2280)

Jenny Fehr (Year 2): Shopper's Drug Mart Community Pharmacy Scholarship. highest standing, not tenable,

preference to those interested in community pharmacy

Lyndon Walker, (Year 2): Flexon Silver Medal. Highest aggregate standing in Medicinal Chemistry courses

Lyndon Walker, (Year 2): Dr. Roman (Roy) Bilous Scholarship. High academic standing for a FT student com-

pleting third year who has achieved high academic standing in the Medicinal Chemistry subject stream

Erika Hartel, (Year 2): Dr. A.W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship. Highest standing in the College of Pharmacy

Maira Ahmed, (Year 3): The Mike Kupfer Memorial Award (student nominated). Participated in student activi-

ties; demonstrated high degree of empathy of fellow students

Nicholas Malzahn and Kyra Skrupski (Year 3): Procurity Pharmacy Services Inc. Award. Outstanding merit in

Skills Lab III (PHRM3100); Obtained grade no less than B+ in course; achieved minimum cumulative GPA of

3.5. [TWO AWARDS are granted]

Emily Wiebe, (Year 3): Isbister Scholarship in Pharmacy. Highest standing in any year (first, second, third)

Nicholas Malzahn, (Year 3): Harry Singer Memorial Medal. High academic standing and demonstrated out-

standing merit in the second & third year Skills Lab in the patient counseling component; minimum cumulative

GPA 3.5

Andrew Kramer (Year 3): Shopper's Drug Mart Community Pharmacy Scholarship. highest standing, not tena-

ble, preference to those interested in community pharmacy

Nicholas Malzahn, (Year 3): Bonnie Schulz Memorial Scholarship. Outstanding merit in the Standardized Pa-

tient streams of PSL-1, 2 and 3 with particular emphasis on the Drug Information Component.

Jacy Howarth (Year 3): Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Prize in Pharmacy. High academic standing

and demonstrated promise in improving patient care and an appreciation for scientific inquiry and an evidence-

based approach to evaluating natural medicines


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Undergraduate Student Awards … cont. Jessica Holben, (Year 3): Professional Development Week Award. For a student who has demonstrated involve-

ment in student-related activities in the Faculty, professional pharmaceutical organizations, and/or volunteer ac-

tivities; given to a second or third year student who is in good standing in the College of Pharmacy

Alexis Wanner, (Year 3): William G. Eamer/College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Association Scholarship. Aca-

demic excellence and demonstrated social responsibility and personal initiative through active participation in

student government or other student community service [FOUR AWARDS are granted]

Emily Wiebe (Year 3): College of Pharmacists of Manitoba Silver Medal in Third Year Pharmacy. Highest

standing in third year pharmacy

Alexis Wanner, (Year 3): Martin Irwin Sexton Memorial Scholarship: a full time student who has completed 1st

year with good academic standing and proof of community service and participation in pharmacy events, and has

an interest in practicing community pharmacy

Doris Cheung, (Year 3): Sheppy I. Adler Memorial Scholarship. Best major project (essay, oral presentation or

display) in Natural Health Products (PHRM3430)

Alexis Wanner, (Year 3): Canadian Pharmacists Association Centennial Award. Student Council nominates a

third year student for the award, who promotes the faculty and profession, is actively involved with student

council and other local/provincial associations, who participates in student athletics and other extracurricular

activities, is in good academic standing, and is a CPhA student Member.

Kathleen Fogg, (Year 4): Audrey Koz Memorial Prize. Outstanding merit in Clinical Pharmacy 3 (PHRM 4310)

and SPEP-4 (PHRM4700)

Riley Love, (Year 4): David Stern Memorial Scholarship. Highest standing Pharmacy Practice Management

(PHRM4230) and who plans to pursue a career in retail pharmacy

Jaclyn Deonarine, (Year 4): Dr. D. McDougall Memorial Trophy (student nominated). Good scholastic standing

throughout undergraduate years, citizenship and dedication

Jaclyn Deonarine, (Year 4). Pharmacy Class 2009 – Passion & Commitment award. Successfully completed the

requirements for the BSc. Pharmacy program with a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0, & a strong rec-

ord of community service within the broader community, the College of Pharmacy, and/or the University

Grace Badejo and Kevin Chaboyer, (Year 4): Outstanding paper in the Electives Course (PHRM4800). GB:

"Characterization of bloodstream infection pathogens in hemodialysis patients" (preceptor Dr. Sher-

yl Zelenitsky); KC"Effects of a Doxorubicin-Quercetin Prodrug on Cardiac Myocyte Viability" (Preceptors: Dr.

H. Anderson, Dr. C. Sayre and Dr. C. Alibin)

Riley Love, (Year 4): Dr. J.R. Murray Scholarship. After completing Manitoba Grade 12 proceeded to 1st year

Science in a Manitoba University; Minimum GPA 3.5; High standing in all years of the program; Has participat-

ed in extra-curricular activities

Kevin Chaboyer, (Year 4): Manitoba Branch – Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Award. Outstanding

merit in Clinical Pharmacy 3 (PHRM4310) and SPEP-4 (PHRM4700)

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Undergraduate Student Awards … cont. Riley Love, (Year 4): University Gold Medal. Highest standing in Pharmacy; Based on degree GPA

Riley Love, (Year 4): CPhM Gold Medal in fourth year Pharmacy. Highest GPA during second, third, & fourth

year (pharmacy courses only)

Riley Love, (Year 4): Abraham Schwartz Prize. Highest standing in B.Sc. (Pharm)

Riley Love, (Year 4): Mark Rose Memorial Book Prize. Highest standing in B.Sc. (Pharm)

Amanda Mazinke, (Year 4): CPhM President’s Prize. Outstanding merit in fourth year pharmacy courses

Alysha Dudych, (Year 4): CPhM Silver Medal. Second highest GPA second, third, fourth year pharmacy cours-

es only.

Ruth Habte and Joel Hart (Year 4): Procurity Pharmacy Services Ltd. Award (2). Highest standing in

PHRM4230 Pharmacy Practice Management

Grace Badejo, (Year 4): Langley Jones Leadership Award (student nominated). For aptitude for community

pharmacy and consumer health care products and leadership qualities

Emily Wiebe, (Year 3): Frank Edick Memorial Prize. Highest standing in Clinical Pharmacy 2 (PHRM3310)

Riley Love, (Year 4): Halsey A. Park Memorial Prize. For outstanding merit in the aggregate of clinical pharma-

cy (PHRM 3310 & PHRM 4310); active participation in the life of the University and a promise of advancing

the profession

Mr. Riley Love receiving the CPhM Gold Medal from Mr.

Petr Prochazka, CPhM council member


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Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Lawrence, Courtney

Vassart, Madison

Ahmed, Mariam

Crowe, Arianna

Fehr, Jenny

Gorczyca, Patricia

Hartel, Erika

Holben, Jessica

Kaminsky, Emily

Kowal, Dana

Quintana, Janelle

Spryszak, Meredith

Hawkins, Jenna

Howarth, Jacy

Kort, Jessica

Kraemer, Andrew

Malzahn, Nicholas

Wiebe, Emily

Dean’s Honour List

Badejo, Oluwatusin

Chaboyer, Kevin

Dudych, Alysha

Fogg, Kathleen

Gautron, Stéphanie

Habte, Ruth

Hart, Joel

Hetherington, Aimee

Kaler, Inderpaul

Lei, Alexander

Lo, Amy

Love, Riley

Mazinke, Amanda

Shuster, Samuel

Singh, Kulwant

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Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference 2015

By Grace Badejo, Class of 2015

Last summer, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Christine Leong on a summer research project

which explored pharmacists’ role in prevention of medication misuse and abuse. With her encourage-

ment and guidance we developed a poster: “Pharmacist-led Interventions for the Identification and Pre-

vention of Medication Misuse, Divergence and Overdose”, to present at the CSPS Conference which was

held from May 26-28 in Toronto. Students, professors and delegates from pharmacy institutions across

the country were all in attendance (though Manitoba had the largest representation by far). My classmate,

Jessica Adria, also attended and submitted a poster based on the summer research work she had done in

Dr. Emmanuel Ho’s lab. Jessica’s work won a GlaxoSmithKline National Summer Student Research

Program Award, while Dean Neal Davies was recognized for his decades of work in the pharmaceutical

sciences with the CSPS Leadership Award.

Jessica and I arrived in Toronto a day early to explore and take a break after the PEBC exams the

previous week. We went for a walking tour of Chinatown and ran into Dr. Ho, who was enjoying his old

stomping grounds with some bubble tea. We checked out Kensington Market, one of Toronto’s most fa-

mous neighbourhoods and managed to fit in a bit of shopping.

The next morning we presented our posters at the conference with a group of other attendees and

had the opportunity to network with students and representatives from other pharmacy institutions across

the country. Yufei Chen and Ryan Lillico from our very own University of Manitoba were both selected

to perform oral presentations on their work: “Evaluating the Drug Release and In Vivo Biocompatibility

of an Intravaginal Implantable Device in a Rabbit Model” and “HDAC Inhibitor Induced Changes in

Histone Methylation”.

There were many other interesting presentations and sessions that delved into topics such as sub-

sequent entry biologics and mucosal drug delivery. One of the topics I found most interesting and unusu-

al was presented by Haeshin Lee of KAIST, Korea on “Adhesive Paintable Biomaterials Inspired by Ma-

rine Mussels”.

Later that evening was the award gala dinner which allowed everyone to come together and cele-

brate their achievements and discuss their favourite sessions of the day. However, Jessica, Dr. Gong, Dr.

Davies and I had to leave early to catch a flight back to Winnipeg as the Welcome to the Profession Cer-

emony was planned to start in just over 12 hours!

