Build on your undergraduate degree and expand your horizons with a Master of Science (MSc) in Pharmacy. This degree offers research-based training in areas including pharmacology, pharmacoepidemiology, drug utilization and medication safety. As a graduate, you’ll be ready for careers in higher education, pharmaceutical industry and publicprivate research institutions.
Programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy are offered. Thesis-based research may be undertaken in fields such as pharmaceutical sciences, medicinal chemistry, and basic medical sciences, as well as in clinically-related areas such as pharmacoepidemology, pharmaceutical policy, pharmacoeconomics, patientmedication safety, and clinical pharmacy.There are four areas of specialty offered within the college: (i) drug design, development, and delivery, (ii) evaluation of medication use, effectiveness and safety, (iii) translational pharmacotherapy, and (iv) molecular biotherapeutics. Expertise in these areas include drug delivery, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, epigenetics & pharmacogenetics, basic medical sciences (pharmacology, physiology, molecular and cellular biology), cardiovascular disease mechanisms, neurobiochemistry, natural health products, drug use and statistics, drug evaluation & outcomes, drug utilization & pharmaceutical policy, and clinical pharmacy (renal; geriatrics; infectious disease; primary care).
Collaborative research programs are conducted among other university departments including Anatomy, Community Health Sciences, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Physiology, Medical Microbiology, Pediatrics and Child Health, Internal Medicine, Cell Biology, and the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM). Funding sources include the Canadian Institute of Health Research, health related research grants, and pharmaceutical industry.
