Kelly Grindrod

Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy University of Waterloo

  • Waterloo ON

Kelly Grindrod's areas of expertise include medication use, digital health technology and pharmacy education

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Kelly is an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy. She is also a licensed and practicing pharmacist in primary care. Her research includes novel ways to bring research findings to today’s busy medical clinics and pharmacy counters, namely through innovations in mobile technologies such as mobile apps, wearables and electronic health records. After completing her pharmacy degree at the University of Alberta and a hospital residency at the London Health Sciences Centre, she moved to the University of British Columbia to do a PharmD, Master of Science degree and a post-doctoral fellowship. Her areas of expertise include medication use, digital health technology and pharmacy education.

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Advanced Medical Equipment
Education/Learning
Medical Devices
Medical Equipment / Supplies / Distribution
Research

Areas of Expertise

Pharmacy Education
Digital Health Technology
Medication Use

Education

The University of British Columbia

Pharm.D.

Pharmacy

2007

The University of British Columbia

M.Sc.

Pharmacy

2009

University of Alberta

B.Sc.

Pharmacy

2003

Affiliations

  • Clinical Pharmacist Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre

Media Appearances

Access to birth control isn't just about doctors

Ottawa Citizen  online

2014-07-25

Earlier this summer, a debate was sparked by the experience of Kate Desjardins, an Ottawa woman who went to a walk-in clinic to renew her birth control prescription. She was handed a letter informing her that three of the clinic physicians were not prescribing birth control because of their “religious values.”

At the time, most media outlets noted that this meant she was forced to find another physician. But she had a choice that almost no one is talking about.

Her pharmacist could have also written the renewal prescription for her.

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Patients can help avoid looming ‘antibiotic apocalypse’

Toronto Star  online

2015-01-02

If the chief medical officer of England is to be believed, an “antibiotic apocalypse” is imminent. Dame Sally Davies made headlines when she warned British MPs about antibiotic resistance. She envisions the following medical scenario: “When I need a new hip in 20 years I’ll die from a routine infection because we’ve run out of antibiotics.” And she’s not alone: the World Health Organization also flagged this critical problem — two years ago.

But spend any time in a pharmacy during cold and flu season and you would never guess the imminent danger posed by the vast quantities of antibiotics that fly off drugstore shelves.

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Articles

Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial Study Protocol

JMIR Research Protocol

2015

Tobacco use remains the number one cause of preventable chronic disease and death in developed countries worldwide. In North America, smoking rates are highest among young adults. Despite that the majority of young adult smokers indicate wanting to quit, smoking rates among this age demographic have yet to decline. Helping young adults quit smoking continues to be a public health priority. Digital mobile technology presents a promising medium for reaching this population with smoking cessation interventions, especially because young adults are the heaviest users of this technology.

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Cost-Utility Analysis of a Multidisciplinary Strategy to Manage Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Economic Evaluation of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Study

Arthritis Care & Research

2014

To determine if a pharmacist-initiated multidisciplinary strategy provides value for money compared to usual care in participants with previously undiagnosed knee osteoarthritis.

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Evaluating User Perceptions of Mobile Medication Management Applications With Older Adults: A Usability Study

JMIR mHealth uHealth

2014

Medication nonadherence has a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals with chronic disease. Several mobile medication management applications are available to help users track, remember, and read about their medication therapy.

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