The CSPS Conference was a great way to end the school year and learn more about the pharma-

ceutical sciences. It is just one of the many examples of the wide range of experiences a career in phar-

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Graduate Studies Committee Report 2014-2015

College of Pharmacy, Graduate Studies Committee:

Dr. Hope Anderson, Chair

Dr. Shawn Bugden

Dr. Frank Burczynski

Dr. Yuewen Gong (on leave, February 15, 2015 – to present)

Dr. Xiaochen Gu (February 15, 2015 – present)

Dr. Brian Hasinoff

Ms. Sara Smith, administrative support

1. OVERVIEW OF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATE ENROLMENT FOR 2014-2015

Summary of Graduate Students, as of June 1, 2014

New Students, 2014-2015

M.Sc. Ph.D.

Number of continuing graduate students, as of June 1, 2014 13 9

Number of incoming graduate students 3 1

Total number of graduate students 16 10

Name Program Supervisor Start Date

Ms. Samaa Alrushaid Ph.D. Dr. Casey Sayre January 2015

Mr. Juliano Amador da Silva M.Sc. Dr. Shawn Bugden September 2014

Mr. Yuhua Fang M.Sc. Dr. Geoffrey Tranmer September 2014

Ms. Danielle Lee M.Sc. Dr. Hope Anderson September 2014

Mr. Dinghua Liang M.Sc. Dr. Geoffrey Tranmer September 2014

Ms. Olasumbo Ojo M.Sc. Dr. Shawn Bugden January 2015

Mr. Nicholas Stesco M.Sc. Dr. Ted Lakowski September 2014

Mr. Yannick Traore M.Sc. Dr. Emmanuel Ho September 2014

Ms. Jiaqi Yang M.Sc. Dr. Yuewen Gong September 2014

Graduate Studies

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Graduate Studies Committee Report 2014-2015

List of Current Master Students, as of June 1, 2014

List of Current Ph.D. Students, as of June 1, 2015

Student Withdrawals as of June 1, 2015

Name Supervisor Start Date

1 Dr. Tina Khorshid Ahmad Dr. Mike Namaka January 2013

2 Mr. Juliano Amador da Silva Dr. Shawn Bugden September 2014

3 Ms. Noor Breik Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini January 2013

4 Mr. Yuhua Fang Dr. Geoffrey Tranmer September 2014

5 Mr. Kevin Friesen Dr. Shawn Bugden January 2014

6 Ms. Miral Fumakia Dr. Emmanuel Ho May 2014

7 Ms. Danielle Lee Dr. Hope Anderson September 2014

8 Mr. Dinghua Liang Dr. Geoffrey Tranmer September 2014

9 Ms. Olasumbo Ojo Dr. Shawn Bugden January 2015

10 Mr. Refaat Omar Dr. Yuewen Gong January 2014

11 Mr. Nicholas Stesco Dr. Ted Lakowski September 2014

12 Mr. Yannick Traore Dr. Emmanuel Ho September 2014

13 Ms. Jiaqi Yang Dr. Yuewen Gong September 2014

Name Supervisor Start Date

1 Ms. Bolanle Akinwumi Dr. Hope Anderson September 2012

2 Ms. Samaa Alrushaid Dr. Casey Sayre January 2015

3 Ms. Divna Calic Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky January 2014

4 Mr. Yufei Chen Dr. Emmanuel Ho May 2011

5 Mr. Ryan Lillico Dr. Lean Chee,

then Dr. Ted Lakowski

May 2012, then

May 2013

6 Ms. Yan Lu Dr. Hope Anderson September 2010

7 Mr. Sarandeep Malhi Dr. Xiaochen Gu May 2013

8 Ms. Stephanie Martinez Dr. Neal Davies January 2012

9 Ms. Sidi Yang Dr. Emmanuel Ho September 2011

Name Program Supervisor Withdrawal Date

Mr. Jordyn Lerner Ph.D. Dr. Emmanuel Ho July 2014


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List of Incoming Students, as of June 30, 2015

*Adjunct Professor

2. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2014-2015

Graduates

1Advisor; 2Internal Committee Member; 3External Committee Member (University of Manitoba); 4Non-Voting; 5Ex-

ternal Committee Member (non-University of Manitoba)

Name Program Supervisor Start Date

Maricar de Leon M.Sc. Dr. Carole Lavigne* September 2015

Amani Hamad Ph.D. Dr. I Fan Kuo

Dr. Silvia Alessi-

Severini

September 2015

Tyson Le M.Sc. Dr. Frank Burczynski September 2015

Jordan Nash M.Sc. Dr. Shawn Bugden September 2015

Name Degree Examining Committee Oral Defence Graduation Date

1 Mr. Kevin Hamilton M.Sc. Dr. Shawn Bugden1

Dr. Jamie Falk2

Dr. Christine Davis2,4

Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky2

Dr. Alex Singer3

March 24, 2015 May 2015

2 Ms. Sarita Jha M.Sc. Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini1

Dr. David Collins1

Dr. Shawn Bugden2

Dr. Robert Biscontri2

Dr. Laurence Katz3

July 28, 2014 October 2014

3 Dr. Casey Sayre Ph.D. Dr. Neal Davies1

Dr. Alessi-Severini2

Dr. Rob Ariano2

Dr. Dan Sitar3

Dr. Raimar Loebenberg5

September 18, 2014 February 2015

4 Ms. Siyan Wang M.Sc. Dr. Frank Burczynski1

Dr. Dennis Cote2

Dr. Neal Davies2

Dr. Geoffrey Tranmer2

Dr. Judy Anderson3

July 28, 2014 May 2015

5 Ms. Zhanni Weber M.Sc. Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky1

Dr. Lavern Vercaigne1

Dr. Rob Ariano2

Dr. Philippe Lagace-

Wiens3

December 10, 2014 February 2015

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Graduate Studies Committee Report 2014-2015 … cont.

Candidacy Exams

Ph.D. Thesis Proposals

Transfer to Ph.D.

Merit-Based Awards/Scholarships

Name Supervisor Date of Exam

1 Stephanie Martinez Dr. Neal Davies September 17, 2014

2 Yan Lu Dr. Hope Anderson November 26, 2015

3 Sidi Yang Dr. Emmanuel Ho February 2, 2015

Name Supervisor Date of Proposal

1 Yan Lu Dr. Hope Anderson June 25, 2014

2 Bolanle Akinwumi Dr. Hope Anderson November 24, 2014

Name Supervisor Effective Date

1 Divna Calic Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky May 2015

Award/Scholarship Recipient(s)

1 2014-2015 Lesley F. Buggey Graduate Scholarship Divna Calic

2 2014-2015 MPhA/William G. Eamer Graduate Scholarship Sidi Yang

5 2015-2016 University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship

Divna Calic

Miral Fumakia

Ahmani Hamad

Dinghua Liang

6 AFPC/Rx and D – Student Research Poster Award Yan Lu

7 2014 AFPC Whit Matthews Graduate Student Poster Award Kevin Hamilton

8 2015 Gattefossé Canada/CSPS Award in Lipid-Based Drug

Delivery

Miral Fumakia


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Publications – Papers published or in press

Chen Y, Yang S, Ho EA. Development of an analytical method for the rapid quantitation of peptides used in microbicide fomu-

lations. Chromatographia. 2014 Oct; 77(23-24):1713-1720. Epub.

Chen Y, Traore YL, Li A, Fowke KR, Ho EA. Development of Polyether Urethane Intravaginal Rings for the Sustained De-

livery of Hydroxychloroquine. Drug Design, Development and Therapy,. 2014 Oct; 8: 1801-1815.

Chen Y, Yang S, Ho E. Development of an analytical method for the rapid quantitation of peptides in microbicide gels. Chroma-

tographia. 2014; 77(23-24): 1713–1720.

Bugden S, Friesen K. Rapid response re: benzodiazepine use and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: case-control study. BMJ. 2014.

Fumakia M, Yang S, Gu J, Ho, EA. Protein/peptide-based entry/fusion inhibitors as anti-HIV therapies: challenges and future

directions.

Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta C, Cortes C, Lakowski TM, Gangadaran S, Namaka M. Transcriptional regulation of brain-derived

neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2): a novel mechanism for re-myelination and/or mye-

lin repair involved in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Mol Neurobiol. 2015 Jan 13; [Epub ahead of print] PubMed

PMID: 25579386.

Malhi S, Gu X. Nanocarrier-mediated drugs targeting cancer stem cells: an emerging delivery approach. Expert Opin Drug De-

liv.

Rembsberg, CM, Martinez SE, Akinwumi B, Anderson HD, Takemoto JK, Sayre CL, Davies NM. Pre-clinical

pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics and content analysis of gnetol in foodstuffs. Phytotherapy Research. 2015.

doi:10.1001/ptr.5363; [Epub ahead of print]

Martinez SE, Chen Y, Ho EA, Martinez SA, Davies NM. Pharmacological effects of a c-phycocyanin-based

multicomponent nutraceutical in an in vitro canine chondrocyte model of osteoarthritis. Canadian Journal of Veterinary

Research. 2015:79(3):241-249.

Martinez SE, Davies NM. Stereospecific quantificaction of 6-prenylnaringenin in commericially available hop

(humulus lupulus L.) Containing Natural Health Products and Dietary Supplments Using a Stereospecific LC-ESI-

MS Method of Analysis. Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2015 June;10(3):182-191.

Martinez SE, Lakowski TM, Davies NM. Enantiospecific analysis of 8-prenylnaringenin in biological fluids by liq-

uid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: application to pre-clinical pharmacokinetic inves-

tigations. Chirality. 2014 Aug; 26(8):419-26. doi: 10.1002/chir.22343.

Oulé MK, Lightly T, Roberts L, Traore YL, Dickman M, Bernier AM, Diop L. The fungicidal activity of AKWA-

TON and the in vitro assessment of its toxic effects on animal cells". JMM 64: 59-66 (2014)


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Presentations; Conference Participation

Amador da Silva J, Bugden S. The limits of crossover: The ethical, statistical and policy limitations of

crossover in oncology trials. 2015 Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Symposium. Saska-

toon, Canada. 2015.

