Micheline Piquette Miller

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Collaboration is the driving force behind scientific discovery and translational research. Working with clinical teams and helping to solve some of the most challenging problems in medicine is a key focus of the research we lead.  The multidisciplinary research of our Faculty spans the spectrum of drug therapy from discovery, development and use, to communities of practice and policy, with our efforts focused on improving patient health.

- Micheline Piquette-Miller, Associate Dean of Research, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

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Bowen Li is investigating the future of mRNA therapeutics to treat and prevent disease

Bowen Li, an emerging expert in mRNA-based therapy, gene editing and immunotherapy, has joined U of T’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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Syringe and COVID-19 vaccine vial

Poor transparency in vaccine trials and secretive contracts risk success of global COVID-19 response, report finds

New research co-led by Professor Jillian Kohler and Transparency International warns lack of transparency in COVID-19 vaccine trials and production deals that risk the success of a global pandemic response.
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Assistant Professor Jaris Swidrovich

Two Spirit–led research project aims to improve pharmacy care

Jaris Swidrovich leads research to document experiences of Two Spirit peoples in community pharmacy and build awareness across pharmacy profession.
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Image of CARD Mobile Game on an iPhone

New web-based version of CARD game developed to help improve kids’ vaccination experience

Online CARD game educates children, parents, and caregivers on how to use evidence-based pain and anxiety management strategies during vaccination.
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Portrait of Clinician Scientist Lee Dupuis

Clinical pharmacist leads international effort to improve care for children with cancer

Clinical Scientist Lee Dupuis co-directs interprofessional network that promotes use of clinical practice guidelines for supportive care.

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Doctor and nurse pushing hospital gurney in hallway

U of T researchers find opioid-related deaths increasing and affecting more younger adults

New study recently published in PLOS ONE shows a five-fold increase in opioid-related mortality in Ontario - with rates now peaking for people in their mid-30s.

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Scientists are bringing new cancer nanomedicines closer to patient care

Scientists at the Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology are helping researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Research Centre move a 'swiss-army-knife' nanotheranostic to first-in-human clinical trials. 

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Portrait of PharmSci PhD candidate Eliza McColl

New research focuses on essential but often-ignored organ in pregnancy 

Lack of knowledge about the placenta is one of the major gaps in studying the health of women and pregnant people. The Piquette-Miller lab is helping to address this by studying how the placenta functions, examining transport proteins that regulate how nutrients, drugs and other molecules cross the placenta to the fetus.

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Portrait of graduate student Quinn Pauli

Supporting women in STEM means making systemic changes that are inclusive to everyone  

Graduate student and Bonin Lab member Quinn Pauli reflects on her academic journey as a women in STEM, and celebrates the female mentors that have helped her along the way.

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Research Facts and Figures

Faculty of Pharmacy Research Funding

2021-2022 Faculty of Pharmacy Research Funding Distribution

2021-2022 Tri-Agency Funding

Faculty of Pharmacy Number of Active Awards

Faculty of Pharmacy Average Award Budget

Research Funding

$13,451,623

total research funding awarded to Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Researchers

  • Tri-Agency $7,015,969 (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC)
  • Private Sector $2,657,253
  • Non for Profit Sector $1,444,832 (including foundations)
  • Government $2,333,569 (NIH, IDRC, Ontario Genomics, etc.)

80

number of applications submitted

23 successful
32 unsuccessful
25 pending

103

active grants

18 Government
26 Not for profit
10 Private Sector
49 Tri-Agency

49

Tri-Agency grants

26 CIHR
15 NSERC
2 SSHRC
6 Other

3

Canada Research Chairs

Researcher Awards

16

researcher awards

5 salary awards
11 awards (honor and others)

Publications

567

publications

This includes:
5 books and chapters
11 editorial reviews

Conferences & Symposia

567

virtual conferences attended

97 International Conferences
60 National Conferences
33 Local Conferences

Presentations by appointed Faculty members and trainees

108

abstracts

82

presentations

Media

Entrepreneurship

6

start-ups

6 ongoing
Antlera Therapeutics, Cellular Analytics, Nanology Labs. Nocimetrics. ARMA Biosciences & Liberum Biotechnologies

19

commercialization projects

14 active
5 closed

13

licenses

2 new
7 ongoing
4 exercised /closed

7

patents, licences and invention disclosures

2 patents issues
5 applications

5

invention disclosures

Inventions Disclosures including a Student

  • 3 include a student
  • 2 PI only

Assignment

  • 2 co-owned
  • 2 assigned to U of T
  • 1 assigned to inventor

Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology (CPO)

205

members

  • 20 Full Faculty
  • 16 Associate Faculty
  • 31 Research Staff
  • 85 Full Trainees
  • 21 Associate Trainees
  • 32 Other (visiting professors, visiting students, health professionals, etc.)

10

graduate student scholarships given

6

bi-weekly seminar series featuring leading national and international experts from Sherbrooke Medical Centre, University of Victoria, University of British Columbia, University Medical Center Groningen, and Université de Sherbrooke.

Centre for Practice Excellence (CPE)

8

speaker series presentations

2

symposia

1

four-day summit

Collaborations

  • The Hospital for Sick Children 

  • Whole Health Pharmacy Partners 

  • Mount Sinai Hospital 

  • THETA Collaborative 

  • McMaster University 

  • McKesson Canada 

  • Public Health Agency of Canada 

  • Toronto General Hospital 

  • Ontario College of Pharmacists 

  • University of Waterloo 

  • 19toZero 

  • The Wilson Centre 

  • Trillium Health Partners 

  • Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto 

  • Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada  

  • Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation 

  • Centre for Sustainable Health Systems 

  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society 

  • Dalhousie University 

  • University of Nottingham 

  • The International Pharmaceutical Federation 

  • Cardiff University 

  • HealthPRO 

  • St. Michaels Hospital  

  • Université catholique de Louvain (Brussels) 

  • Women’s College Research Institute  

  • GlaxoSmith Kline (UK)  

  • Discovery Pharmacy 

  • Toronto Metropolitan University 

  • OPEN Citizens’ Council 

  • CUBIC Health 

  • University of Alberta 

  • CarePoint Health 

  • ICES  

  • St. John's University 

  • New Brunswick College of Pharmacists  

  • Institute of Safe Medication Practices  

  • Ontario College of Pharmacists  

  • University Health Network  

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 

  • University of British Columbia 

WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector (WHOCC)

17

research fellows

Research Fellows From

  • Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto 

  • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto 

  • School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University 

  • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto 

  • School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney 

  • Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 

  • Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 

  • Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 

  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto 

  • Global Health Policy Institute 

  • School of Medicine, UC San Diego 

  • Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University 

  • Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam 

  • Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute 

  • University of San Francisco 

7

collaborative seminars featuring leading national and international experts

Precision Medicine Initiative at University of Toronto (PRiME)

90

members

150+

trainees across 15 University of Toronto Departments

Discovery Pharmacy

2,898

new patients

546

vials of flu vaccine administered

1,327

vials of COVID-19 vaccine administered

16

APPE students completed in-pharmacy rotations