Vol. 9, No. 1 – JUNE 2009

The Alumni Magazine of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto

Welcome to the Summer 2009 issue ofR/cellence, the magazine for graduates ofthe Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy atthe University of Toronto.

Since 1998, I have had the honour ofserving as Dean of the Leslie Dan Facultyof Pharmacy. On June 30th of this year, Iwill step down from this position.

Over the past eleven years, the LeslieDan Faculty of Pharmacy has changedimmeasurably.We have increasedenrolment, enhanced the number ofinstructors and researchers at the Faculty,and moved into a state-of-the-artteaching and research facility. Elevenundergraduate classes have graduatedduring my time here, as well as a largecomplement of graduate students, doctorof pharmacy students, pharmaceuticalchemistry students, and internationalpharmacy graduate students. In all, closeto 2,500 students have passed through thedoors at 19 Russell Street and 144College Street during my tenure.

I often find myself thinking aboutthese graduates – wondering how theyare doing, where they are working, andhow their lives have changed.

Fortunately, every once and a while Irun into a former student at an academicconference, an event organized by one ofthe professional associations, or in thecourse of my duties as Dean.

I am always pleasantly surprised tolearn what these former students are upto – where they have settled, what area ofpharmacy they are practicing in, and

what they have already achieved, bothprofessionally and personally.

Based on my comments in previousalumni magazines, it should come as nosurprise to you that I am very excitedabout the future of pharmacy in Canada.As a profession, pharmacy appears toalways be in flux but is now headed foreven more change in the years ahead.Thechanges are taking advantage of (and willcontinue to take advantage of) theunique skills and abilities that we aspharmacists, the true medicationspecialists, possess.The Vision forPharmacy, as stated by the CanadianPharmacists Association is to provide“optimal drug therapy outcomes forCanadians through patient-centred care.”This requires pharmacists to participate ininterprofessional interchange, be availableand accessible to consult with physiciansand be responsible for long-termmonitoring and patient outcomes.Governments are asking us to ‘step up tothe plate’ and take a greater role in thedelivery of health care.The opportunity isthere – let’s wholeheartedly seize it.

As I leave my post as Dean at Canada’spre-eminent faculty of pharmacy, I amcomforted by the knowledge that theprofession is in good hands.The men andwomen who have graduated from ourprogram in recent years have proventhemselves worthy to carry the professioninto the future, just as those whograduated before them have done amarvellous job of carrying our professionforward.

As I step down as Dean, the Faculty isin the process of implementing a newcurriculum that addresses all qualificationsrequired for us to provide an increasedscope of practice and includes all of thekeys for our profession’s future success. Ileave knowing that the research currentlybeing conducted in the laboratories isaddressing some of health care’s greatest

challenges head on, and contains theseeds to forever change health care notonly in Canada, but all around the world.Further, I turn over the reins of theFaculty to a dedicated and proven leaderin Dr. Henry Mann who will no doubtcontinue to lead the Leslie Dan Facultyof Pharmacy to new heights.

This issue of R/cellence highlightsaccomplishments by current facultymembers, students, and alumni at theFaculty, all with an eye toward the futureand the changing nature of the healthcare system in Canada.This issue includesupdates on faculty achievements andstudent events, a profile on one ofCanada’s Top 40 Under 40 (hint: she’s aprofessor at the Faculty), an interestingpiece on one of our most distinguishedalumni – Bill Crothers, and a review ofour annual fund campaign for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. I hope you will findthese stories interesting and informative.

Finally, as I write my last column forR/cellence as Dean, I wish to thankeveryone who has made my time hereamong the most enjoyable and rewardingexperiences in my life.

To the students who trusted me toteach them, helped me to understand andaddress their concerns as young people,and taught me as much as I taught them,I would like to say thank you.

To the staff at the Faculty who workbehind the scenes to ensure that ourprograms are operational, our students areprepared to succeed, and our facultymembers have the support they need, Iwould like to say thank you.Yourcontributions to this Faculty areimmeasurable.

To the faculty members who pour allof their energy into teaching andpursuing pioneering research that willrevolutionize health care in Canada, I

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Table of ContentsNew Dean Announced................. 4

In the News................................ 4

Awards....................................... 5

Undergraduate Student Awards Night.............................. 6

Graduate Research in Progress.................................. 6

IPG Graduation........................... 7

Pharmacy Arts Night................... 7

Class of 8T3 Reunion.................. 8

Padding the Résumé................... 9

An Audience with the Dean.........10

One of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 – Shana Kelley............14

Annual Fund Results...................16

Thank You To Our Generous Supporters...................17

Thank You Dean Hindmarsh.........19

thank you and wish you continuedsuccess. It has been a pleasure workingwith you and sharing your successes.

To the alumni, industry partners, andprofessional associations that I had thepleasure to meet and interact with duringmy term, thank you so much for yoursupport.

Finally, to everyone who donatedfinancially, or through their time and skillsto teach our students, support the Faculty,or help our profession grow, I owe you

my deepest thanks.Your efforts have ledto the realization of the vision that weshared for this Faculty and its students.

I have been very fortunate to workwith some of the most talented andpassionate people around, and it has left alasting impression on me. I can only hopethat I have been able to leave a similarmark on those of you I have been luckyenough to meet, teach and/or work with.

Thank you.

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On Saturday, March 28th, students fromthe Bachelor of Science in Pharmacyprogram competed in the inauguralOntario Pharmacists’AssociationStudents’ Cup against a team from theUniversity of Waterloo’s School ofPharmacy. Bragging rights were on theline at the Moss Park Arena, where twoproud hockey teams faced off in a two-period game.

The team from Waterloo scored earlyin the first period to gain the lead. Theraucous crowd of Waterloo supportersonly got louder. That served as a wake upcall for the U of T team, who scored thenext three goals and shut out Waterloothe rest of the way. At the end of thegame, the Leslie Dan Faculty ofPharmacy was triumphant, and the OPAStudents’ Cup had a new home at 144College Street.

After the game, everyone made theirway west to the Duke of Richmond for apost-game celebration.

Congratulations to everyone whocompeted, attended, and organized thegame and post-game mixer.

Ontario Pharmacists’ Association Students’ Cup

New Dean AnnouncedIn April, Professor Henry J. Mann was announced as the next Dean of the Leslie Dan Faculty of

Pharmacy, effective July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2014.Professor Mann is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy where he

received both his Bachelor and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees and completed an American Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists Residency Program. He then joined the University of MinnesotaCollege of Pharmacy where he is currently a Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. He isa Fellow of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, the American College of ClinicalPharmacy, and the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Professor Mann’s research has focused on the application of pharmacology and pharmacotherapy principles to critically ill patientsand he is the founding Director of the interdisciplinary Center for Excellence in Critical Care at the University of Minnesota.Professor Mann also founded the Partnership for Excellence in Critical Care, a national network focused on the translation ofcritical care research into practice.