Chen Y, Traore YL, Yang S, Fowke KR, and Ho EA. Evaluating the drug release and in vivo biocompatibil-

ity of anintravaginal implantable device in a rabbit model. Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 18th An-

nual International Symposium. Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Chen Y, Traore YL, Li A, Ho EA. Development of surface-modified matrix and segmented reservoir in-

travaginal ring devices for sustained delivery of hydroxychloroquine. 2014 Globalization of Pharmaceutics Edu-

cation Network (GPEN) conference. Helsinki, Finland. August 2014.

Chen Y, Fowke KR, Ho EA. Sustained delivery of hydroxychloroquine from a polyether urethane intravagi-

nal ring. 41st Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. Chicago, USA. July 2014.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Voluntary warnings and the limits of good prescribing behavior: The case for de-

adoption of meperidine. Canadian Association of Population Therapeutics Conference. Toronto, Canada. 2014.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Fentanyl patches: A sticky safety situation. 2015 Canadian Agency for Drugs and

Technologies in Health Symposium. Saskatoon, Canada. 2015.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Long Acting Opioids –A CONTINuing Concern. 2015 MSP Manitoba Pharmacy Con-

ference. Winnipeg, Canada. 2015.

Bugden S, Friesen K. Melatonin in children with FASD: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Living

well: FASD and Mental Health conference. Winnipeg, Canada. 2014.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Fentanyl patches: A problem for the ages. Centre on Aging 32nd Annual Spring Re-

search Symposium. Winnipeg, Canada. 2015.

Fumakia M, Traore Y, Ho EA. Nanoparticles encapsulated with serpin A1 and LL37 promote wound heal-

ing in vitro and possess antibacterial properties. Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual confer-

ence . Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Fumakia M, Traore Y, Ho EA. Nanoparticles encapsulated with serpin A1 and LL37 promote wound heal-

ing in vitro and possess antibacterial properties. Manitoba Health Research Forum. Winnipeg, Canada. 2015.

Hamilton K, Friesen K, Alessi-Severini S, Shearer B, Bugden S. A pharmacist initiated model for smoking

cessation: reaching the hard-to-reach. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health Symposi-

um. Saskatoon, Canada. 2015

Hamilton K, Friesen K, Alessi-Severini S, Shearer B, Bugden S. Reaching the hard to reach: The Manitoba

pharmacist initiated smoking cessation pilot study. Canadian Pharmacists Conference. Ottawa, Canada. 2015.



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Khorshid Ahmad T, AlTaweel K, Cortes C, Huang Q, He J, Kong J, Namaka MP. Transcriptional regulation of

brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2): implications in re-

myelination and/or myelin repair in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Canadian Society for Pharma-

ceutical Sciences 18th Annual International Symposium. Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Khorshid Ahmad T, AlTaweel K, Cortes C, Huang Q, He J, Kong J, Namaka, MP. Transcriptional regulation of

brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2): implications in re-

myelination and/or myelin repair in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). 6th Annual of Neuroinflamma-

tion Symposium and MB-ON endMS RRTC Retreat. Toronto, Canada. March 29 to May 1 2015.

Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta A, Cortes C, AlTaweel K, Lillico R, Ethans K, Lakowski TM, Namaka MP. Epigenetic

changes to histones in an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS),

therapeutic implication in regards to re-myelination and/or myelin repair. 12th International Congress of NeuroIm-

munology. Mainz, Germany. November 2014.

Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta C, Cortes C, AlTaweel K, Lillico R, Ethans K, Lakowski TM, Namaka M. Epigenetic

repression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) E1 isoform in

an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS). 9th Annual Forum of

Neuroscience (FENS). Milan, Italy. July 2014.

Lillico R, Sobral Gomez M, Stesco N, Lakowski TM. HDAC inhibitors induce changes in histone methylation. Ca-

nadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference. Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Lillico R, Lakowski TM. Epigenetic treatments in cancer therapy. 2015 Manitoba Pharmacy Conference, Winnipeg

MB.

Lu Y. Effect of cannabinoid receptor activation on aberrant mitochondrial bioenergetics in hypertrophied cardiac

myocytes. European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection. Milan, Italy. 2015.

Lu Y. Cardioprotective effects of CB-13, a CB1/CB2 cannabinoid receptor with limited brain penetration. Canadian

Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference. Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Malhi S, Gu X. 2-in-1 polymeric micelles of reparaxin and paclitaxel for targeting cancer stem cells and bulk tu-

mor cells in breast cancer. Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 18th Annual International Symposium.

Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Martinez SE, Davies NM. Enantiospecific pharmacokinetic disposition of isoxanthohumol in the rat. Canadian So-

cietyfor Pharmaceutical Sciences 18th Annual International Symposium. Toronto, Canada. 2015.

de Paula Oliveira AL, Martinez SE, Majeed M, Nagabhushanam, K, Davies NM. Calebin A: analytical develop-

ment for pharmacokinetic and content analysis of natural health products and elucidation of pharmacological ac-

tivities. Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 18th Annual International Symposium. Toronto, Canada.

2015.


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Martinez SE, Sayre CL, de Paula Oliveira AL, Davies NM. Enantiospecific preclinical pharmacokinetics of the

potent phytoestrogen, 8-prenylnaringenin, and its in vitro stereoselective modulation of human cytochrome P450

enzymes. 19th North American International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics Meeting. San Francisco, USA.

October 2014.

Martinez SE, Sayre CL, Frankel GEC, Davies NM. Stereospecific characterization of the pre-clinical pharmacoki-

netics, pharmacological activities and content analysis in natural health products of 8-prenylnaringenin, a potent

phytoestrogen found in hops (Humulus lupulus). Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 17th Annual In-

ternational Symposium. Montreal, Canada. 2014.

Ojo O, Friesen K, Bugden S. Improving the Safety of Citalopram. Centre on Aging 32nd Annual Spring Research

Symposium. Winnipeg, Canada. 2015.

Sayre CL, Martinez SE, Akinwumi B, Anderson HD, Davies NM. Contribution of pinocembrin enantiomers to

potential stereospecific differential pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics behavior. Canadian Society for

Pharmaceutical Sciences 17th Annual International Symposium. Montreal, Canada. 2014.

Traore YL, Chen Y, Ho EA. Evaluating the impact of hydoxychloroquine-loaded polyurethane intravaginal rings

on lactobacilli. 28th Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF). Winnipeg, Canada. June 2015.

Traore YL, Chen Y, Bernier AM, Ho EA. Reservoir-type intravaginal ring for sustained release of hydroxychloro-

quine for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. American Society for Microbiology 115th General Meeting. New

Orleans, USA. May 2015.

Yang J, Gong Y, Corbin I, Minuk GY. Hepatocellular carcinoma cancer stem cells show enhanced sensitivity to low

Density lipoprotein mediated delivery of docosahexaenoic acid. Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences

18th Annual International Symposium. Toronto, Canada. 2015.

Yang S, Gu J, Ho E. Intravaginal gel for the targeted delivery of siRNA to t-cells as a potential strategy for HIV-1

prevention. 41st Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society. Canadian Society for Pharma-

ceutical Sciences 17th Annual International Symposium. Montreal, Canada. 2014.

Yang S, Gu J, Ho E. RNAi-based nanomicrobicide for the prevention of male-to-female transmission of HIV-1. 17th

Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)/Canadian Chapter-Controlled Release Society Joint Annu-

al Conference. Montreal, Quebec, 2014.

Yang S, Gu J, Ho E. Intravaginal gel for the targeted delivery of siRNA to t-cells as a potential strategy for HIV-1

Prevention. AFPC Annual Conference. Saskatoon, Canada. 2014.

Yang S, Gu J, Ho E. RNAi-based nanomicrobicide for the efficient intravaginal gene knockdown of CCR5 and nef

in CD4+ Immune Cells. Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 18thAnnual International Symposium. To-

ronto, Canada. 2015.



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3. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE DECISIONS AND UPDATES

On transfer to the PhD program - on March 30th, 2015, the PGSC Reviewed supplemental regulation 5.13 - Trans-

fer from the M.Sc. to the Ph.D. Program

Current regulations state transfer must be completed within 18 months of start of M.Sc. and have made excellent

progress in first 12 months

Also must have completed 6 credit hours of course work in addition to any Pharmacy graduate seminar courses

PGSC agreed to leave supplemental regulation 5.13 as is and communicate to advisors and students to ensure

those interested understand the requirements

On Pharmacy graduate courses - Dr. Shawn Bugden is developing a course on Critical Appraisal and Literature

Evaluation in Pharmacy for graduate students.

On June 16th, 2015, PGSC considered the proposed course outline.

Feedback on the proposed course outline was invited in June 2015.

Consideration by Pharmacy College Council is pending.

PGSC intends to propose the introduction of this course to the Faculty of Graduate Studies by the end of Fall

2015.


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Outstanding Teacher 1st year

Dr. Dennis Cote, Instructor

Outstanding Teacher 2nd year

Dr. Ted Lakowski, Assistant Professor

Outstanding Teacher 3rd year

Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky, Professor

Outstanding Teacher 4th year

Dr. Lavern Vercaigne, Professor & Associate Dean (Academic)

CPhM Awards 2015

These awards were presented during the annual Manitoba

Pharmacy Conference, April 17th-19th in Winnipeg.

