Dr. Lisa Dolovich

Dr. Lisa Dolovich obtained her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. She completed a Canadian Society of Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship at the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines and completed her Master of Science degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University.

Dr. Dolovich leads the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross-Disciplinary Training (DSECT; www.safeandeffectiverx.com) Program. DSECT is a CIHR training program in bridging scientific domains for drug safety and effectiveness. The goal of the DSECT Program is to provide a training environment for future scientists in Canada to produce new knowledge related to the generation and use of safe and effective medications. She co-leads the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP; www.chapprogram.ca) with Dr. Larry Chambers (University of Ottawa) and Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski (University of British Columbia). She leads the myBP and myMeds projects studying the use of a patient controlled health record to improve hypertension and medication management. She also recently co-led a large demonstration project examining pharmacist integration into family practice, IMPACT (www.impactteam.info) and has been central in the Quality in Family Practice program (qualityinfamilypractice.com). Lisa serves as the Chair of CADTH’s Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing & Utilization Service (COMPUS) Expert Review Committee and she was recognized with the Piafsky Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Society of Clinical Pharmacology in 2001 and was the first-ever Canadian Pharmacist of the Year (2003). She was recently honoured as a Canadian Pharmacists Association Centennial pharmacist (2007).