He has extensive academic administrative experience at the University of Minnesota, having served as Associate Dean andDirector of Professional and External Relations,Associate Head of Pharmacy Practice, and Director of Experiential Education. Hehas also had responsibility for education programs and has served on the educational policy committee at Minnesota.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Mann to the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.

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Faculty News

In a recent Toronto Star article, Ontario College of Pharmacists’ Professor in Pharmacy Practice Zubin Austin and recentgraduate Cynthia Cho-Kee (0T8) were quoted extensively about the evolution of pharmacy education and practice. In“Pharmacists’ role in evolutionary mode,” Dr.Austin outlined the change in pharmacy education from only “focusing on thescientific side and how drugs worked to thinking about people. Now we have courses in patient psychology, on the structureand function of the health-care system, how drugs are paid for and what to do when people can’t afford to pay for their drugs.”Cynthia observed how pharmacists are “the drug experts,” taking “umpteen” pharmacology courses (in comparison with mostphysicians, who may only take one or two). Reflected in Cynthia and Dr.Austin’s comments were also the respect and passionthey have for pharmacy and the excitement they share over the future direction of the profession.

The Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building continues to receive a great deal of attention from the media.As part of Toronto’srecent 175th anniversary celebration, the Toronto Star published a list of 175 reasons to love Toronto.“The giant glowing pill-shaped classroom in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at U of T” appeared at number 113 on that list.

Associate Professor Anna Taddio published a research paper in the March 2nd issue of Pediatrics magazine that receivedconsiderable media attention.The story was picked up by the CBC, CityNews, The Medical Post, Medscape Medical News, andCHUM radio. Dr.Taddio was the lead author for a group of researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), theUniversity of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital and York University who collaborated on the study that revealed that sucroseanalgesia (table sugar) reduces a baby’s pain response to routine care following a painful procedure. Dr.Taddio was also recentlyprofiled on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research website for her research into infant pain.To read more, please visithttp://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38279.html.

In the January 24th edition of The Globe and Mail, Canada Research Chair in Chemical Genetics Guri Giaever was quotedextensively in “As U.S. emerges from dark age, Canada’s scientific edge fades.” In this article, a number of researchers fromCanadian institutions discussed the effect of the Bush administration on U.S. research, its impact upon the Canadian researchscene, and the change in American research policy promised in Barack Obama’s inaugural speech in January.

Professor Giaever noted how she decided to leave the U.S. after the National Institutes of Health, the main medical researchfunding agency in the U.S., saw its budget shrivel under the Bush administration. She also cited the opportunity to work at a“world-class facility” with “world-class collaborators” as reasons to move to U of T.

In the News

Students in the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacyprogram recently named their Teachers of the Year forthe 2008-2009 academic term.They are:

Marie Rocchi – Year 1Anna Taddio – Year 1Debra Sibbald – Year 2Jack Uetrecht – Year 3Congratulations to these four instructors on being

recognized by students as the best at what they do.

At the beginning of June, F. Norman Hughes Chair in Pharmacoeconomics Murray Krahn wasrecognized with the AFPC-Pfizer Research Career Award for 2009.This award recognizes therecipient’s contribution to pharmacy research and the influence that this individual’s research hashad on pharmaceutical research at the national and international levels.

At the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists’ (AAPS) Annual Meeting, Professor K.Sandy Pang received the Service Award for the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and DrugDisposition Section (PPDM).This annual award recognized Dr. Pang for her involvement with andcontribution to the PPDM Section and the AAPS. Over the years, Dr. Pang has served on the PPDMExecutive Committee in a number of roles, been involved in fundraising efforts, planned conferencesand student mentoring programs, and organized numerous workshops, symposia, and roundtables. Shehas also been influential in promoting the advancement of colleagues as AAPS fellows and encouragingthe participation of students as members of standing committees.

Chair RenewedIn April, Professor Ping Lee’s GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery was

renewed for a five-year term. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on drug delivery, including polymers thatcan be used to enhance drug solubility and control the rate at which drugs are released in the body.By molecularly dispersing poorly soluble drugs in a polymer, Dr. Lee has discovered that the drugsare absorbed better by the body, which could result in lower drug doses in each capsule andreduced dosages to achieve desired therapy.

Commercialization of ResearchAssociate Professor Christine Allen and Professor Micheline Piquette-Miller recently signed a

licensing and development agreement with Prollenium Medical Technologies, Inc.The agreementfocuses on the commercialization of a new dermal filler based on technology created in the labs of Dr.Allen and Dr. Piquette-Miller.The injectable gel technology PoLi developed for drug delivery isbiocompatible, biodegradable, and the composition can be optimized for dermal filler application. Inthe press release announcing this agreement, Prollenium noted the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy’s“formidable pharmaceutical research facilities which have long been recognized for some of the mostdramatic and important breakthroughs in pharma science.” Based on the excitement surrounding thispartnership, the groundbreaking work being developed in Dr.Allen and Dr. Piquette-Miller’slaboratories will likely revolutionize the dermal filler market.

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Awards

Marie Rocchi Debra SibbaldAnna Taddio Jack Uetrecht

Student News

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Graduate Research in Progress On April 29th, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in the Graduate Department

of Pharmaceutical Sciences staged their annual Graduate Research inProgress (GRIP) symposium. Graduate students from all branches of thegraduate program presented their research findings in oral and posterpresentations, highlighting the incredible breadth and diversity of researchcurrently being undertaken at the Faculty.

The Keynote Address was delivered by Dr. David Henry, President andCEO of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). In “Informingthe public about new medications: the key role of the media,” Dr. Henrydiscussed the responsibility of the media to deliver all the facts in theirreporting as consumers/patients are increasingly influenced in their healthcare decisions by what they read and see about treatments in the media.

At the end of the day, six awards for best oral and best posterpresentations for basic science and clinical, social and administrativepharmacy were awarded to deserving students.

Congratulations to everyone who helped make this year’s GRIP sosuccessful.

Undergraduate Student Awards NightOn March 30th, the Undergraduate Pharmacy Society invited students, faculty and staff

to the OPA Lecture Hall for Awards Night 2009. Hosted by UPS Vice-PresidentChristine Truong, the event celebrated student achievement, participation, and athleticaccomplishment.

The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto has a long traditionof student involvement in academic, athletic and extracurricular activities, and the UPSAwards Night helps showcase these pursuits. The fact that 177 awards were handed out aspart of Awards Night is a testament to this involvement.

Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients.

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On Wednesday, February 18th, students in theInternational Pharmacy Graduate (IPG) programparticipated in a graduation ceremony.

The IPG program is a unique bridging programthat prepares internationally-educated pharmacists topractice in Canada.The program is designed to bridgethe knowledge and experience that foreign-trainedpharmacists have acquired outside of Canada with theNorth American pharmaceutical care model.

