A $2-million gift from Shoppers Drug Mart to the University of Alberta's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will fund research aimed at innovation for primary health care in pharmacies to help expand access for Albertans.
"This gift will drive projects by our researchers exploring innovative approaches to health care," says Christine Hughes, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
"Alberta's broad scope of practice for pharmacists is already a model that the rest of our nation looks to for inspiration and the work this funding will support will only add to our reputation as leaders in this area."
"As health-care providers, we know that the old ways of delivering care aren't working and that finding solutions to this problem will take innovation and collaboration amongst a host of players," says Jeff Leger, CEO of Shoppers Drug Mart.
"That's why we're proud to be partnering with the University of Alberta, funding vital research to explore integrated models of care, ones where pharmacists are able to use their full scope of training to improve access to care and health outcomes for Albertans."
