3rd World Congress on
Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety

Keith Simons

Professor

University of Manitoba

Canada

Biography

Keith J. Simons joined the Faculty of Pharmacy, the University of Manitoba in 1975 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Full Professor in 1986, with adjunct appointments in the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medicine. He was Head of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 1994-2004, and Associate Dean, Research from 2004 to 2009. During a career spanning more than three decades, he developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in physical pharmacy, pharmaceutics, dispensing and non-prescription drugs, and pharmacokinetics. He has contributed to the education of more than 1,200 pharmacists, most of who practiced or are currently practicing in the province of Manitoba. He has mentored many MSc and PhD students. His research work resulted in more than 360 publications During his long career, Dr. Simons served on and chaired most of the Faculty of Pharmacy standing committees, most recently various Faculty of Graduate Studies committees. He is an active member of a number of pharmaceutical and medical associations in Canada and the United States. He served as a Council Member (1976-1985) and as President (1986-1987) of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada, as an examiner (1976-1988) on the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, and as the elected representative of the academic pharmacists on the Canadian Pharmacists Association Board of Directors (1991-2002). In November 2013 he was awarded the first Leslie F. Buggey Professorship in the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Research Area

Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research