Pharmacy and Nutrition researchers advance knowledge and pursue solutions to health and healthcare system issues. The College conducts research in the following 3 streams:

Clinical and Applied Health Research

Researchers in this stream advance knowledge to prevent and manage illness and optimize health and well-being.

david-blackburn-j1d45299_1.jpg David Blackburn
Adherence, pharmacist interventions, drug utilization, health outcomes
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Allison Cammer
Nutrition and aging, dementia, long-term care, and end of life nutrition care

roy-dobson-j1d45200_1.jpg Roy Dobson
Patient assessments of quality, pharmacy practice
charityevans2020_1.jpg Charity Evans
Multiple sclerosis, pharmacoepidemiology
katelyn-halpape_1.jpg Katelyn Halpape
Mental health, substance use disorders, chronic pain, pharmacy practice, ketamine for major depressive disorder

carol-henry1080_1.jpg Carol Henry
School health, community health, food systems, global health
derek-jorgenson-j1d45217_1.jpg Derek Jorgenson
Mental health, addictions concurrent disorders, pharmacy practice, knowledge translation
jessica-lieffers_1.jpg Jessica Lieffers
Oral health and nutrition, nutrition ehealth and mhealth, dietetic professional practice, qualitative research
holly-profile-picture_1.jpg Holly Mansell
Solid organ transplantation, adherence, patient education, pharmacy practice, cannabis in children and youth
kerry-mansell_1.jpg Kerry Mansell
Diabetes, pharmacy practice
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Lesley Moisey
Post-ICU nutrition/rehabilitation, nutrition in breast cancer care, clinical nutrition

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Jason Perepelkin
Organizational theory, behaviour, and structure, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, management of/in community pharmacies, marketing

Yvonne Shevchuk
Infectious diseases/antibiotics, interprofessional education, drug information
jeff-taylor-2019_1.jpg Jeff Taylor
Self-medication, factors influencing patient counseling, patient education
hassan-vatanparast_1.jpg Hassan Vatanparast
Nutritional epidemiology, nutrition and chronic diseases
susan.jpg Susan Whiting
Calcium metabolism, vitamin D status, bone health   
erin_yakiwchuk_1.jpg Erin Yakiwchuk
Geriatrics, polypharmacy, deprescribing, dementia, Parkinson's disease, long-term care
gord_1.jpg Gordon Zello
Metabolism, clinical nutrition, and dietary assessment

Nutrition Science

Our nutrition scientists seek to understand how foods and nutrients affect the molecular and physiological mechanisms involved in health and disease. 

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Brian Bandy
Oxidative stress, bioactivities of dietary flavonoids and polyphenols, mitochondrial respiration and biogenesis

jim_fang_1.png Jim Fang
Absorption and health effects of Prairie fruits
Phyllis Paterson
Nutrition and post-stroke recovery, malnutrition, nutritional neuroscience, preclinical modelling of disease
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Hassan Vatanparast
Global health, immigration heath, food security

susan.jpg Susan Whiting
Calcium metabolism, vitamin D status, bone health   
gord_1.jpg Gordon Zello
Metabolism, clinical nutrition, and dietary assessment

Drug Discovery and Development

Researchers in this stream are developing therapeutic applications for new and existing drugs and bioactive compounds.

jane-alcorn-j1d45322_1.jpg Jane Alcorn
Preclinical/clinical drug discovery
and development, pharmacokinetics
(animal and human), human clinical
trials and pharmaceutical analysis
ildiko_1.jpg Ildiko Badea
Nano-formulations for non-invasive
drug delivery
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Brian Bandy
Oxidative stress, bioactivities of dietary flavonoids and polyphenols, mitochondrial respiration and biogenesis

kate_1.jpg Kate Dadachova
Radioimmunotherapy of cancer
and infectious diseases, radio-
protectors for cancer patients
military personnel, and astronauts
anaselaneed-2020_1.jpg Anas El-Aneed
Analytical mass spectrometry,
targeted metabolomics, validated
methods
azita_1.jpg Azita Haddadi
Nanotechnology, PLGA nanoparticles, cancer vaccines, targeted cancer therapy

ed-krol-2022.jpg Ed Krol
Drug metabolism of natural products, synthesis of biologically active natural product analogues, development of probe molecules for imaging
rlaprairie_4.jpg Robert Laprairie
G protein-coupled receptors, cannabinoid pharmacology and pharmacology, serotonin and orexin receptors
Randy Purves
Analytical mass spectrometry, untargeted metabolomics, ion mobility-mass spectrometry instrument development, veterinary drug residues, polyphenols
2019ms_1.jpg Meena Sakharkar
Identifying novel anticancer and anti-Parkinson drug design targets
ellen-wasan-jan-2022-photo.jpg Ellen Wasan
Lipid-based drug delivery, self-assembling systems for drug and nucleic acid delivery (nanoparticles, liposomes), physical pharmacy, drug formulation, vaccine development
jian_photo_1.jpg Jian Yang
Structure and function of
enzymes, genomics, and anti-
microbial agents