Pulling from the Faculty’s undergraduate program,the program reinforces the education that participants have acquired internationally, and teaches participants the skills andknowledge required to succeed in Canadian practice.The IPG program is held as the model bridging program in Ontario,with almost 800 graduates since 2001 and a 92% success rate in writing licensing exams.

To mark the occasion, a number of key internal and external stakeholders participated in the event, including Dean WayneHindmarsh, the Honourable Michael Chan (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration for Ontario), Della Croteau (DeputyRegistrar/Director of Professional Development for the Ontario College of Pharmacists), Maria Bystrin (Director,Continuous Professional Development), and Tim Mickleborough (Acting Manager, IPG).

After the ceremony, a reception was held in the Apotex Atrium.Congratulations to the 180 most recent graduates of this model bridging program.

Pharmacy Arts NightOn April 3rd, students in the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy program took over the

Music Room at Hart House to stage the annual Pharmacy Arts Night.The evening was filledwith musical performances from students in all years of the undergraduate program, whichwas punctuated by numerous pieces of artwork, photography, and poetry on display. Inbetween performances, students had an opportunity to do some impromptu studying as partof a trivia contest giveaway, proving once and for all how important it is to study and bearmed with a response to the question of what is the difference between crack and cocaine?

International Pharmacy Graduate Program Graduation Ceremony

Class of 8T3 Reunion

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Planning a Reunion?Is your class celebrating a milestone this year? Would you just like to get

together as a class at some point over the next twelve months to catch up andremember your time together?

If so, please contact Miriam Stephan at miriam.stephan@utoronto.ca or 416-946-3985. Miriam will help you plan your event, get in touch withclassmates, and can arrange for tours of the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building forthose events taking place in Toronto.

If you are having a reunion, don’t forget to let R/cellence know.We’d be happy toinclude your event in our Upcoming Events section, and would love to include abrief story about your class in a forthcoming issue.

On November 8, 2008 the Class of1983 and their guests gathered on the topof the Rexall PharmaPlus Lecture Hall atthe Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy tocelebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary oftheir graduation.The class was treated to atour of the building by two distinguishedguides, Dean Wayne Hindmarsh andProfessor Emeritus Graham Nairn,followed by a cocktail reception.

The Class of 1983 has been active bothprofessionally and personally sincegraduation. Some have become pharmacyowners: Ray Chan is a partner in twopharmacies in Brantford. DeniseO’Hanian works in Dell Pharmacy (thepharmacy that her father started). PeteYurek is at Yurek Pharmacy. ChrisOliveiro is the owner of SpringdalePharmacy in Brampton. Jane Mulvihillis part-owner of Mulvihill Drug Martwhich has four locations. Gail Dulmage

(née Hylton) was owner of WellingtonPharmacy which she recently sold. JimTurbett owns Medical Arts Pharmacy inOwen Sound.

Others pursued careers in hospitalpharmacy. Dolores Iaboni (néeChiarelli) is a NICU clinical pharmacistat Sunnybrook. Tom Wan works atToronto General Hospital in theoutpatient pharmacy. Laura Gleason(née Serre) works at Parkwood Hospitalin London.

Others ventured in academia: DianneAzzarello is lecturer at the Leslie DanFaculty of Pharmacy and President ofMarket Access Strategic RegulatoryServices Inc. in Markham Ontario. JanaBajcar (née Lazor) is a Health ServiceResearch in the Department of Pharmacyand Primary Care Research Unit atSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre andan Associate Professor at the Leslie Dan

Faculty of Pharmacy and the Departmentof Family & Community Medicine at theFaculty of Medicine. Lalitha Raman-Wilms is Associate Professor and Directorof the Division of Pharmacy Practice atthe University of Toronto. Karen Riley isAssociate Professor for the University ofFlorida’s Pharm.D. program and labinstructor at Wayne State University inDetroit.

The class of 1983 has athletes as well.Denise O’Hanian runs half marathons.Rosemary Polczer competes intriathlons and Linda Brafield runs 30 kmraces. Dave Gleason’s team beat KenBurns’ Pharmacy North Hockey Team.

After the tour and reception, the Classof 1983 continued on to the TorontoHilton for dinner and a reception in theGovernor General’s Suite.

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Padding the RésuméBefore April 7, 2009, Bill Crothers

(6T3) already had an impressive résumé–pharmacy owner, Canadian recordholder, Olympic Silver medalist, schoolboard chair, and board member of severalcharitable organizations. He even had asecondary school named after him.However, he had never had a jobinterview until he applied to become amember of the University of Toronto’sGoverning Council.

“I never, ever applied for a job,” notesBill “I had always been offered jobs.” Hegot his first job delivering papers becausea friend was giving up the route andoffered him the opportunity to take itover.A few years later, another friend wasleaving his delivery job at a pharmacyand set Bill up as his replacement.Then,when Bill graduated from the Faculty ofPharmacy at the University of Toronto,he was offered a job working at apharmacy in Markham for the owner ofthe pharmacy he worked at in highschool.The closest he had ever come tofilling out a job application was when heran for school board trustee in YorkRegion.

So when it came time to apply tobecome a Governor at U of T, Bill wasin unfamiliar territory. The intensiveprocess involved completing a detailedapplication, securing signatures from tenU of T graduates, providing three lettersof support, and traversing through adaunting interview process. Afternavigating through these waters, Billsuccessfully emerged from his firstapplication process to be named as one oftwo new Alumni Governors for theUniversity beginning this July.

Established by the University of TorontoAct, 1971, the Governing Counciloversees the academic, business andstudent affairs of the University. It iscomposed of 50 members – 25 membersfrom within the internal Universitycommunity (including administrative

staff, teaching staff, and students),and 25 members external to theUniversity (including alumni andLieutenant-Governor-in-Council appointees). Bill’selection as Governor marks thefirst time a pharmacy alumnushas participated on theGoverning Council.

The decisions made by theGoverning Council have animpact on the daily life ofmembers of the universitycommunity, and include theapproval of academic programs,budgets, capital expansion,employment policies,fundraising, research policies,student life, and tuition fees,among many other items.Members oversee themanagement of the Universityand ensure that the decisions that aremade by the Council are in the bestlong-term interests of the University.

The drive and determination Bill hasshown throughout his careers inpharmacy, education, and athletics havepositioned him for success as a Governor.While completing his Pharmacy degree,he would balance studying withparticipating in intramural activities andcompetitive athletic pursuits. Forexample, it was not uncommon for Billto fly to New York after labs on a Friday,compete that night and the next day intrack events, and then fly back on Sundayto study or participate in class-relatedevents.

Likewise, while working as apharmacist in Markham, Bill trained forthe 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, where hewould go on to win a Silver medal in thehalf-mile.

