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Rankings
The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is recognized as one of the top faculties of pharmacy in the world. According to 2020 QS World rankings we are:
#1
in Canada
Top 10
internationally
People
57
staff
38
continuing faculty
18
part-time faculty
85
community-based and affiliated faculty
Space
167,000
square feet of teaching and research space in one building
5 floors
of combined wet and dry laboratories
Student and Learners
Doctor of
Pharmacy
957
enrolled
234
graduated
PharmD for
Pharmacists
160
enrolled
35
graduated
International
Pharmacy
Graduate
Program
98
enrolled
89
graduated
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
MSc, PhD
142
enrolled
50 MSc, 92 PhD
23
graduated
Pharmaceutical
Chemistry
59
enrolled
18
graduated
Undergraduate
Summer
Research
Program
190
applicants
10
students enrolled from Universities across Canada
Office of Experiential Education
919
preceptors
430
rotation sites
2,076
rotation placements
1,586 direct patient care
490 non-direct patient care
406,720
hours of rotations
1,864
APPE rotations
372,800 hours
212
EPE rotations
33,920 hours
Donor Impact
$1,000,000+
given to students in donor support
Alumni
10,400+
alumni
97%
of our donors are alumni
9
alumni events engaging close to 1,400 alumni
Media
More than
1,300
media interviews from March - May 2021
Our experts were featured in top national and international outlets, including:
- National Geographic
- National Public Radio (NPR)
- The Globe and Mail
- CBC Radio One
- The Toronto Star
Opinion Editorials
-
Developing countries won’t forget Canada’s ‘me-first’ approach to vaccines
Jillian Kohler,
February 2021, The Globe and Mail -
Building knowledge about immunization to promote good health
Anna Taddio & Noni MacDonald,
February 2021, The Globe and Mail -
The elderly, the frail, and COVID-19 vaccines: What we know so far
Anna Taddio,
January 2021, The Globe and Mail -
What CARDs will you play to improve your COVID-19 vaccination experience?
Anna Taddio,
January 2021, The Globe and Mail
-
The credibility of pharmaceutical companies is on the line. Will they get it right?
Jillian Kohler,
November 2020, The Globe and Mail -
More drug shortages are inevitable unless we act now
Mina Tadrous,
October 2020, The Globe and Mail -
Don’t stockpile your medication, talk to your pharmacist about your health
Zubin Austin,
March 2020, Toronto Star -
COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Acceptance: Words matter
Meghan McMurtry, Anna Taddio, Noni MacDonald,
March 2020, The Globe and Mail
Research By the numbers
Research Funding
$13,718,462
total research funding awarded to Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Researchers
- Tri-Agency $5,927,689 (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC)
- Private Sector $1,312,925
- Non for Profit Sector $3,233,578 (including foundations)
- Government $3,254,270 (NIH, IDRC, Ontario Genomics, etc.)
90
number of applications submitted
44 successful
45 unsuccessful
1 pending
104
active grants
22 Government
27 Not for profit
9 Private Sector
46 Tri-Agency
46
Tri-Agency grants
24 CIHR
16 NSERC
1 SSHRC
5 Other
3
Canada Research Chairs
Researcher Awards
20
researcher awards
6 salary awards
14 awards (honor and others)
Publications
490
publications
This includes:
6 books and chapters
41 editorial reviews
Conferences & Symposia
155
virtual conferences attended
81 International Conferences
44 National Conferences
30 Local Conferences
Presentations by appointed Faculty members and trainees
72
abstracts
83
presentations
Entrepreneurship
7
start-ups
2 new
(ARMA Biosciences & Liberum Biotechnologies)
5 ongoing
(Antlera Therapeutics, Cellular Analytics, LSK Technologies, Nanology Labs and Nocimetrics)
64
commercialization projects
60 active
4 closed
40
licenses
3 new
36 ongoing
4 exercised /closed
19
patents, licences and invention disclosures
9 patents issues (Hong Kong, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, USA, Canada)
13 applications
10
invention disclosures
Inventions Disclosures including a Student
- 8 include a student
- 2 PI only
Assignment
- 4 co-owned
- 6 assigned to U of T
Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology (CPO)
177
members
- 22 Full Faculty
- 16 Associate Faculty
- 16 Research Staff
- 73 Full Trainees
- 20 Associate Trainees
- 30 Other (visiting professors, visiting students, health professionals, etc.)
14
graduate student scholarships given
6
bi-weekly seminar series featuring leading national and international experts from University of Alberta, Universite Lavel, Rutgers, UHN, McGill, and LTRI
Centre for Practice Excellence (CPE)
8
speaker series presentations
2
symposia
1
four-day summit
Collaborations
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- Institute for Personalized Therapeutic Nutrition
- Banting and Best Diabetes Center
- Whole Health Pharmacy Partners
- University of Saskatchewan
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Shoppers Drug Mart
- University of Waterloo
- Dalhousie University
- Whole Health
- Janzen's Pharmacy
- Bio Pro Pharmacy
- Therappx
- University of Alberta
- Women’s College Research Institute
- MedMe Health
- Northwest Telepharmacy Solutions
- University Health Network
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Memorial University
- University of Canberra
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices
- Center for Effective Practice
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector (WHOCC)
15
research fellows
Research Fellows From
-
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration
- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
- University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
- UC San Diego School of Medicine
11
collaborative seminars featuring leading national and international experts
75+
members
150+
trainees across 15 University of Toronto Departments