2015 Pharmacist of the Year

Dr. Shawn Bugden

Patient Safety Award

Jan Coates

Honourary Life Member

Dr. Keith Simons

Presented at the CSPS Conference 2015

AFPC New Investigator Research Award

Dr. Emmanuel Ho

CSPS Award of Leadership in Canadian Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. Neal Davies

AFPC Honoured Life Membership

Dr. Keith Simons

Other Awards

Dr. Louizos was also the recipient of the Outstanding Capstone Paper Award at the 2015 University of Florida

Convocation where he completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree

Preceptor of the Year Awards

Faculty Awards

Community Preceptor of the Year

Britt Kural Hospital Preceptor of the Year

Mark Friesen

Pharmacy Team of the Year

St. Boniface Hospital Intensive Care Medical-Surgical

Team: Giuseppe Aletta, Rob Ariano, Meghann Klowak,

Travis Warner and Monica Wong

Elective Preceptor of the Year

Dr. Chris Louizos

Drs. Davies and Vercaigne


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Mrs. Irene Lewis and Dr. Roy Bilous’ Legacy Dr. Roman (Roy) Bilous, son of the late Aphtanazia

Thomas and Genevieve Bilous, passed away in Winni-

peg on February 17, 2007. Roy was born in Winnipeg

in 1919 and raised on Selkirk Avenue in the North End.

He attended the University of Manitoba where he grad-

uated with the Gold Medal in pharmacy in 1943, as

well as the Flexon and Manitoba Pharmaceutical Asso-

ciation Silver Medals. In 1967, he received a Master of

Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of

Manitoba. He was awarded his doctorate in Pharma-

ceutical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin

in 1972 for a Ph.D. thesis entitled “The Determination

of Liothyronine and Throxine in Dried Thyroid By Gas-Liquid Chomatography.” Dr. Bilous was hired by his

former professor Dr. Dougald McDougall as a special lecturer in 1957 and in 1977 became a professor of phar-

macy up until his retirement from teaching in 1987 instructing such subjects as pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical

manufacturing, pharmaceutical analysis, inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry. Dr. Bilous was a local pio-

neering trailblazer in the generic drug manufacturing industry. He also served as acting Dean of Pharmacy from

1986 to 1987 and retired in January 1988. His sister, Irene Marie Lewis (nee BILOUS) passed away in 2013 at

Burnaby General Hospital, aged 91 years. Irene was born in Okno, MB on June 12, 1921, a few hours after her

twin sister, Anne. As a soloist, she won the Tudor Bowl at the 1940 Winnipeg Music Festival. Along with her

two sisters (Anne and Emelie) she performed and recorded as The Bilous Sisters Trio for many years. Mrs. Lew-

is obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of British Colum-

bia and she taught in the Burnaby School District for over 25 years, re-

tiring reluctantly at age 65 fighting all the way to the British Columbia

Supreme Court against mandatory retirement. (see Lewis v. Board of

School Trustees, 1992 839 (BC SC)). In 2002, Irene was pleased to es-

tablish and fund the Dr. Roman (Roy) Bilous Scholarship Fund at the

University of Manitoba, Faculty of Pharmacy, as well as the Dr. Roman

Bilous Graduate Study Room in the Apotex centre. In recognition of her

brother’s contributions to pharmacy education in Manitoba, Mrs. Lewis

upon her recent passing also left a legacy of ~$600,000 from her estate

bringing her total contributions to the Faculty of Pharmacy to three quar-

ters of a million dollars to be directed to the Dr. Roman (Roy) Bilous

Scholarships.

Dr. Roy Bilous teaching in the Army Huts circa 1963

Donors

The Late Mrs. Irene Lewis

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Endowment Fund Endowment Committee

The Pharmacy Endowment Committee met on October 30, 2014 to consider the endowment requests

that were submitted from Pharmacy faculty, staff and students.

Members of the committee consist of the Dean (as chair), four members from the academic staff, a

member from CPhM, an undergraduate student co-stick, one graduate student, the technical support

manager, and a senior support staff member. The current members are: Neal Davies (chair), Nancy

Kleiman, Keith Simons, Frank Burczynski, Mike Namaka, Susan Lessard-Friesen (CPhM), Maira Ah-

med (third year co-stick), Stephanie Martinez (graduate student), Pat Kopp and Cheryl Lee (recorder).

A list of the approved expenditures is included below for review.

ENDOWMENT FUND SPENDING 2014-2015

Endowment Funds Available

$52,171

REQUEST

REQUEST

FROM

AMOUNT

APPROVED

Catastrophic Fund Standing Request $5,000

Summer Research Student Funding Y. Gong $24,000

2 Graduate Student Stipends H. Anderson $23,171

TOTAL APPROVED $52,171

Endowment funds Ending Balance (0)


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Catastrophic Research

Fund

Funding Pro-

vided Interest In Expenses

Amount

Spent

Opening Bal-

ance 28,102.00

2004-05 5,000.00 HPLC major repair (X. Gu) 2,252

2005-06 5,000.00 0

2006-07 5,000.00 HPLC repairs (X. Gu) 1,800

2007-08 5,000.00 0

2008-09 5,000.00 0

2009-10 5,000.00 0

2010-11 5,000.00 1,725.00 0

2011-12 5,000.00 2,961.09 Transfer to the Research and Support Fund 35,775

December 2011, Tablet Press 5,320

2012-13 5,000.00 3,781.09 HPLC 5,000

2013-14 5,000.00 2,309.64

2014-15 5,000.00 1,766.71

Nov./14 $10,000 towards Sorvall Lynx Centri-

fuge 10,000

May 2015 Purchase BSC hood (repair too ex-

pensive) 3,669

May 2015 Repair PCR machine (Bio-Rad Lab) 2,918.11

Funds available 28,912

Research and Support Fund

Funding Pro-

vided Interest In Expenses

Amount

Spent

Opening Bal-

ance 0

2011-12 35,775 Cryostat (HPLC Room 328) 27,564

Biosafety Cabinet (Zelenitsky/Iacovides Lab) 8,037

2012-13 0

2013-14 0

Funds available 174

Catastrophic Research Fund 28,912

Research and Support Fund 174

TOTAL 29,086

Endowment Fund ...

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Alumni Homecoming was very busy in Pharmacy this year. Our Alumni were out in full force for a va-

riety of events hosted at the Apotex Centre and throughout Winnipeg. A special thank you to the Class

of 1964 and 1974 for making us part of your 50th and 40th Reunion celebrations.

The Alumni of Distinction lecture, given by Dr. Jack Bend (Class of 1964) was attended by

alumni, staff, faculty and students; a true intergenerational event. Dr. Bend’s lecture, “The Last 54

Years-from Pharmacy to Public Health Research,” had something for everyone and the reception after-

wards had many lively discussions on the topics presented.

Dr. Neal Davies hosted four tables at the Homecoming Dinner and Concert with alumni from

1964 and 1974. The Manitoba Room in University Centre looked amazing and was the perfect venue

for such a prestigious event. Dr. Davies also hosted a tour of the Apotex Centre as part of Homecom-

ing. Many alumni had never seen the beautiful new building which opened in 2008.

Additionally, the Classes of 1974, 1984 and 2004 organized more personal reunion events.

With pharmacy alumni spread across the entire country, reconnecting at the University of Manitoba is a

pleasure. We welcomed alumni from British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

If you’d like to reconnect and reminisce with your classmates during Homecoming 2015, please con-

tact Angela Shank at 204-474-8794 or [email protected] to arrange your own reunion with

us!

Homecoming 2014

Members of the Class of 1964 at the Homecoming Dinner. Left

to right: Shirley Surbey, Dr. Gordon Krip, Philip Young, Dex-

ter Boyd, Dr. Jack Bend, Barry Duncan, Barbara Cinnamon,

Wayne Couling

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Dr. Jack Bend: Our Alumnus of Distinction 2014

On September 19, 2014 the College of Pharmacy

Outstanding Alumni Award was presented to John

R. “Jack” Bend. Dr. Bend is originally from

Stonewall Manitoba and is the son of R.W.

“Bobby” Bend, a former Health Minister and Ed-

ucation Minister and one time leader of the Liber-

al Party of Manitoba. He is also cousins with the

famous National Hockey League family the

Hextalls. Rather than pursuing politics or hockey

as a career Jack received a BSc.(Pharmacy) in

1964 from the University of Manitoba Faculty of

Pharmacy, as well as the Manitoba Pharmaceuti-

cal Association and the University of Manitoba

Gold Medals in pharmacy. He was a National

Research Council of Canada Fellow and received

his MSc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) in 1967

from the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Pharmacy. Dr. Bend was awarded a British Commonwealth

Scholarship and received his Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry-Drug Metabolism from the Uni-

versity of Sydney, Faculty of Pharmacy in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1971 where he was

also the Captain of the Australian Ice Hockey Team.

Dr. Bend was a scientist at the United States National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences

(NIEHS/NIH) from 1970-1986 and served as Chief of the Laboratory of Pharmacology at NIEHS from

1980-1986. He received the National Institutes of Health Directors Award in 1986. He served as an Ad-

junct Professor, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and

School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Bend was appointed

Chair of the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology in the Faculty of Medicine at University of

Western Ontario in 1986 and served in this role until 2000. Dr. Bend also held the position as the Associ-

ate Dean, Research at Schulich from 1999-2007.

Dr. Bend is internationally known for research which focuses on molecular toxicology, pharmacology,

and environmental toxicology, including studies of aboriginal community health risks from environmental

contaminant exposure. This research includes mechanisms by which drugs, endogenous chemicals and

environmental contaminants cause toxicity and contribute to the disease burden by oxidative and nitrosa-

Dr. Jack Bend (right) receiving his Alumni of Distinction

Award from Dr. Neal Davies, Dean of Pharmacy

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Dr. Jack Bend: Our Alumnus of Distinction 2014

tive stress. Dr. Bend is the co-author of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, book chapters and

proceedings describing original research findings in the areas of molecular and environmental pharmacol-

ogy and toxicology. Dr. Bend’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Medical

Research Council / Canadian Institutes of Health Research and other agencies. Dr. Bend has been an advi-

sor to more than 30 post-doctoral scholars, 15 Ph.D. students, and 10 masters students during his distin-

guished career.