The same determination and drivehave served Bill well as a Trustee with theYork Region District School Board forthe past 20 years (15 of which were spent

as Chair).The high regard his communityhas for Bill was recently reflected in theestablishment of a new school named inhis honour.The Bill Crothers SecondarySchool in Markham offers students aninclusive, character-focused learning environment that links excellence ineducation and athletics with acommitment to healthy, active living forall students.

In becoming a Governor at theUniversity of Toronto, Bill adds one moreline to a remarkable résumé he hasseldom had occasion to use. Not bad forsomeone who had never even beeninterviewed for a job before.

An Audience with the Dean

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In 1998, Dr. K.Wayne Hindmarsh joined the University ofToronto’s Faculty of Pharmacy as Dean. Before he steps down onJune 30th, R/cellence sat down with Dean Hindmarsh and askedhim some questions about the last eleven years and the future ofthe Faculty and the profession.

What is your background?I come from the prairies – public school in Manitoba, high

school in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. I completed my Bachelor ofScience in Pharmacy and Master of Science at the University ofSaskatchewan, and my Ph.D. at the University of Alberta.Aftercompleting my doctorate, I spent some time working as aForensic Toxicologist with the RCMP before becoming a facultymember at the University of Saskatchewan. I was Dean at theUniversity of Manitoba from 1992-1998.

How did you decide to get into pharmacy? It was not until the 12th grade that I made the decision. I was

discussing career options with some other students at a banquetone evening and pharmacy came up as a possibility. I was notable to afford to go to University after grade 12 so I worked fora year in a pharmacy in Moose Jaw to pay for my first yeartuition and living expenses (which was fairly cheap in thosedays). I graduated from Pharmacy with a debt of $400.00.

What were your expectations when you decided to accept the positionof Dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy (as it then was known) at theUniversity of Toronto?

I knew that the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Pharmacyhad the potential to be the greatest school of pharmacy inCanada.The undergraduate curriculum was solid and there werea number of excellent faculty members. During the interviewprocess I was told there might be the possibility of a new

building and opportunity for growth. I was somewhatoverwhelmed with things when I arrived, but knew we couldbuild on the excellent base that the former Dean had left.

What do you feel are your greatest accomplishments at the Faculty? I don’t think the accomplishments are mine but rather ‘ours’.

So many people provided support for the growth of the Facultythat I can’t take credit alone when it was truly a group effort.The construction of a new home for the Faculty with all of theteaching and research amenities was a major accomplishment andrequired the work of everyone at the Faculty. So too was theexpansion of the undergraduate and graduate programs to theircurrent sizes. I am so pleased we were able to bring so manyincredible new faculty members into the fold, which has allowedus to build up our research program considerably. Similarly, therecent introduction of the Continuous Professional Developmentand International Pharmacy Graduate programs should be a greatsource of pride for our Faculty. That we accomplished all ofthese things in such a short period of time is truly a testament tothe people who work at the Faculty and those individuals andgroups outside the Faculty who have supported us in theseendeavours.We have a lot to be proud of.

In 1998, a fresh facedWayne Hindmarsh isappointed Dean of theUniversity of Toronto’sFaculty of Pharmacy.

Dean Hindmarsh and wife Lois in the Dean’s office at 19 Russell Street.

Dean Hindmarsh is joined by Anna and Leslie Dan at

the April 28, 2003groundbreaking

ceremony.

Dean Hindmarshat his desk.

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What was the biggest obstacle you had to overcome here?When I arrived, the Faculty enjoyed a modest level of

recognition within the University and pharmacy communities.This, of course, was undeserved. To get where we needed to be,I knew we had to increase our profile and enhance ourreputation.

How do you hope to be remembered at the Faculty? While I didn’t come here looking to build a personal legacy, I

hope that I will be remembered for some small contributions Imade to the profession, the Faculty and its programs.

If there was one thing you could do again, what would it be and why?There have been times where I wish I had been more forceful

in ensuring things happened with greater speed.The structure ofthe University and the Faculty sometimes make it difficult toeffect change at the speed it is required. However, since weshould be always leaders at the University of Toronto and notplaying catch up, I wish I had been able to move a number ofthings along at a faster pace to ensure we lived up to ourmandate as leaders.

What do you wish you could have done that you weren’t able to doduring your term as Dean?

I regret that I was not able to build up the Pharmacy PracticeDivision to what it needs to be to be competitive with the greatinternational schools of pharmacy. We have a great nucleus inplace, but we require additional instructors and researchers tohelp us get to where we need to be.

You’ve worked for the RCMP and with academics.What was moredifficult?

Without hesitation, academia. You are working with bright,accomplished people and one has to be very secure in

themselves to be effective. I am just a prairie boy who neverdreamt in my wildest dreams that my career would take me tothe University of Toronto. The RCMP had its own challenges– lawyers and court work.

How would you define your career? Exciting and rewarding. One that has provided incredible

opportunities. I’ve met such great people nationally andinternationally. I am so fortunate to have had the experiencesI’ve had.

Where do you see pharmacy in Ontario headed in the next fiveyears? Ten years?

Pharmacists are going to be major players in health caredelivery provided they ‘step up to the plate’ and deliver on theopportunities that emerge. It is truly an exciting time for theprofession and hopefully the changes that we see today are justthe beginning. For too long we have been viewed asbusinesspeople and not as the health professionals we are. Ourmedication knowledge is unlike that of any other health careprofessional and we should be ensuring the other healthprofessions are aware of this knowledge and how it is atremendous asset in primary care.

For the first time in my pharmacy career we have a document(the Blueprint for Pharmacy) that has been supported by all ofthe pharmacy organizations in Canada. As pharmacists, we areall finally ‘singing from the same song sheet’ so to speak! For toomany years we were rather schizophrenic – divided into ourareas of interest and not caring about the bigger picture or whatother pharmacy organizations were doing. I am optimistic thatpharmacists will seize on the opportunities that come our waynow that we are all on the same page.

Andrew Giancamilli,CEO, Katz GroupCanada, and DeanHindmarsh visit theconstruction site of thenew building in 2004,standing inside one ofthe pods, still underconstruction.

Dean Hindmarsh is joined by students Patrick Ronaldson(left),Andrea Narducci (left centre), and alumnus Leslie Danat the official opening of the Leslie L. Dan PharmacyBuilding in 2006.

At the Faculty’s first Induction to the ProfessionalCommunity of Pharmacy event, Dean Hindmarsh

helps students Barbara Wolczak and JacquelineGeronimo with their lab coats.

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Where do you see the Faculty headed in the next five years? Ten years?

I hope to see an increase in the Pharmacy Practice researcharea. My successor is strong in the Critical Care and DiseaseState Management areas, so I am quite optimistic that we willsee growth in Pharmacy Practice research.To maintain ourleadership role among North American schools of pharmacy, weneed more clinical research emanating from our Faculty,particularly in the Pharmacy Practice realm.

