Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
About the Faculty
UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is where great minds make a difference.
Since 1945, we’ve earned a reputation for outstanding pharmaceutical sciences research. We’re consistently ranked among the top pharmacy faculties in North America and are a leader in pharmaceutical sciences research in Canada.
Focusing on problems that matter
As a leading research faculty, we conduct groundbreaking research in the pharmaceutical sciences – all with the goal of addressing the pressing health needs of society and improving lives. We’re tackling diseases like asthma, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, arthritis and HIV/AIDS. We’re developing better ways to deliver drugs and prevent adverse drug reactions. And we’re conducting clinical and economic research in pharmaceutical outcomes.
Our research is making a major difference to the health and well-being of citizens throughout the world.
Attracting the brightest minds in our field
Our reputation as a top research centre attracts some of the brightest and most productive minds in the field. Currently, our faculty includes a Canadian Diabetes Research Scholar, four Canada Research Chairs, five Michael Smith Foundation Scholars, and three Distinguished University Scholars.
And we’re well-funded, helping us to generate globally recognized research results.
Research
The Faculty covers an extensive array of research areas such as:
- Nanomedicine
- Toxicology
- Pharmacogenomics
- Chemical Biology
- Drug Delivery
- Imaging
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Disease Mechanisms
- Neuroscience
- Health Economics
To identify faculty members in these areas, check out the researcher associations.
The Centre for Drug Research and Development is an independent, non-profit organization with a focus on bridging the gap between academic discoveries in the health sciences and the development of new medicines to treat human disease. CDRD provides drug-development expertise and facilities to enable researchers across Canada to develop promising drug candidates.
- Mass Spectometry Facility: The Mass Spectrometry Facility houses two types of mass spectrometers. One mass spectrometer is a UPLC/MS/MS system, which is mostly used for samples quantitation, and the other one is a UPLC/Q-TOF system, which is mostly used in samples characterization with accurate mass.
- New Pharmaceutical Sciences building: in fall 2012 the $133.3-million, six-storey, 22,871 square metre building will accommodate the expansion of the faculty’s undergraduate and graduate programs and help address the shortage of pharmacists in B.C. It will also be home to the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD).