As the co-director of the Ecosystem Health Program in the Department of Pathology, Schulich Medicine

& Dentistry, he was actively involved in multi-disciplinary community based collaborative ecosystem

health projects with the Walpole Island, Chippewa of the Thanes, and Oneida First Nations in Canada and

Egerton University at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. He is a member of the Food and Agriculture Organization

-World Health Organization Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives and the Ontario Pesticide Adviso-

ry Committee He is also a member of the Chemicals Management Plan Challenge Advisory Panel which

advises Health Canada and Environment Canada with regard to the toxicity of industrial chemicals. He

previously served as the President of the Society of the Toxicology of Canada and as the Chair of the Ca-

nadian Council on Animal Care.

Dr. Bend is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and is currently an Associate Scientist

at the Child Health Research Institute and a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of the Depart-

ments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentis-

try, Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.

Congratulations Dr. Bend. We are proud to have you as a distinguished alumnus of our pharmacy

program.

Commemorative Bison, awarded annually to the Alumni of Distinction


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College of Pharmacy Research Report 2014-2015

Personnel

Amanda Kinnell is responsible for the administration of research grants and contract funds. Researchers are re-

minded to submit all grant applications to the Xiaochen Gu. Usha Pammi requires a copy of the FAAF to record

the research and contract grants for the College of Pharmacy. Sara Smith will inform the researchers and graduate

students of impending deadlines for submissions for scholarship and grant applications and collect research infor-

mation.

College Grants

Alessi-Severini S. (PI), Bugden S. (co-applicant) "Assessment of Health and Economic Burden of Herpes Zoster in Manitoba:

A Population-Based Study". Merck Frosst Canada & Co., Canadian External Non-Clinical MISP ($75,575).

Grymonpre R, Schultz A, Temple B. “Building and Enhancing the Tobacco Cessation Capacity of Health Professional Inter-

veners – Interprofessional Learning Opportunities for Pre-Licensure Health Professional Learners”. Public Health Association

of Canada; Federal Tobacco Control Strategy. Jan, 2015-Dec, 2017 ($110,000).

Grymonpre R, Suter E, Deutschlander S, Harrison L, Bainbridge L, Mickelson G. “Interprofessional Competency Tools for

Internationally Educated Health Professionals”. BC Ministry of Health. Jan 2015-Mar 2016 ($311,700).

Ho E, “Smart Intravaginal Rings for Drug Delivery”. Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC) Operating Grant. 2014 –

2016 ($169,986).

Ho E (co-PI), Tanphaichitr N (PI), “Antimicrobial Host Defence Peptides: Their Potential Use as Vaginal Contraceptives with

Anti-HIV Effect” CIHR Operating Grant. 2014 – 2019 ($622,390).

Lakowski T. “Intracellular Measurement of HDAC Inhibitors” The University of Manitoba: University Research Grants Pro-

gram. One Year Term ($7500).

Lakowski T. “The mechanisms of enzymes catalyzing epigenetic post-translational modifications” Natural Sciences and En-

gineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program. Five Year Term. ($160,000).

Leong C “The Initiation of Blood Pressure Clinic for Enhancing the Educational Experiences of Pharmacy Students for

Teaching Skills in Physical Assessment”. District V NABP/AACP Study Grant ($3,000).

Sareen J. (PI), Alessi-Severini S. (co-applicant), other co-applicants: Bolton J, Enns M, Katz L, Leong C, Logsetty S, Schaf-

fer A, Sinyor M, Wong JY. “Substances Used in Overdose Deaths: A Ten Year Chart Audit in Manitoba. 2013-2015” Mani-

toba Health and Healthy Living - Operating Grant ($164,000).

Mahmud, S (PI), Alessi-Severini S. (co-applicant), other co-applicants: Dawe D, Bozat-Emre S, Torabi M, Turner D, Franco

E, Aprikian A. “The Effect of Antipsychotic Medications on the Incidence and Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer: a Popula-

tion Based Study”. Prostate Cancer Canada -2014 Movember Discovery Grants ($153,462).

Namaka M. “Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Network”, Bayshore CareHealth Ltd. ($20,000).

Namaka M. “Creating a Centralized SCI Clinical Research Group in Manitoba”, Canadian Paraplegic Association ($32,000).

Namaka M. “Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Network”. TEVA ($3,500).

Research

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Namaka M. “Regulation of Myelin Repair by Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Fac-

tor (BDNF) in an Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)”. Canadian Paraple-

gic Association. ($40,000).

Wirtzfeld D, Krupka F, Grymonpre R. “Communicating When the Stakes are High: Skill Acquisition Following Participa-

tion in an Inter-Professional Crucial Conversations Course for Health Sciences Learners.” Teaching and Learning Enhance-

ment Fund. April, 2014 – June, 2015 ($8,875).

Zelenitsky S. “Optimizing antibiotic use in high-risk patients.” Leslie F. Buggey Professorship, College of Pharmacy

2015/2016 ($44,000).

Zelenitsky S. “Is the Recommended Cefazolin Prophylaxis Adequate in Cardiac Surgery?” Canadian Society of Hospital

Pharmacists Foundation 2015/2016/2017 ($10,210).

Indirect Costs Funding

In 2014/2015, the College of Pharmacy received $25,000.00 dollar to support technical equipment maintenance personnel.

Under the Physical Plant Portion of ICP (under the Renovations and maintenance of research facilities category)

$50,000 – for basement renovations.

Shared Research Equipment

In 2014/2015, the College of Pharmacy continued to support research. Equipment purchased in the reported period is listed in

the following, which include shared equipment and equipment purchased from individual fund.

Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Faculty Member Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Associate

Dr. Brian Hasinoff Dr. Xing Wu

Dr. Emmanuel Ho Dr. Jijin Gu

Dr. Keith Simons Dr. Ousama Rachid

Undergraduate Summer Research Program

The undergraduate summer research program is instrumental in attracting pharmacy graduates to consider graduate studies as

a part of their career path. In 2014/2015, six pharmacy students participated in the undergraduate summer research program.

The students and their advisors are listed in the table below.

Jessica Adria who worked in Dr. Emmanuel Ho’s lab in 2013/14 is the recipient of the 2015 GlaxoSmithKline National Sum-

mer Student Research Program Awards. Jessica Adria presented a poster and received the award at the CSPS annual confer-

Biological containment/safety cabinet $ 7,997.00

High Speed Sorvall Lynx Centrifuge $ 26,877.00

Pharmaceutical preparation & evaluation package $ 5,212.00

Nanodrop and electronic pippetes $ 21,000.00

LCMS $ 99,380.95

PCR $ 44,382.07

Freeze dryer $ 29,877.00

Rotor $ 13,520.00

Photochemical reactor kit $ 11,609.37


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ence at Toronto in May 2015.

Student’s Name Supervisor Supported from

Lindsay Baum Dr. Christine Leong Endowment Funds

Karen Magsino Dr. Mike Namaka CPhM Funds

Melissa Lu Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini Endowment Funds

Karam Al-Biaty Dr. Emmanuel Ho Grant/CPhM Funds

Celine Jimenez Dr. Emmanuel Ho CPhM Funds

Amanda Church Dr. I fan Kuo Endowment Funds

Alanna Doell Ms. Kristine Petrasko CPhM Funds

Brazilian Summer Research Students:

Student’s Name Supervisor Supported by

Danielle Bezerra De Santana Dr. Ted Lakowski Science without Borders

Julia Tosta Novaes Dr. Neal Davies Science without Borders

Fernanda Padilla Dr. Emmanuel Ho Science without Borders

Other Summer Research Students:

Student’s Name Supervisor Supported from

Alby Kusno Dr. Chris Louizos & Dr. Grace Frankel Cost Recovery Fund

Lauren Luo Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini Grant

Leah Pritchett Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky Leslie Buggey Fund

Jacy Howarth Dr. Sheryl Zelenitsky Leslie Buggey Fund

Zirui Xing Dr. Emmanuel Ho Grant

Kelsie Doering Dr. Emmanuel Ho Grant

Vanessa Kowbel Dr. Harris Iacovides Grant

Yaechan Son Dr. Harris Iacovides Grant


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Publications

Pharmacy researchers continue to be productive in their research programs. For 2014/2015, 63 peer-reviewed publications,

book or book chapters have been published or in press by the College. Faculty members submitted 97 conference abstracts or

were invited to give presentations at various conferences. The publications, conference abstracts and presentations are listed

below:

Publications:

Abbott GL, Wu X, Zhao Z, Guo G, Birman VB, Hasinoff BB, et al. Prekinamycin and an Isosteric-Isoelectronic Analogue

Exhibit Comparable Cytotoxicity Towards K562 Human Leukemia Cells. Med Chem Commun. 5:1364-70, 2014.

Acosta, C, Cortes, C, Altaweel, K, MacPhee, H, Hoogervorst, B, Bhullar, H, MacNeil, B, Mahmoud Torabi C, Burczynski,

F, Namaka, M. Immune System Induction of Nerve Growth Factor in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis: Implications in

Re-myelination and Myelin Repair. -CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets. 2015 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:

25801841

Barry SL, Martinez SA, Davies NM, Remsberg CM, Sayre CL, Bachelez A. Synovial Fluid Bupivacaine Concentrations

Following Single Intra-Articular Injection in Normal and Osteoarthritic Canine Stifles. Veterinary Pharmacology & Therapeu-

tics 2015 Feb;38(1):97-100.

Biscontri R, Alessi-Severini S. “Irrelevant” Costs in Healthcare: A Population Study of the Treatment of Schizophrenia in the

Province of Manitoba. International Journal of Management Accounting Research 2015 in press.