Where do you see research at the Faculty headed in the next fiveyears? Ten years?

The Research within the Faculty is first class.We have a nicemix of established researchers with highly productive labs andyounger researchers in the early stages of their careers who havebrought exciting new research programs to the Faculty. In a veryshort time, the scope of research conducted here has expandedbeyond the walls of conventional pharmaceutical research withsome very encouraging results for the future.

The pioneering research conducted in the Reilly,Allen/Piquette-Miller, and Kelley labs, for example, has a realand tangible opportunity to transform health care practices.In other labs, like those run by professors Angers, Hampson and Heerklotz, fundamental science discoveries are being made that will provide the building blocks for future applied science research. In the Social, Clinical and AdministrativePharmaceutical Sciences Division, the research being performedby investigators like professors Krahn, Köhler, Grootendorst and Thompson is influencing social policies around the world.The work of Drs.Austin and Taddio in the Pharmacy Practicefield is changing the way pharmacists and health careprofessionals work.

I could go on and on about the research conducted in each ofthe labs here, and have not left others off this brief list becausetheir research is not first class, but you wouldn’t have enoughspace in this magazine to include everyone at the Facultycurrently engaged in groundbreaking research.

I cannot, however, fail to mention the graduate students at theFaculty, who continually come forward with exciting newtheories and projects that will propel pharmaceutical sciencesresearch forward in the coming years.

It is an exciting time for research in the pharmaceuticalsciences. I am eager to see where this research takes us in thenext 5-10 years.

What will you remember most about your time at the Leslie DanFaculty of Pharmacy?

There are so many wonderful memories that it’s difficult tochoose. Getting the go ahead for a new building is something I will always remember. I did not realize all the work that thiswould involve, but in the end it was more than worth it. Beingable to hire world class faculty members and seeing their successin securing research grants, obtaining prestigious awards, andgraduating excellent new Ph.D.’s has really put Pharmacy on theradar screen internationally and raised our profile at theUniversity of Toronto. It has been an incredible eleven years – I will cherish all of my time here.

After you step down as Dean, what do you plan to do? First, I will take an administrative leave and explore the

options available to me within the pharmacy world.There are a number of things that I might do, but I will take the first sixmonths to consider my next step. I also hope to travel, read,sleep in a little, and go for runs daily (when the weatherpermits).

Andrea Narducci joins Dean Hindmarsh to present BarrySherman and Jack Kay from Apotex with a framedphotograph of the Apotex Lecture Hall as part of thebuilding’s grand opening events.

Dean Hindmarsh speaks with Herb Binder and Ubby Krakauer of Shoppers Drug Mart at a reception in the atrium of the new building.

Dean Hindmarsh and Professor Jack Uetrecht cook hot dogs for students

at the inaugural Undergraduate PharmacySociety BBQ at the new building.

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Any words of wisdom for the newDean?

I wish Henry Mann all the best.He is taking over the reins at anexciting time for the pharmacyprofession in Ontario and Canada,and I know he is the right person tolead the Faculty forward to meet anychallenges that lay ahead.All I canoffer by way of advice is to always beavailable to students, faculty, staff, andalumni who have the most amazingcontributions to make.

What will you miss most about beingDean at the Faculty?

There are many things I will missand a number of things I will notmiss. I will certainly miss my regularcontact with the student leadershipand being ‘in the loop’ on all theexciting things going on within theUniversity. I won’t miss all of themeetings, some of which felt likethey lasted a week or longer.

What are some of things you’ll remember most about the students here?

Some students I will remember as being a bit of a challenge.Fortunately those students were the minority. Speaking generally about our students, they possess strong leadership skills, a passion for pharmacy, and many qualities that will make them

tremendously successful asprofessionals. Over the course of thelast eleven years, I have enjoyed themany thoughtful discussions I’ve hadwith them about the future ofPharmacy and their role in leadingthe profession forward. I will alsoremember the great hockey team wehad!

Any final words for the students, staffand faculty here?

To the students, I encourage youto continue to be leaders inPharmacy. You are all very specialand have a wonderful opportunity tomake the world a better place.

For faculty and staff, rememberwhy we are here – it is for thestudents.They deserve the best thatwe can offer. Continue to do all ofthe great things that you are doing.

To everyone at the Faculty –students, faculty, and staff alike –thank you for allowing me to be part

of your lives for the past eleven years. I hope you feel, as I do,that we have taken many positive steps forward as a Faculty overthis time. I cannot thank you enough for entrusting me to leadthis Faculty forward, and for working with me to ensure that werealized our potential as students, educators, researchers, andprofessionals.

To celebrate Dean Hindmarsh’s final year as Dean, funds raised at the annual golftournament in 2008 were designated to establishthe K.Wayne Hindmarsh Award ofExcellence. Participants in the tournament weregiven wine with this label affixed.

Dean Hindmarshon top of the

small lecture pod,Spring 2009.

At the 2009 Graduate Research in Progresssymposium, Dean Hindmarsh shares a

laugh with Leslie Dan and David White,Assistant Dean,Advancement.

Dean Hindmarsh proudly stands in front of the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building.

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Shana Kelley never planned to be ascientist.As a high school student, shethought about becoming a lawyer, apolitician, or a journalist, and entereduniversity as a business major, beforequickly discovering that she didn’t likethe course material.

It was in speaking with her freshmanadvisor that her academic career took aturn. Knowing that she wasn’t happy as abusiness major, her advisor found herhigh school transcripts and noticed thatshe’d always done well in the sciences,and suggested that she might consider acareer in medicine.As “blood makes mequeasy,” Shana wasn’t convinced. Still, shewas persuaded to take a chemistry course,just to see if she liked it. She did.And shewas good at it.

Now, less than twenty years later,Dr. Shana Kelley is a Professor at theLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and was recently recognized by The Globeand Mail as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 recognizesindividuals under 40 years of age fromthe private, public and not-for-profitsectors who have made a significantcontribution to society. Shana receivedthis honour this year for hergroundbreaking nanotechnology researchthat has resulted in the development ofnew diagnostic technologies to detectcancer and infectious diseases in a fractionof the time and at a fraction of the cost ofconventional methods.

Shana’s career in science began at SetonHall University, where she was firstexposed to university-level courses.Science was everything she was lookingfor but couldn’t find in business –concrete, logical, and governed by a set ofrules. She enjoyed her course work andwas fortunate to have outstandingadvisors who took her into their researchlabs as an undergraduate student and gaveher interesting projects to work on.

“At that point, I was hooked,” Shananotes.“Doing research in the lab andmaking my own discoveries got mehooked on science.”

As she neared graduation, Shana’sadvisors insisted she go to graduate school,which led her to the California Instituteof Technology to pursue her Ph.D. inchemistry.There she was able to work ona project that was fundamental in natureand provided discoveries in new diagnosticassays, which would become thefoundation for what she does today.

