News and Events

• Gobbling turkey doesn't make you drowsy - article featuring Dr. Gord Zello (Jan 06, 2012)

• Pharmacy alumna receives prestigious national award for charitable work (Dec 19, 2011)

• Erin Yakiwchuk, MSc student, receives prestigious national pharmacy award (Dec 12, 2011)

• Alarming vitamin D deficincies - CBC Radio discusses and interviews Dr. Hassan Vatanparast about healthy newcomer children research (Dec 01, 2011)

• The 4th Conference on Recent Advances in the Prevention and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (Nov 18, 2011)

• Congratulations to our Fall Graduate Award Recipients! (Nov 18, 2011)

• Gardening provides good food, good fun (Sep 30, 2011)

• Apple skins could hold the key to “green” sunscreen: researchers (Sep 30, 2011)

• Creating Opportunities for Ethiopian Exchanges (Sep 09, 2011)

• Treating disease one cell at a time (Aug 30, 2011)

• Pharmacy Management Student Business Plan Competition Winners (Apr 18, 2011)

• U of S teaching project receives prestigious Alan Blizzard Award (Apr 08, 2011)

• Interprofessional Problem-Based Learning Team in the Health Sciences receive the 2010 Provost's Prize for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (Mar 22, 2011)

• U of S Pharmacy Students Win CSHP National Video Competition (Feb 24, 2011)

• Research Chair in Rational Drug Design (Jan 13, 2011)

• Professor Bev Allen receives the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy 2010 Pillar of Pharmacy Award (Dec 01, 2010)

• College of Pharmacy and Nutrition and Saskatchewan Health Quality Council announce new chair (Nov 30, 2010)

• Nutrition Undergraduate Student Receives 3rd Prize at the i3 Idea Challenge (Nov 10, 2010)

• Dr. Susan Whiting speaks to CTV News about new research into soft drinks and their connection with Type 2 diabetes (Oct 28, 2010)

• Making a Difference to help the Foundation for Aids Orphaned Children project in Uganda (Oct 12, 2010)

• Congratulations to Adrienne Danyliw! (Jun 29, 2010)

  Adrienne is a Master’s Candidate in Nutrition, studying under the supervision of Dr. Susan Whiting and Dr. Hassan Vatanparast. Adrienne was presented with three awards at the Canadian Nutrition Society/Société canadienne de nutrition (CNS/SCN) Annual Meeting in Edmonton held June 3-5, 2010. Adrienne was one of eight finalists presenting in the Nestle Nutrition Graduate Student Competition and as such was awarded the Christine Gagnong Memorial Travel Award. The Nestle Graduate Student Award is given in recognition of excellence in the quality of graduate student research conducted in the field of Nutritional Sciences. Adrienne received 3rd Place for her research on Beverage Intake by Canadian Children and its Relationship to Body Mass Index. The College applauds you Adrienne - You are an exemplary student!

• Dr. Jeff Taylor receives Provost's Award for Outstanding Teaching (May 20, 2010)

• Dr. Derek Jorgenson named Canadian Pharmacist of the Year (May 18, 2010)

  The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) has named Derek Jorgenson, assistant professor with the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, as the 2010 Canadian Pharmacist of the Year.

• NSERC Discovery Grant Success! (May 05, 2010)

  Dr. Anas El-Aneed and Dr. Ildiko Badea were successful recipients of NSERC Discovery Grants for 2010.

• University of Saskatchewan student elected to the board of directors for the Canadian Pharmacists Association (Apr 30, 2010)

• College of Pharmacy & Nutrition students make impact at Health Council of Canada Health Innovation Awards (Mar 17, 2010)

• 17th Annual Life & Health Sciences Research Day - Pharmacy and Nutrition Graduate Students' Success (Mar 16, 2010)

  Congratulations to ALL of our graduate students who submitted posters for this event!. Your initiative and participation enabled the Graduate Research in our College to notably stand out amongst the rest, and to successfully capture numerous awards at this year’s Annual Life & Health Sciences Research Day!

  A great big “Thanks!” also goes out to Lindsay Tumback (Nutrition PhD Candidate) & crew for helping to plan & facilitate the Research Day activities. Help from our grad students is integral to the success of any of the graduate activities on campus.

   

• Nutrition students promote healthy eating in Riversdale (Mar 15, 2010)

  Article courtesy of Rory MacLean, for the StarPhoenix

• Great minds meet to reward graduate supervision excellence (Mar 09, 2010)

  Dr. Susan Whiting, the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Graduate Supervisor Award, has been a staple in the development of the graduate program in the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Pharmacy & Nutrition. In her 22 years with the University, she has supervised over 20 graduate students and continues to help students make a unique contribution to the nutrition field.

• Pharmacists will soon have more prescribing authority (Mar 04, 2010)

  Article courtesy of The Star Phoenix and  Pamela Cowan, Saskatchewan News Network; Regina Leader-Post

• Health Science Deans Submit White Paper on Health Sciences Governance to Provost Fairbairn (Jan 13, 2009)