Bozat-Emre S, Doupe M, Kozyrskyj A, Grymonpre R, Mahmud S. Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Use and Falls Among Nursing

Home Residents in Winnipeg, Canada. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 3 Nov 2014. DOI:10.1002/gps.4223

Chen Y, Yang S, Ho EA. Development of an Analytical Method for the Rapid Quantitation of Peptides Used in Microbicide

Formulations. Chromatographia 77 (23-24):1713-1720, 2014.

Chen Y, Fowke K Ho EA. A Polyether Urethane Intravaginal Ring for the Sustained Delivery of Hydroxychloroquine. Drug

Design, Development and Therapy 8: 1801-1815, 2014.

Davies NM. Minor Ailments and Self-Limiting Conditions: NOT Canadian Journal of Pharmacy 147(3):1372014; 3: 1, 2014.

Davies NM, Tsuyuki R. Self-Denigration in Pharmacy: Actions that Should be Curtailed. Can J Pharm (Ott);147(6): 265-266,

2014.

Emami J, Rezazadeh M , Hasanzadeh F, Sadeghi H, Mostafavi A, Minaiyan M, Rostami M, Davies N. Development and in

vitro/in vivo evaluation of a novel targeted polymeric micelle for delivery of paclitaxel. International Journal of Biological

Macromolecules. 2015 Jun 18;80:29-40. doi: 10.1016/ j.ijbiomac. 2015.05.062.

Dean H, MacDonald L, Alessi-Severini S, Halipchuck J, Sellers E, Grymonpre R. Diabetes Programs are Natural Interpro-

fessional Collaborative Learning Sites. Can J Diabetes 38:273-278, 2014.

Ding Y, Wang Y, Zhou J, Gu X, Wang W, Liu C, Ding X, Li Y, Zhang Q: Direct Cytosolic siRNA Delivery by Reconstituted

High Density Lipoprotein for Target-Specific Therapy of Tumor Angiogenesis. Biomaterials 2014; 35:7214-7227.

Frankel G, Louizos C, Austin Z. Canadian Educational Approaches for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice. American

Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 09/2014; 78(7):143.

Hasinoff BB, Wu X, Yadav AA, Patel D, Zhang H, Wang D-S, et al. Cellular Mechanisms of the Cytotoxicity of the Anti-

cancer Drug Elesclomol and its Complex with Cu(II). Biochem Pharmacol. 93:266-76, 2015.


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Hasinoff BB, Yadav AA, Patel D, Wu X. The Cytotoxicity of the Anticancer Drug Elesclomol is due to Oxidative Stress

Indirectly Mediated Through its Vomplex with Cu(II). J Inorg Biochem. 137:22-30, 2014.

Kanji S, Hayes M, Ling A, Shamseer L, Chant C, Edwards DJ, Edwards S, Ensom MH, Foster DR, Hardy B, Kiser TH, la

Porte C, Roberts JA, Shulman R, Walker S, Zelenitsky S, Moher D. Reporting Guidelines for Clinical Pharmacokinetic Stud-

ies: The ClinPK statement. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2015 Jul;54(7):783-95. Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta C, Cortes C, Lakowski

TM, Namaka M. Transcriptional Regulation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) by Methyl CpG Binding Protein

2 (MeCP2): a Novel Mechanism for Remyelination and/or Myelin Repair Involved in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

(MS). Molecular Neurobiology, 2015, in press. DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-9074-1.

Leong C, Louizos C, Currie C, Glassford L, Davies NM, Brothwell D, Renaud R. Student Perspectives of an Online Mod-

ule for Teaching Physical Assessment Skills of Vital Signs for a Canadian Faculty of Dentistry, School of Dental Hygiene,

and Faculty of Pharmacy on a Health Sciences Campus. Journal of Interprofessional Care 2015 Jul;29(4):383-5.

Leong C, Lake J. Treating Recurrent Postmenopausal Vasomotor Symptoms in a Patient with a Positive Family History for

Breast Cancer: A Case Report. The Consultant Pharmacist 2015;30(1):38-44.

Leong C, Louizos C, Frankel G, Ng S, Iacovides H, Falk J, Dunford D, Brink K, Kleiman N, Davis C, Renaud R. Imple-

mentation and Evaluation of a Physical Assessment Skills Module on Vital Signs for Pharmacy Students. American Journal

for Pharmacy Education 2014;78(7):137.

Leong C, Louizos C, Frankel G, Ng S, Iacovides H, Falk J, Dunford D, Davis C, Renaud R: Instructional Design and As-

sessment: A Physical Assessment Skills Module on Vital Signs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 09/2014; 78

(7).

Malhi S, Gu X: Nanocarrier-Mediated Drugs Targeting Cancer Stem Cells: An Emerging Delivery Approach (Review). Ex-

pert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 2015 Jul;12(7):1177-201.

Martinez SE, Lakowski T, Davies NM. Enantiospecific Analysis of 8-Prenylnaringenin in Biological Fluids by Liquid-

Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Application to Pre-Clinical Pharmacokinetic Investigations.

Chirality 2014. 26(8): 419-426.

Martinez SE, Chen Y, Ho EA, Martinez SA, Davies NM. Suppression of Interleukin-1β-Linduced Inflammatory Induction

in Canine Chondrocytes by a C-Phycocyanin-Based Multi-Component Nutraceutical. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Re-

search 2015 79(3): 241-249.

Martinez SE, Davies NM. Enantiospecific pharmacokinetic disposition of isoxanthohumol in the rat. Molecular Nutrition &

Food Research. 2015 Jun 15. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201500118.

Martinez SE, Davies NM. Ingredient Consistency of 6-Prenylnaringenin in

Commercially Available Hops- (Humulus Lupulus) Containing Natural Health Products Using a Stereospecific LC-ESI-MS

Method of Analysis. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2015;10(3): 182-191.

Miller LM, Vercaigne LM, Moist L, Lok CE, Tangri N, Komenda P, Rigatto C, Mojica J, Sood MM. The Association Be-

tween Geographic Proximity to a Dialysis Facility and Use of Dialysis Catheters. BMC Nephrology 2014,

15:40 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-15-40.

Nelson M, McTavish J, Torchia M, Grymonpre R. Working the System: How Active, Engaged Patients Approach Primary

Healthcare Services. 2014; The Patient Experience Journal 1(1):37-42.

Qiao H, Sun M, Su Z, Xie Y, Chen M, Zong L, Gao Y, Li H, Qi J, Zhao Q, Gu X, Ping Q: Kidney-Specific Drug Delivery


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System for Renal Fibrosis Based on Coordination-Driven Assembly of Catechol-Derived Chitosan. Biomaterials 2014;

35:7157-7171.

Rachid O, Simons FER, Rawas-Qalaji MM, Lewis S, Simons KJ. Epinephrine Autoinjectors: Does Freezing Affect Dose

Delivery, and Enantiomeric Purity? J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015; Jan 14. pii:S2213-2198(14)00541-8: doi 10.1016/

j.jaip.2014.11.015.

Rawas-Qalaji MM, Rachid O, Mendez BA, Losada A, Simons FER, Simons KJ. Adrenaline (Epinephrine) Microcrystal Sub-

lingual Tablet Formulation: Enhanced Absorption in a Preclinical Model. J Pharmacy Pharmacol 2015;67:20-5. Doi:10.1111/

jphp.12312. Epub 2014 Sep 26.

Remsberg CM, Martinez SE, Akinwumi B, Anderson HD, Takemoto JK, Sayre CL, Davies NM. Pre-Clinical Pharmacoki-

netics and Pharmacodynamics and Content Analysis of Gnetol in Foodstuffs. Phytotherapy Research 2015 Aug;29(8):1168-79.

Simons FER, Rachid O, Rawas-Qalaji MA, Simons K.J New-Generation, Taste-Masked Epinephrine Sublingual Tablets:

Bioavailability.Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum.Pisa, Italy: Pacini Editore

Medicina, 2014, pages 171-3.

Simons KJ, Rachid OM, Rawas-Qalaji MM, Mendez AB, Losada A, Simons FER. Preclinical Study of Rapidly-

Disintegrating Sublingual Tablets (RDST): Effect of Epinephrine (E) Incorporated as Nanoparticles. J Allergy Clin Immunol

2014;133 (2): AB166.

Song MK, Davies NM, Roufogalis BD, Huang TH. Management of Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome in Diabetes Mellitus –

From an Herbal Medicine Perspective. Journal of Diabetes Research 2014. 2014: 313718.

Targownik L, Nugent Z, Singh H, Bugden S, Bernstein CN. 2014. The Prevalence and Predictors of Opioid Use in Inflam-

matory Bowel Disease: A Population Based Analysis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 109(10):1612-1630.

Thistlethwaite J, Khalili H, Grymonpre R, Atack L, Gilbert J, Espin S, Donelly C, Iglarsh A, Green C, Riva J, & Namavarian A.

(2013). Introducing the Global Research Interprofessional Network (GRIN). Journal of Interprofessional Care 27(2): 107-109.

Thorling CA, Jin L,Weiss M, Crawford D, Liu X, Burczynski FJ, Liu D, Wang H, Roberts MS. Assessing Steatotic Liver

Function After Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by In Vivo Multiphoton Imaging of Fluorescein Disposition. Drug Metabolism

and Disposition. 43(1): 154-162, 2015.

Thorling CA, Crawford D, Burczynski FJ, Liu X, Roberts MS. Multiphoton Microscopy in Defining Liver Function. J. Bio-

med. Opt. 19(9): 090901, 2014.

Thorling CA, Roberts MS, Liu X, Fletcher LM, Crawford D, Burczynski FJ. Effects of Long-Term Hepatic Ischemia-

Reperfusion Injury on the function of P-Glycoprotein In Vivo in Rats. J Pharm Pharm Sci. 17(1):121-135, 2014.