Upon graduating from CalTech, shemoved from chemistry into a molecularbiology laboratory, incorporating aninterdisciplinary nature to her research.During this time, the biotechnologycompany that she co-founded tocommercialize her research findingsenjoyed considerable success, developingthe first test for the MRSA superbug andthe first electronic chip for cystic fibrosisprenatal testing.

When Shana joined Boston College asa Chemistry Professor a year later, herresearch program continued to develop inan interdisciplinary fashion, combiningelements of engineering, biology andchemistry into a single research laboratory.

“As my research program evolved, Idiscovered I was folding more and moredisciplines together to solve the problemswe were tackling,” observes Shana.

“When the time came to take the nextstep in our careers, my husband(Electrical and Computer EngineeringProfessor Ted Sargent) and I looked at anumber of schools in North America.Eventually, we decided that the Universityof Toronto would be a great home forboth of us.”

“The reason I ended up in Pharmacy isthe interdisciplinary nature of the Faculty.Interdisciplinary scientists often defyconventional academic labels, and it canbe difficult to know where the best placewill be to grow a very diversified researchprogram. Once I saw the kind of workbeing done in the Faculty, I knew Iwould fit right in.All of the researchers atthe Faculty are so diverse in theirbackgrounds and what they’re doing.I knew I could do the kind of research I wanted to do here.”

“The first time I visited the Faculty, Iwas blown away by the building. Nowthat I’ve been here for three years, I stillam.You can go to every lab in thebuilding and see that every faculty

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member is doing research on a veryrelevant problem.The research going onhere is going to have an impact – not juston science, but on all human health.”

This research includes the work beingdone in her own lab, where Shana is theinventor of an electronic chip designed todetect cancer and infectious diseases tentimes earlier than conventional methodsat stages when these diseases are mosttreatable.This inexpensive diagnostic toolidentifies cancer markers, infectiouspathogens, and DNA mutations,providing physicians with the specificknowledge to prescribe the right drugsfor the effective treatment of disease.

Every kind of bacterium that makespeople sick has its own DNA sequence.Currently, physicians rely on expensiveand time-consuming tests to identify thecauses of illness. For example, accuratediagnosis of a bacterial infection typicallyrequires a swab to be taken, sent to a lab,and cultured for several days to determinewhat bacterium is present. Using Shana’sinvention, a DNA sequence for thepathogen could be obtained right away,identifying the infection and outliningthe proper course of treatment. Moreover,at only $10 a test, this technologyproduces the same results in considerablyless time and at considerably less cost thancurrent methods.

Using this microchip-based technology,physicians in a hospital, clinic, or privatepractice would be able to see immediatelythe type of infection the patient issuffering from, and prescribe the rightdrug to combat it. Given that thetreatment of bacterial infections acquiredin hospitals around the world cost over$10 billion dollars annually, a cost-effective tool that immediately andinexpensively identifies these diseasescould prevent unnecessary infections andgreatly reduce health care costs.

Similarly, the technology is able toidentify cancer biomarkers at the earliest

stage of tumour development. Byproviding immediate genetic profiles ofthe cancer, this technology allowsphysicians to determine whichmedications will (and will not) work toeffectively treat the cancer. Existing tools,while effective in identifying medicationtreatment plans for individuals with colonand breast cancer, are expensive and havelittle application for most forms of cancer.A tool that identifies cancer earlier anddetermines whether or not a patientwould respond to particular medicationswould save countless lives.

This technology is also capable ofdetermining potential adverse drugreactions in patients prior to theadministration of medication regimens.For example, the drug Warfarin is a bloodthinner used in the prevention of strokes.Physicians currently prescribe thismedication using generic algorithms. If apatient has certain sequences in theirDNA, however, the drug will metabolizedifferently, possibly causing an overdoseand resulting in a life-threateningbleeding event. Because it is tooexpensive at the moment, patients are notroutinely tested for these DNAsequences. Using the microchiptechnology developed in Shana’s lab, thepatient could be screened beforebeginning a Warfarin program, identifyingwhether or not s/he would be a poorresponder to this particular drug.Considering that hundreds of thousandsof adverse drug reactions occur each year,the introduction of a low-cost technologythat can pre-screen a patient’ssusceptibility to particular medications,thereby preventing these adverse eventsand saving valuable health care dollars,would be most welcome.

Looking back, it seems like a career inscience as a researcher was always in thecards for Shana Kelley. But that mightnever have happened if she hadn’t had adedicated student advisor who took an

interest in the happiness of one of hischarges, or the outstanding advisors Shanaencountered during her studies.

As a result of these fortunateencounters, Shana is committed toproviding the same kind of support andinterest in her students that she had. It’sworking – her students have gone on toobtain positions at leading academicinstitutions including MIT, Stanford andMcGill, as well as the best companies inthe biotechnology sector.

She also takes science out of the laband into the community, speaking tostudents from preschool to high schoolabout the endless possibilities of science.When visiting schools, she tells studentsabout the importance of scientists infinding cures for disease, energy sourcesto meet the world’s growing needs, andnew ways to transmit informationglobally.”

“Letting kids know that a career as ascientist has the same or even greaterpotential for impact as one in law,medicine or business is really important –they don’t get this message from societyor schools.”

It’s clear that what she’s saying is true.Every day in her lab, Shana Kelley ishaving an impact. Five or ten years fromnow, the technology she’s working ontoday will revolutionize health care.And that, not a business degree, is whathas made her one of Canada’s Top 40Under 40.

The past year has been one ofsignificant challenges for many. TheCanadian economy has entered arecession while the global economy isfacing a crisis of confidence triggered bythe worst financial meltdown since theGreat Depression, fanned by sharp falls intrade, manufacturing output, and financialwealth, and intensified by steep increasesin unemployment. People in all parts ofthe country are feeling the effects of thisdeepening economic crisis.

In May of 2008, with the economyshowing little sign of what was ahead, theLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacyembarked on its annual fundraisingappeal to alumni, industry, professionalassociations, and friends. The overalltheme of the annual appeal was to“Enhance the Student Experience” byfocusing on providing support for thefollowing three areas:• Increased Financial Assistance - With

rising tuition fees and increased livingexpenses, the cost of a pharmacyeducation is now well in excess of$25,000 annually. As a result, manystudents struggle to pursue their studieswithout financial assistance. To continueto attract the best students and ensurethat the most talented are never turnedaway because of need, increasing thesize and number of scholarships andbursaries is a top priority.

• Learning Beyond the Classroom -Providing opportunities for learningand development beyond the classroomis a crucial element of the studentexperience at the Faculty. By providingstudents with funds to participate insummer internship programs indeveloping nations, attend internationalconferences and symposia, and presentat a variety of seminars, conferences andstudent congresses, they build on theskills and knowledge acquired in theclassroom and further develop theirconfidence and abilities.

