CPRB News - December 2025
December 16, 2025
Pfizer Award Winners – Year 1
The Pharmacy Practice Residency Award recognizes Year 1 Pharmacy Residents whose major residency project (typically a research project) are judged to be most deserving in terms of significant innovation, practical application, and/or development in an institutional pharmacy practice setting. Winners receive a $1,000 cash prize.
To be eligible, each candidate must:
- Be a current member of CSHP and must have been a member of CSHP at the time the residency was completed;
- Be currently enrolled in, or one-year post-completion, of a CPRB accredited (or accreditation pending) Year 1 pharmacy residency program in the province of the CSHP branch administering the award;
- Submit an award application to the CSHP branch in the province in which the residency was completed.
The winners of the 2025 Pharmacy Practice Residency Award, sponsored by Pfizer Canada are listed below.
British Columbia Branch (6 awards)
- Alyssa Azote (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Evaluation of Vancomycin AUC/MIC Therapeutic Drug Monitoring at BC Children's and Women's Hospitals
- Olivia Burton (Island Health)
- Pharmacy Learning About Indigenous Traditional Medicines
- Leslie Guo (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Fighting Fungal Foes: Evaluating Antifungal Treatment and Resistance Trends in Candidemia Infections at Vancouver Coastal Health
- Xandra Klein (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Antipsychotic Use for the Management of PICU Delirium
- Catherine Koo (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Characterizing Perioperative Multimodal Pain Management Strategies in Cardiac Surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital
- Shiying Yang (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Describing Dexmedetomidine and Midazolam Use in Neonates Ventilated with High Frequency Ventilation in the NICU (SEDATION)
Alberta Branch (2 award)
- Jayde Richards (Alberta Health Services – Cancer Care)
- Mesna Utilization in Current Cancer Care Alberta Regimens versus Established Guidelines: A Cost-Minimization Analysis
- Kayla Byers (Alberta Health Services – Edmonton Zone)
- Phenobarbital Use for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Alberta Emergency Departments: A Retrospective Chart Review
Saskatchewan Branch (2 award)
- Keren-Happauch Emekeme (Saskatchewan Health Authority – Regina Area)
- Optimizing the De-escalation of Empiric Anti-MRSA Antibiotics in ICU Patients with Pneumonia
- Gracie Schutz (Saskatchewan Health Authority – Regina Area)
- Heart Failure Medication Management in Inpatients Discharged to the Community: A Retrospective Chart Review
Manitoba Branch (1 award)
- Madison Wong (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority)
- Risk Factors Associated with Lost to Follow up Patients in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program: A Retrospective Chart Review
Ontario Branch (4 awards)
- Adam Bleik (University Health Network – Primary Care)
- Development and Evaluation of an AI Avatar Educational Tool for Depression and Anxiety: A Qualitative Pilot Study
- Stephanie Lo (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
- Stability of skin-testing concentrations of penicillin G in glass vials under refrigeration and at room temperature for 15 days
- Ruby Hoi Kei Ung (Trillium Health Partners)
- Evaluating the General and Consumable Waste Produced in the Inpatient Pharmacy Dispensaries at Trillium Health Partners
- Randilynne Urslak (The Ottawa Hospital and Hôpital Montfort)
- A Scoping Review of Planetary Health Education in Pharmacy Curricula
- Cindy (Han) Wang (Trillium Health Partners)
- A Pre and Post Analysis of Vancomycin AUC Dosing and Monitoring Implementation at a Large Community Teaching Health System
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Branches (1 award)
- Roxanne Couture (Réseau de santé Vitalité - Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr‑Georges‑L.‑Dumont)
- Evaluation de l'utilisation optimale des antibiotiques chez les patients ambulatoires nécessitant l'hémodialyse: une étude rétrospective observationelle (OPTIMA-HD)
- Nolan Barkhouse (Nova Scotia Health – Central Zone)
- The Impact of a Pharmacist Assessing and Prescribing for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in an Interprofessional Primary Care Team in Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador (1 award)
- Caitlin Coles (Newfoundland Labrador Health Services – Eastern Zones)
- Pharmacists’ Perspectives on their Role in Providing Cannabis-related Patient Care
Nouvelles du CCRP – Décembre 2025
16 décembre, 2025
Lauréats des prix Pfizer – Année 1
Le prix de la résidence en pratique pharmaceutique récompense les résidents en pharmacie (Année 1) dont les principaux projets de résidence (typiquement un projet de recherche) sont jugés les plus méritants en termes d'innovation, d'application pratique et/ou de développement d'une pratique pharmaceutique institutionnelle. Les gagnants reçoivent un prix de 1 000 dollars.