Tsuyuki R, Davies NM. Self-Denigration in Pharmacy. Words that should be Banished from the Pharmacy Lexicon. Can J

Pharm (Ott) 2014. 147(4): 197-199.

Turcotte D, Doupe M, Torabi M, Gomori AJ, Ethans K, Esfahani F, Galloway K, Namaka MP. Nabilone as an Adjunctive to

Gabapentin for Multiple Sclerosis-Induced Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Pain Medicine. 2015, Jan 19. 16

(1):149-159. DOI: 10.1111/pme.12569

Turcotte DA, Doupe M, Torabi M, Gomori AJ, Ethan K, Esfahani F, Galloway K, Namaka MP. Paroxetine vs Pregabalin for

the management of neuropathic pain in Multiple Sclerosis. World J Anesthesiol 3(2):181-188. 2014 July 27. DOI:10.5313/

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Wang T, Miller D, Burczynski F, Gu X: Evaluation of Percutaneous Permeation of Repellent DEET and Sunscreen Oxyben-

zone from Emulsion-Based Formulations in Artificial Membrane and Human Skin. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2014; 4:43-

51.

Yadav AA, Wu X, Patel D, Yalowich JC, Hasinoff BB. Structure-Based Design, Synthesis and Biological Testing of Etopo-

side Analog Epipodophyllotoxin-N-Mustard Hybrid Compounds Designed to Covalently Bind to Topoisomerase II and DNA.

Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:5935-49.

Yin S, Li J, Li N, Wang G, Gu X: Preparation and Characterization of Long-Circulating PELMD/mPEG-PLGA Mixed Mi-

celles for 10-Hydroxycamptothecin. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2014; 16:2274.

Zelenitsky S, Vercaigne LM, Davies NM, Davis C, Renaud R, Kristjanson C. Using a Novel Curriculum Mapping Process

to Engage Faculty in Curriculum Analysis and Continuous Quality Improvement of a Pharmacy Program. American Journal

of Pharmacy Education 2014. 78(7):139.

Zhanel GG, Love R, Adam H, Golden A, Zelenitsky S, Schweizer F, Gorityala B, Lagacé-Wiens PR, Rubinstein E, Walkty

A, Gin AS, Gilmour M, Hoban DJ, Lynch JP 3rd, Karlowsky JA. Tedizolid: A Novel Oxazolidinone with Potent Activity

Against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Pathogens. Drugs. 2015 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25673021.

Zhang H, Shao Z, Alibin CP, Acosta C, Anderson HD. Liganded Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) Pre-

serve Nuclear Histone Deacetylase 5 Levels in Endothelin-Treated Rat Cardiac Myocytes. PLOS ONE. 2014; 9(12): e115258.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115258.

Zhao Y, Zhang T, Duan S, Davies NM, Forrest ML. CD44-Tropic Polymeric Nanocarrier for Breast Cancer Targeted Ra-

pamycin Chemotherapy. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2014. doi:10.1016/j.nano.2014.02.015.

Zhu W, Acosta C, MacNeil B, Klonisch T, Cortes C, Doupe M, Gong Y, Namaka MP. Spinal Cord Brain Derived Neu-

rotrophic Factor (BDNF) Responsive Cells in an Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Model of Multiple

Sclerosis (MS): Implications in Myelin Repair. Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 612406, Research in Immunology: An Inter-

national Journal, 19 pages, DOI: 10.5171/2014.612406.

Conferences, Presentations and Abstracts:

Alessi-Severini S, Derksen S. Utilization of Prescription Medications for Smoking Cessation in the Canadian Province of

Manitoba: A Population-Based Study, 1999-2012. EuroDURG – Drug Utilization Research: Supporting Rational Drug Use for

Public Health and Individual Patient Care. Groningen, The Netherlands. August 27-29, 2014.

Amador da Silva J, Bugden S. The Limits of Crossover: The Ethical, Statistical and Policy Limitations of Crossover in On-

cology Trials. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Saskatoon, SK. April 2015.

Badejo G, Chaboyer K, Leong C. Systematic Review of Pharmacist-led Interventions for the Identification and Prevention of

Medication Misuse, Divergence, and Overdose. Accepted for presentation as a research poster at the Canadian Society for

Pharmaceutical Science (CSPS) Conference. Toronto, ON, Canada. May 27 to 29, 2015.

Bugden S, Friesen K. Stockmann P. Do Not Crush – A Guide for Canadian Medications. Canadian Pharmacists Associations

(CPhA) Annual Conference. Saskatoon, SK. June 2014.

Breik N, Derksen S, Alessi-Severini S. Use of Varenicline in a Canadian Province: A Population-Based Study. Accepted at

the 31st International on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management. Boston, USA. August 22-26, 2015.

Bugden S. Roles and Responsabilites of Council Members – Legal Accountability and Liability. College of Occupational


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Therapists of Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. April 2015.

Bugden S. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A Primer for Pharmacists. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. April 2015.

Bugden S. Corn Flakes Cause Cancer: Evaluating Observational Research. Winnipeg, MB. Canada, April 2015.

Bugden S. Manitoba Pharmacist Initiated Smoking Cessation Pilot Project. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. April 2015.

Bugden S, Kosar L, Regier L, Jennings S. Non-Inferiority Complex: Gaining Confidence in the Appraisal of Non-Inferiority

Trials. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Saskatoon, SK. Canada, April 2015.

Bugden S. Pharmacists in Wonderland: The Up is Down World of Non-Inferiority Trials. The Banff Seminar – Canadian

Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Banff, AB. Canada. March 2015.

Bugden S. From Stewardship to Chicklets: The Sticky Case of the Fentanyl Patch Medication, Evidence & Decision Support

(MEDS) Conference. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. January 2015.

Bugden, S. Manitoba Subsequent Entry Biologics Forum Presentation and Panel Participation. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. Janu-

ary 2015.

Bugden S. Putting the PIECES Together: Understanding Dementia Medication Management. Alzheimer’s Society – PIECES

Program, Deer Lodge Centre. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. January 2015.

Bugden S. Damned If You Do, Damned if you Don’t: Balancing Benefits and Risks with Dementia. Deer Lodge Centre, Win-

nipeg, MB. Canada. November 2014.

Bugden S. Big Data and Quality Prescribing. Therapeutic Update – CPD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mani-

toba. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. May 2014.

Bugden S. Polypharmacy: Context and Contradictions. Therapeutic Update – CPD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University

of Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. May 2014.

Bugden S. Big Data and Quality Prescribing. Therapeutic Update – CPD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mani-

toba. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. May 2014.

Chateau D, Targownik L, Alessi-Severini S. CNODES – A Leading-Edge Approach to Researching the Post-Marketing Safe-

ty of Pharmaceuticals. Community Health Colloquia, College of Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB,

Canada. Nov 21, 2014.

Chen Y, Traore YL, Li A, Ho EA. Development of Surface Modified Matrix and Segmented Reservoir Intravaginal Ring

Devices for the Sustained Delivery of Hydroxychloroquine. Globalization of Pharmaceutical Education Network. Helsinki,

Finland. 2014.

Chen Y, Fowke K, Ho, EA. Sustained Delivery of Hydroxychloroquine from a Polyether Urethane Intravaginal Ring. Con-

trolled Release Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. 2014.

Chen Y, Fowke K, Ho, EA. (2014) Fabrication and Characterization of a Matrix Intravaginal Ring Device for the Sustained

Release of Hydroxychloroquine. Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences / Canadian-Chapter Controlled Release Socie-

ty Annual Meeting. Montreal, QC, Canada.

Davies NM. 30 Years of Coffee, Beer and Serendipity in Pharmacy Research. Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences



www.umanitoba.ca

Meeting Toronto, Canada May 27, 2015.

Dean H, Halipchuk J, Janzen C, Van Walleghem N, Abel K, Wicklow B Grymonpre R. Diabetes Teams are Natural Sites for

Interprofessional Education. Presented at the 17th Annual CDA/CSEM Professional Conerence and Annual Meetings. Winni-

peg, MB. Canada. October 22, 2014.

Dean H, Grymonpre R, Campbell-Rempel MA, MacDonald L. Interprofessional Education and Practice: From Concept to

Reality. Brandon Health Region. Brandon, MB, Canada. Dec 18, 2014.

de P. Oliveira AL, Martinez SE, Majeed M, Nagabhushanam K, Davies NM. Calebin A: analytical development for pharma-

cokinetic and content analysis of natural health products and elucidation of pharmacological activities. Canadian Society for

Pharmaceutical Sciences Meeting Toronto May 27-30, 2015.

Dunford D, Kristjanson C, Renaud R. It’s More Than a Number: Analyzing a Pharmacy Clinical Course Exam To Inform

Teaching and Assessment. Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Annual Conference / Canadian Pharmacy Educa-

tion and Research Conference. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 2014.

Falk JM, Sandhu JK. Evaluation of Inhaled Corticosteroid Prescribing for COPD in Family Medicine Teaching Units. Poster

CSHP PPC. Toronto, ON. Canada. February 2015.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Long Acting Opioids – A CONTINuing Concern. Manitoba Pharmacy

Conference. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. April 2015.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Fentanyl Patches: A Problem for the Ages. University of Manitoba, Centre

on Aging 32nd Annual Spring Research Symposium. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. May 2015.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Vaccine Controversy Vaccination. Canadian Pharmacists Assocation (CPhA)

Annual Conference. Saskatoon, SK. June 2014.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Melatonin in Children with FASD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Living Well: FASD and Mental Health. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. November 2014.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Voluntary Warnings and the Limits of Good Prescribing Behaviour: The

Case for De-adoption of Meperidine. Canadian Association of Population Therapeutics

Conference. Toronto, ON, Canada. November 2014.

Friesen K, Bugden S. Fentanyl Patches: A Sticky Safety Situation. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.

Saskatoon, SK. Canada. April 2015.