• Student Initiatives - The Faculty willalso provide funds in support of anumber of student-led initiatives thatare designed to expand social networkswithin the student body, not onlywithin the Faculty, but University-wide.These initiatives strengthen the bondsbetween classmates and allow studentsto become involved in professionalassociations and activities long beforegraduation.In the face of these mounting

economic challenges, our alumni,industry, professional associations andfriends demonstrated their continuedcommitment to the Faculty and havemade the 2008/2009 Annual Fund appealan overwhelming success. Funds providedby donors have been critical in allowingthe Faculty to continue to provideprograms and services that enhance thestudent experience. During the2008/2009 Fiscal Year, your donations tothe Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacyfunded many outstanding projects andprograms including:• Six new undergraduate student awards

established by alumni and industrypartners. An additional 27 existingstudent awards received supplementarydonations.

• An interdisciplinary, student-runcommunity clinic focused on creatingand providing holistic healthcare to anunder-served population in downtownToronto received valuable startupfunding. The clinic, with the assistanceof dedicated faculty and communitymentors, allows the students to take the

knowledge and skills acquired in theclassroom and apply them to real-lifepatient settings.

• Several students were able to pursuesummer internship opportunities with anumber of international organizationsincluding the World HealthOrganization in Geneva, Switzerland,the Centre for International Health inCambodia, Sanigest Internacional inCosta Rica and the Katutura ARTClinic in Namibia.

• The purchase of important tools forour Resource Centre including Lexi-Comp Online, a leading web-basedservice for information on drug anddrug interactions, diagnosis and diseasemanagement, formulary services, patienteducation resources and clinical supporttools. The acquisition of theseresources ensures that we are meetingthe information needs of our studentsby providing access to the latest toolsand most current information.

• Funding for a number of importantstudent events including the Inductionto the Profession Ceremony, StudentAwards Reception and ConvocationBrunch and Awards Celebration.Thank you for supporting these

important initiatives. Continuing toprovide these opportunities to students in good economic times or bad is a top priority for the Faculty. Yourparticipation in this process is essentialand your continued support of theseprograms and projects is vital in ensuringtheir ongoing sustainability.

Annual Fund Results

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$10,000+Apotex Inc.

Virginia CiroccoLeslie and Anna Dan

The Estate of Philip FeldbergMichael R. Hunter

Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.Sandoz Canada Inc.

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Inc.

$5,000-$9,999Cheryl M.Anderson

HBC PharmacySidney M. and Elaine Kadish

Jack J. MarcheseShoppers Drug Mart/

Pharmaprix Life Foundation

$1,000-$4,999Christine AllenAldo A.Anzil

Amgen Canada Inc.AstraZeneca Canada

Felice P. BattistaCanadian Generic

Pharmaceuticals AssociationSalina Yin-Fong Chan

Vernon K. ChilesNick and Angela DiPietro

Eli Lilly Canada Inc.Federation of Chinese Canadian

Professionals (Ontario) Education FoundationAb and Phyllis FlattPatricia M. FontanaKwok-Chak Fung

Genpharm Inc.GlaxoSmithKline Inc.Green Shield Canada

Hoffmann-LaRoche LimitedGeor-Ming Lee

Jean V. MacieManulife FinancialLori Beth MarshallMcKesson Canada

Medical Pharmacies Group Inc.Gilbert Meyer

Ernest J. MiatelloDaniel E. Miller

William D. NicholsonNovopharm Limited

Ontario Pharmacists’AssociationStephen J. PearsonPfizer Canada Inc.

Pharmaceutical Partnersof Canada

Pharmascience Inc.ratiopharm

RexallThe Estate of

George O. RobertsonMark Rosenhek

Sanofi-aventis Canada Inc.Scotiabank

David E. SinewitzDavid Fooksun Tong

Undergraduate Pharmacy SocietyThe Urban AthleteHelen M.Walton

The Estate of Douglas C.Wingfield

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

$1-$999Abbott LabsJack Adam

Stanley D.AdamsNancy Jane Addington

Anita AlexiouFrank E.AllevatoSuhas H.Ambike

Claudette AndersonDenis AngelatosAngelo ArcieroPeter Babishuk

Henry J. BahmannDavid Bailey

Antonetta R. BailieMartha J. Bailkowski

John F. BajcHenry BarkinGraham S. BellElaine BeltijarGlenn Belyea

Carlo A. BerardiEveline Berger

Dorys and Murray BernbaumElizabeth Arlene Betts

Alka BhallaSander Biderman

Gloria BiesSusannah L. BiggsAudrey J. BishopJack Bloomberg

Mark A. BocchinfusoRichard A. Bodner

Thomas BondScott H. Booth

Irving BorchiverCarolyn and Neil Bornstein

Kristin BoychukMavis I. Breckenridge

Anne M. BroedersFergus J. BrownFloyd Brown

Donald R. BruntonJanis J. Bryant

Gertrude E. BuckCharles W. J. BullWilliam J. BurgessMichael J. BurnettWayne L. BurnsJohn H. Butler

Christine C. CaldwellRonald E. Campigotto

Robert G. CandidoSharon Carmichael

Judith A. CarterSabatino Carusi

Omelan G. ChaburskyRoger Paul Chai

Francis ChanLily Chang

John D. ChapskiWard W. CharleboisSally L. Charlton

Elaine and Verne ChelinMargarita C. Chen

Brian ChuteChung Yee ChowJudith A. CiminoShou-Ben Clough

John CobbyNancy E. Coffey

Joe ColellaAlan R. CondrenWilliam J. CoonKelly A. Cowan

Elizabeth F. CrichtonKaren Currie

Mary M. DaviesSandra Dawson

Susan E. DempsterAsmara D. Devree-Wilson

Mary Lou T. DoranRaymond S. Dostal

Drug Trading Company LimitedLaurie A. Dunn

Robert Dunn-dufaultMahlon M. and Barbara Dyer

Orest E. DzulynskyArthur Epstein

Andreas EdenJulia O. Elia-PacittiMartin M. Engel

Mati EpnerPatricia A. M. Euler

Anthony EvansMary F. EwertSydney Faibish

Wayne Arthur FairJoseph K. Fan

Douglas A. FatumRochelle FeldbergJames I. FergusonAlexandra Fievoli

Betty and David FindlayIsadore Fine

Olga M. FischerBrian E. FootittDavid J. Foran

Antonietta ForresterMarcia J. Frank

Murray FullertonTheresa Pauline Gajcevic

Janina G. GalusChristopher P. Gartley

Lynda L. GartleyJ. R. GascoigneSheila GerusAli GhoreshiDavid J. Glass

Syd B. GleneskBen J. GolinskyMervin Gollom

Stuart J. GreenwoodDoreen R. GryfeL. Maria GutschiL. R. Keith HagerMargaret E. HallSandra M. HamidJoan A. Hannusch

Christine L. HardingMichelle HartBryan Hastie

Kirstin HastingsJanet E. HefferPaul J. HefferInga Hellings

Nikolaus HerberholzJack Heslip

Patricia Suet Wa HoDonald J. HooperHeather A. Howell

Lorraine HullBuu Buu Huynh

Thank You To Our Generous Supporters

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The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy wishes to gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support provided by our alumni, industry, professional associations and friends over the past year.We try to ensure that our list is as accurate as possible,but should anyone have been unintentionally omitted, please accept our apologies. Please contact us at 416-946-3995 oralumni.pharmacy@utoronto.ca to correct any oversights.