Pour être éligible, chaque candidat doit :
- Être membre actuel de la SCPRS et avoir été membre de la SCPRS au moment où la résidence a été complétée
- Être actuellement inscrit à un programme de résidence en pharmacie (Année 1) agréé (ou en attente d'agrément) dans la province de la division de la SCPRS qui administre le prix, ou avoir terminé ce programme depuis un an
- Soumettre une demande de prix à la division de la SCPRS de la province dans laquelle la résidence a été complétée.
Les lauréats du Prix de la résidence en pratique pharmaceutique 2025, parrainé par Pfizer Canada, sont énumérés ci-dessous.
Division Colombie-Britannique (6 prix)
- Alyssa Azote (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Evaluation of Vancomycin AUC/MIC Therapeutic Drug Monitoring at BC Children's and Women's Hospitals
- Olivia Burton (Island Health)
- Pharmacy Learning About Indigenous Traditional Medicines
- Leslie Guo (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Fighting Fungal Foes: Evaluating Antifungal Treatment and Resistance Trends in Candidemia Infections at Vancouver Coastal Health
- Xandra Klein (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Antipsychotic Use for the Management of PICU Delirium
- Catherine Koo (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Characterizing Perioperative Multimodal Pain Management Strategies in Cardiac Surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital
- Shiying Yang (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
- Describing Dexmedetomidine and Midazolam Use in Neonates Ventilated with High Frequency Ventilation in the NICU (SEDATION)
Division Alberta (2 prix)
- Jayde Richards (Alberta Health Services – Cancer Care)
- Mesna Utilization in Current Cancer Care Alberta Regimens versus Established Guidelines: A Cost-Minimization Analysis
- Kayla Byers (Alberta Health Services – Edmonton Zone)
- Phenobarbital Use for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Alberta Emergency Departments: A Retrospective Chart Review
Division Saskatchewan (2 prix)
- Keren-Happauch Emekeme (Saskatchewan Health Authority – Regina Area)
- Optimizing the De-escalation of Empiric Anti-MRSA Antibiotics in ICU Patients with Pneumonia
- Gracie Schutz (Saskatchewan Health Authority – Regina Area)
- Heart Failure Medication Management in Inpatients Discharged to the Community: A Retrospective Chart Review
Division Manitoba (1 prix)
- Madison Wong (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority)
- Risk Factors Associated with Lost to Follow up Patients in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program: A Retrospective Chart Review
Division Ontario (5 prix)
- Adam Bleik (University Health Network – Primary Care)
- Development and Evaluation of an AI Avatar Educational Tool for Depression and Anxiety: A Qualitative Pilot Study
- Stephanie Lo (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
- Stability of skin-testing concentrations of penicillin G in glass vials under refrigeration and at room temperature for 15 days
- Ruby Hoi Kei Ung (Trillium Health Partners)
- Evaluating the General and Consumable Waste Produced in the Inpatient Pharmacy Dispensaries at Trillium Health Partners
- Randilynne Urslak (The Ottawa Hospital and Hôpital Montfort)
- A Scoping Review of Planetary Health Education in Pharmacy Curricula
- Cindy (Han) Wang (Trillium Health Partners)
- A Pre and Post Analysis of Vancomycin AUC Dosing and Monitoring Implementation at a Large Community Teaching Health System
Divisions Nouveau-Brunswick et Nouvelle-Écosse (2 prix)
- Roxanne Couture (Réseau de santé Vitalité - Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr‑Georges‑L.‑Dumont)
- Evaluation de l'utilisation optimale des antibiotiques chez les patients ambulatoires nécessitant l'hémodialyse: une étude rétrospective observationelle (OPTIMA-HD)
- Nolan Barkhouse (Nova Scotia Health – Central Zone)
- The Impact of a Pharmacist Assessing and Prescribing for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in an Interprofessional Primary Care Team in Nova Scotia
Division Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (1 prix)
- Caitlin Coles (Newfoundland Labrador Health Services – Eastern Zones)
- Pharmacists’ Perspectives on their Role in Providing Cannabis-related Patient Care