Grymonpre R. Developing Interprofessional Learning Opportunities in Clinical Practice Environments. Keynote speaker at

the IPE Kickoff. Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Kenora, ON, Canada. October 2, 2014.

Gu J, Yang S, Ho, E.A. Biodegradable Intravaginal Film for the Targeted Delivery of siRNA-loaded Nanoparticles to Im-

mune Cells. Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. 2014.

Hamilton K, Davis C, Falk J, Singer A, Zelenitsky S, Bugden S. The Contribution of Non-Prescription Medications to Po-

tentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in 2 Family Medicine Teaching Clinics. Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada

Annual Conference (AFPC)/ Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference (CPERC). Saskatoon, SK. Canada.

May 2014.

Hamilton K, Davis C, Falk J, Singer A, Zelenitsky S, Bugden S. The Pharmacist’s Role in the Reduction of Potentially In-


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appropriate Prescriptions in Family Medicine. MSP (Manitoba Society of Pharmacists) Manitoba Pharmacy Conference. Win-

nipeg, MB, Canada. April 2014.

Hamilton K, Friesen K, Alessi-Severini S, Shearer B, Bugden S. A Pharmacist Initiated Model for Smoking Cessation:

Reaching the Hard-to-Reach. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Saskatoon, SK. Canada. April 2015.

Hamilton K, Friesen K, Alessi-Severini S, Shearer B, Bugden S. Reaching the Hard to Reach: The Manitoba Pharmacist

Initiated Smoking Cessation Pilot Study. Ottawa, ON. Canada. May 2015.

Hasinoff BB. Structure-based Design, Synthesis and Biological Testing of Highly Potent Semi-Synthetic Epipodophyllotoxin-

Derived Hybrid Etoposide Analogs. American Association for Cancer Research. San Diego, CA. USA. April 2014.

Hasinoff BB, Wu X, Patel D, Yalowich JC. The Non-Cardiotoxic Anticancer Drug Pixantrone Targets Topoisomerase II.

American Association for Cancer Research. Philadelphia, PA. USA. April 2015.

Ho EA. Nano-medicines: The Way of the Future? TEDx UManitoba. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. 2014.

Ho EA. Intravaginal Microbicides for the Prevention of HIV Infection. Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Cana-

dian Chapter Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting. Montreal, QC. Canada. 2014.

Ho EA. Intravaginal Rings for the Modulation of Mucosal Immunity”. 6th Prairie Infectious Immunology Network Meeting.

Hecla, MB. Canada. 2014.

Iglarsh, A, Khalili H, Grymonpre R, Gilbert J, Green C, Hean S, Atack L, Donnelly C, Thistlewaite J. Sustaining the Future

of IPE-CP: the Global Research Interprofessional Network (GRIN). ATBHVII. Pittsburgh, USA. June 2014.

Kennedy K, Martinez SE, Kuhn N, Davies NM, Martinez SA. Effects of Low-level Laser Therapy on Bone Healing and Pain

in Dogs Following Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy. 41st Annual Veterinary Orthopedic Society Conference and 4th Word

Veterinary Orthopedic Society. Breckenridge, USA. March 1-8, 2014.

Khorshid Amhad T, Cortes C, Lillico R, Stesco N, Lakowski TM, Huang Q, Kong J, Namaka MP. Evaluation of Epige-

netic Modifications in Spinal Cord (SC) Histones from Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Mice. Neuroin-

flammation Symposium and 6th Annual MB-ON endMS Retreat. Toronto, Ontario. 2015.

Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta C, Cortes C, AlTaweel K, Lillico R , Ethans K , Lakowski TM, Namaka MP. Epigenetic Re-

pression of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) by Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) E1 Isoform in an Experi-

mental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). 9th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Milan,

Italy. April 30, 2015.

Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta C, Cortes C, AlTaweel K, Lillico R, Ethans K, Lakowski TM, Namaka M. Epigenetic Repres-

sion of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) by Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) E1 Isoform in an Experi-

mental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). 12th International Congress of NeuroIm-

munology. Mainz, Germany, November 09- 13 2014.

Khorshid Ahmad T, Acosta C, Cortes C, AlTaweel K, Lillico R, Ethans K, Lakowski TM, Namaka M. Epigenetic Repres-

sion of brain derived Neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) E1 Isoform in an Experimental

Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). 9th Annual Forum of Neuroscience (FENS). Mi-

lan, Italy. July 05- 09 2014.

Kuehl C, Zhang T, Kaminskas L, Porter C, Davies NM, Forrest L, Berkland C. Molecular Weight Affects Hyaluronic Acid



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Distribution after Pulmonary Administration. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting (AAPS)

San Diego, U.S.A. November 2-6, 2014.

Kang J, Andes D, Davies NM, Kwon G. Combinational Therapy Using Amphotericin B Micelle for Enhanced Antifungal

Therapeutic Effect.American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting (AAPS). San Diego, U.S.A. Novem-

ber 2-6, 2014.

Leong C, Cholakis A, Louizos C, Davies N, Brothwell D. The Pre-Operative Screening of Patients at a University-Affiliated

Periodontal Clinic Carried Out by Pharmacy Students Trained in the Performance and Interpretation of Findings from a Physi-

cal Assessment of Vital Signs. American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual Meeting. Austin, Texas, USA. Octo-

ber 12 to 15, 2014.

Leong C, Louizos C, Frankel G, Ng S, Dunford D, Brink K, Kleiman N, Davies NM. Development of a Physical Assess-

ment Module for Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Dental Hygiene Students: An Opportunity for Interprofessional Education. Canadi-

an Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) Summer Education Session Conference. St. John’s, NL, Canada. August 9 to 12,

2014.

Leong C, Cholakis A, Louizos C, Davies NM, Brothwell D. The PreOperative Screening of Patients at a University-

Affiliated Periodontal Clinic Carried Out by Pharmacy Students Trained in the Performance and Interpretation of Findings

from a Physical Assessment of Vital Signs. Submitted as a poster to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) An-

nual Meeting. Austin, TX, USA. October 12 to 15, 2014.

Leong C, Sareen J, Enns M, Bolton J, Alessi-Severini S. Drug Information Systems for the Prevention of Drug Misuse, Di-

vergence and Suicide: A Focus Group Study. American Psychiatric Association (APA). 168th Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON,

Canada. May 16 to 20, 2015.

Leong C, Enns MW, Sareen J, Alessi-Severini S, Chateau D, Prior H. New Antidepressant Use In Older Adults: A Canadian

Population-Based Study (1997-2013). Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Conference. Miami, FL,

USA. April 9 to 12, 2015.

Leong C, Enns MW, Sareen J, Alessi-Severini S, Chateau D, Prior H. New Sedative-hypnotic Use In Older Adults: A Cana-

dian Population-based Study (1997-2013). Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Conference. Miami, FL,

USA. April 9 to 12, 2015.

Martinez SE, Sayre CL, de Paula Oliveira AL, Davies NM Enantiospecific preclinical pharmacokinetics of the potent phy-

toestrogen, 8-prenylnaringenin, and it’s in vitro stereoselective modulation of human cytochrome P450 enzymes.19th North

American ISSX Meeting San Francisco, California, USA. October 19-23, 2014.

Martinez SE, Sayre CL, Frankel GEC, Davies NM. Stereospecific Characterization of the Pre-Clinical Pharmacokinetics,

Pharmacological Activities and Content Analysis in Natural Health Products of 8-Prenylnaringenin, A Potent Phytoestrogen

Found in Hops (Humulus lupulus). Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Meeting. Montreal, QC. Canada. June 2014.

Martinez SE, Davies NM. Enantiospecific pharmacokinetic disposition of isoxanthohumol in the rat. Canadian Society for

Pharmaceutical Sciences Meeting Toronto May 27-30, 2015.

Miller L, Vercaigne L, Vokey S, Rabbani R, Zarychanski R, Adou-Setta A. Ethanol Locks for the Prevention of Catheter-

Related Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Society of Nephrology Annual General

Meeting 2014. Philadelphia, USA. Nov 15, 2014.

Namaka M. Breaking New Ground: New Advanced Pharmacy Practice Roles in Neurology in the Areas of Chronic Pain and

Multiple Sclerosis. Janssen Inc. Divisional ACCESS Conference. Toronto, ON, Canada for the. February 9, 2015.


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Namaka M. Cannabinoids in the Management of Chronic Pain. Manitoba Medical Clinic. Portage La Prairie, MB. Canada.

December 10, 2014. (Invited Speaker)

Namaka M. Managing Neuropathic Pain. Metropolitan Toronto Pharmacists Association. Toronto, ON, Canada. September,

2014. (Invited Speaker)

Namaka M. Managing MS-Induced Neuropathic Pain. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. July, 2014. (Invited Speaker)

Namaka M. Pathology of MS. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. June, 2014. (Invited Speaker)

Namaka M. Immunomodulatory Treatment of MS. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. June, 2014. (Invited Speaker)

Namaka M. Transcriptional Regulation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor ( BDNF) by Methyl CpG Binding Protein

(MeCP2) Implications in Re-myelination and/or Myelin Repair in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Induced Non- Traumatic Spinal

Cord Injury (NTSCI). Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Medicine Conference. Winnipeg, MB. Canada. June

11, 2014. (Invited Speaker)

Lillico R, Gomez Sobral M, Stesco N, Lakowski TM. HDAC Inhibitors Induce Changes in Histone Methylation. Annual

Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences /Canadian Chapter, Controlled Release Society, Conference. Drug Discovery

and Development in the Post-Genomic Era. Toronto, ON. Canada. May 26-28, 2015.

Rachid OM, Lewis S, Rawas-Qalaji MM, Simons FER, Simons KJ. Epinephrine Autoinjectors: Device Integrity and Epi-

nephrine Content after Exposure to Extreme Storage Conditions. American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS)

Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. USA. November 2-6, 2014.

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