About
Principal Investigator
Dr. Christine Leong, BSc, BSc(Pharmacy), PharmD
Dr. Leong is an Associate Professor at the College of Pharmacy with a Cross Appointment at the Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Leong received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Toronto and her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from the University of Manitoba. She has practice experience as a clinical pharmacist at an interprofessional primary care clinic.
Dr. Leong teaches in the clinical stream at the College of Pharmacy. Her primary area of research is in primary care, pharmacy practice and education, and neuropsychotropic medication use using pharmacoepidemiology and qualitative methods.
Current Graduate Students
Md. Abdul Aziz, Masters Student
Project: Antidepressant Prescribing for Mood and/or Anxiety Disorder in Manitoba, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Pharmacotherapy Persistence, Switching, and Combination/Augmentation Strategies
Clarisse Romera, Masters Student
Project: Mental Health First Aid Training for Community Pharmacists
Past Graduate Students
Uma Yakandawala, Masters Student, graduated 2022
Project: Medications in human breast milk
Awards/Scholarships: Canada Graduate Scholarships Masters (CGS-M) 2020 Award, Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Completion Scholarship, and the Leslie F. Buggey Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacy Award
Wajd Alkabbani, Masters Student, graduated 2018
Project: Prescription cannabinoid use in Manitoba: a population-based study
Jaden Brandt, Masters Student, graduated 2018
Project: Characteristics associated with pattern of benzodiazepine use: a population-based study
University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship, 2016-2018
Emerging Leaders Award, 2018
Current Undergraduate Students and Research Students
Bryce Hurd, Myles Le, Kyle Scriver, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Public perspectives on MHFA training for community pharmacists: a survey study”), 2023-24
Eunice Valencia, Arianna Yorski, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Long-acting injectable antipsychotics and clozapine use before and during COVID-19: a population-wide retrospective study”), 2023-24
Kearley Abbott, Rachel Hyrsak, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Opioid agonist therapy and pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder: a population-based retrospective study”), 2023-24
Simpranpreet Dhaliwal, Yosef Kidwai, Year 4 PharmD Students (Project: “Pattern of antidepressant use for mood and/or anxiety disorders: a longitudinal population-based cohort study”), 2023-24
Past Undergraduate Students and Research Students
Matthew Glass, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Evaluating Patient Values and Preferences on Communicating Risk Versus Benefit of Benzodiazepine Initiation”), 2022-23
Karn Chahal, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Evaluating Patient Values and Preferences on Communicating Risk Versus Benefit of Benzodiazepine Initiation”), 2022-23
Eunice Valencia, Year 3 PharmD Student (Project: “Psychotropic Medication Use Before and During the Pandemic”), 2022-23
Brandon Froese, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Psychotropic Adherence Before and During the Pandemic in Manitoba, Canada: A Retrospective, Population-Wide Study Using Administrative Data”), 2022-23
Gian Aquino, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Psychotropic Adherence Before and During the Pandemic in Manitoba, Canada: A Retrospective, Population-Wide Study Using Administrative Data”), 2022-23
Ethiraj Vijayakumar, Year 4 PharmD Student (Project: “Adherence to Antipsychotic Metabolic Monitoring Practices at STEP”), 2022-23
Evan Forest, BSc Pscyhology, 2021
Melissa Ireland BSc(Pharmacy) 2019
Uma Yakandawala BSc 2019
Kiana Gozda, BSc(Pharmacy) 2018
Joyce Leung, BSc 2018
Lindsay Baum, BSc(Pharmacy) 2015, 2016, 2017
Danielle Lu, BSc(Pharmacy) 2015 (co-supervisor with Dr. Kuo and Dr. Louizos)
Grace Badejo, BSc(Pharmacy) 2014
Kevin Chaboyer, BSc(Pharmacy) 2014