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Health R&D
Founding director gives insider's view of health research next week
WATERLOO - The founding director of the University of Waterloo's school of pharmacy and health sciences campus will provide an insider's view of health research at the new downtown Kitchener site during a public talk next week.
Dr. Jake Thiessen will give the pharmacy school's inaugural talk in a new health and healing lecture series. The series will invite top researchers to share the latest discoveries in various diseases, treatments and technologies.
Thiessen's presentation, entitled Building a Healthier Future: Discovery and Innovation at the Health Sciences Campus, takes place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 28 in the school of pharmacy's lecture hall, 10 Victoria St. S. The public event is supported by Scotiabank.
"The lectures are designed for a general audience, and no medical or scientific knowledge is required," said Thiessen. "Our intent is for every lecture guest to leave with something new, whether it is new knowledge, greater understanding, or even fresh hope."
In his lecture, Thiessen will describe current research activities in the school of pharmacy and highlight what's coming next and what the future may hold. He will also set the stage for topics to be explored in future lectures, which could range from cancer treatment to pain management to robotic surgery to aging.
Seating is limited and admission is free. Advance registration is required, please email n2bruce@uwaterloo.ca or call 519-888-4499. Parking is available at the building.
On April 17, UW officially opened Canada's newest school of pharmacy and the only one that allows students to gain significant work experience under Waterloo's world-leading co-operative education program.
The school's new home is a 120,000-square-foot building in downtown Kitchener, with a seven-storey tower rising above a four-storey main-section. The $53-million building features an exterior covered in glass panels depicting medicinal plants.
The building anchors UW's new health sciences campus in downtown Kitchener. A second building now under construction will house a family medicine centre, an eye-care clinic run by UW's school of optometry, and a Waterloo Region campus of McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.
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