May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009

Ray R. IijimaLilly K. Ing

Michael IskedjianE. Jill Jackson

Sarah A. JenningsDeanna Lynn Johnson

Gordon JohnsonMike Johnson

Janice S. JohnstonBenjamin B. Kachuck

Neil KadishDebra L. KaffordSandra Kagoma

Anne KalvikRandi L. Kay-Leifer

Llarian A. Keilty-WattersLuba Kelebay

Alan and Sharon KingJack Kirk

Howard G. KirshJack Kirsh

Carla R. KiskoMartin Kochberg

Susan Mary Kolator-CotnamChrystyna M. Kolos

Irene KostukEvelyn and Ubby Krakauer

David J. KrakovskyHarold Kravitz

Carrie KuJames M. Labow

William J. P. LaingJoel W. Lamoure

Patricia J. LaramieDaniela Laucis

Catherine Louise Mary LaunderEileen S. L. LeeJadine B. Lee

Kwok-Yui Raymond LeePatrick S. LeeSharon L. Lee

Kimberley J. LeesSandra R. Leluk

Irene O. LemieuxMyrtle P. LescoRobert S. Lesco

Linda E. LevesqueAlbert Levy

Evans K.W. LiWang Wai Li

Ellen Lin-WooMargaret Lingeman

London & District PharmacistsAssociation

Anne H. J. LongoConnie F. Lukinuk

Cheryl MacDiarmidCynthia L. Macie

Hugh G. MacKinnonDoreen P. MacNeill

Angela C. Mak

Fulvia ManarinKathleen MansfieldWilliam P. MarkowKatrin E. MarleyJane A. Martin

Ramy Magdy MassoudRichard E. Mawdsley

B. C. MayhewGlenn A. McAuleyThomas McKennell

Maureen A. MclaughlinMary E. McLeanDavid McleishRita McMahon

Josephine P. MeekerJanice Meisner

Anne Meyer-RasoVirginia I. Miko

Boris MirskyThe Ed Mirvish FamilyCharitable Foundation

Pritesh C MistryShital K. Mistry

Marion MonsaroffElizabeth J. Moran-Murray

Judith A. MureikaTheodore V. MureikaVictoria B. MurrayMary H. Murrell

Marianne J. NagataMahmood G. Najak

Diane M. NealMarilyn R. Nefsky

Ronald NefskyLee Nemethy

Joseph H. NewtonDarcy L. Nicksy

Tad OczkoMarie K. Ogilvie-Stent

Denise P. O’HanianCatherine E. Olynik

Elaine F. OstfieldChristine OughKelli OuimetLesia Pahuta

Martha J. PalysJack J. Parlow

Marsha L. ParrottMegan E. PeckSherry PeisterJane S. Penney

Peggi Jean PetersonBarry G. PhillipsLaurie Phillips

Robert S. PhillipsCatherine J. Podgorski

Neil Proctor PoleDawn E. Polley

Richard T. PorebaKaren M. PorterMonica Powell

Patricia A. PracsovicsBarbara A. Prohaszka

Leonard Steve ProkopchukThomas Albert Pugsley

David I. RadfordRonald RadwickKimberly A. RaeRoss E. Ransom

Norman S. RappaportIrvin Raxlin

Michelle RescinitiHarry Alfred RichesLinda E. Robertson

Geraldine R. RobinsonLinda J. RobinsonShelley K. Rochon

Edith M. RolkoTarmo O. RonkainenEthel and Larry Rosen

Vivian M. RosenSeymour RosenblattClarence RosenhekFrayda B. Rotenberg

Murray RubinHenry Ruschin

Harold L. RussellRobert B. RussellTheresa M. Ryan

Stanley S. SalapatekTeresa I. SalernoGurinder SanghaSuketu SanghviLinda R. SchaferBarbara J. Schatz

Sharon L. SchwendenerEva Y. ScottJulie Scott

Christine M. L. SeagerJoseph M. Seliske

Constance L. SellorsHarry Senders

Manfred D. M. SeverD. Malcolm SeathMarion J. ShanksDavid M. ShawPatricia J. ShawSamuel ShekSusan J. Sheps

Murray F. ShoreJohn W. Silke

Len and Maxine SilversteinMari M. Sirdevan

Judith Mae Skene-RogeljWilliam D. SkorenkyAlexandra L. SlavikAnne T. Snelleman

David George SniderHeather A. Snider

Toby-Sue Ross SnidermanJohn C. Somerville

Robert L. C. Spencer

Catherine Elizabeth SprouleDonald M. SprouleDiane R. StainesElaine F. Stancek

Bernard SteinbergMargaret Stewart

Ernst W. StiebJack L. Stone

Monica StradingerD. Bryn Styles

Randy Cheryl StylesHugh V. J. Sullivan

Stan Eli SwartzDorothea A.Talsma

Wai On TangKrystyna M.Taras-Zasowski

Nosheen TariqBrian Y.Terakita

Leon TesslerA. C.Theis

Doris A.ThompsonEric F.TrepanierNancy J.TrimbleLouyse I.Trottier

Yu TsangValerie Lynn Unger

Siumy VanShelley E.Van AakenHelen Mary Ventin

Nancy M.WaiteJohn A.WaldonIan S.Walker

Russell A.WalkerMarilyn E.WalterJames C.WaltonVanessa WamsleyRobert A.WarrenBarbara E.Watson

Lorraine H.W.WatsonDiane B.Weber

Ava M.WeingartenLeo Weksler

Louise M. D.WelbanksKay Welch

Roberta WellerCarolyn A. P.Wheeler

Nancy Florence WiechenthalSteve C.WillaertGary J.Willard

Bernice Carolyn WillisR. Scott Wilton

Cathy L.WindrossDavid T.WindrossMurray A.Wood

Anne M.Yakubowski-KozlukDeanna S.Yee

Barbara A.YoungPaul B. S.Yu

Jerry ZiedenbergElaine R. Zucker

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Thank You Dean Hindmarsh

The 2009 Golf ClassicWednesday, August 19th, 2009Angus Glen Golf ClubMarkham, ON

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Dr. Heiko Heerklotz,Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Lipid Scienceand Technology, leads students in grades 4 - 7 through an experiment as part of

the Faculty’s involvement in the University of Toronto’s annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day in April.