I'm Pharmacy Podcast
Episodes
S5.E5 - Misinformation & Disinformation
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Misinformation spreads fast—but how do we separate fact from opinion in an increasingly noisy information landscape? In last episode of season five,...
S5.E4 - A New Hope: AI in Healthcare
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare and research—but how much of it is real progress, and how much is hype? In this episode of The I’...
S5.E3 - Relieving the Pressure LIVE
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pharmacy is changing fast — faster than anyone expected. In this special live episode of I’m Pharmacy, recorded at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharm...
S5.E2 - Priced Out: In conversation with Dr. Jerry Avorn
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few years ago, a bus full of Americans crossed the border into Canada with Senator Bernie Sanders. They weren't coming for sightseeing. They came to...
S5.E1 - Defunding Discovery
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump’s Whitehouse is at war with national funding institutions, pausing hundreds of research projects both nationally and internationally. How are ...
Season Five Teaser: Rounds Table x I'm Pharmacy: Tableside Chat with Mina Tadrous
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're baaaaaack! Season Five launches September 17. As a sneak peek of what's to come, we sat down with Dr. Mike Fralick on the Rounds Table to chat a...
S4.E7: Consider This - Part Two
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the season, we continue our discussion exploring the often overlooked consequences of innovation. In the last episode, we focu...
S4.E6: Consider This - Part One
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Like a train moving at a fast pace, innovation can feel unstoppable. In many ways, the only path is forward. But like all good things, we must take a...
S4.E5. - Spreading the Cure: Diffusion and Implementation
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The internet is full of examples of failed innovations... The Segway, The PalmPilot, MySpace... tech that started revolutions, but failed to scale. Th...
S4.E4. - Prototyping Progress
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So you have a good idea... no, a great idea. The science is solid. The tech is exciting. People are interested. Your innovation and its success seems...
S4.E3. - Champions of Change
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here we go on the path of innovation. On this episode, we build on the pathway of innovation to better understand how change occurs, how the spark of ...
S4.E2. - From Lab to Market
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Historically, academia has been breeding ground for groundbreaking discoveries. But often these findings remained confined within Academic Journals la...
S4. E1. - Eureka!
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season Four. Join us in kicking-off a new season of the I'm Pharmacy Podcast as we explore the heart and soul of the academic endeavour, i...
MINISERIES Ep 3: The Future of Pharmacy Is...
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of season three, we're turning our spotlight to the ones who will be the forefront of tomorrow's pharmacy landscape, our pharmacy...
'MINISERIES Ep 2: Blank Slate - Live from CPERC 2023
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is the pharmacist of the future, and how do we train them? Recorded live at the 2023 Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference in Winn...
MINISERIES Ep 1: Pharmacy's Moment
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to the first episode of our I'm Pharmacy Podcast Miniseries 'Pharmacy in Focus'. Throughout the next three episodes, we'll be exploring the cu...
S3.E5: Our Mental Health Crisis
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we tackle a crisis that affects millions of individuals worldwide, and has reached an alarming proportion in Canada. We're going t...
S3.E4: Putting Evidence Into Action
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We produce lots of science. There's an estimated 125,000, medical or clinical studies published per month, in 2021. That means that there's over a mil...
S3.E3: Dose of Reality: Access to Medications
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Medications are an integral part of our healthcare system, and yet their access is grossly limited around the world. On this episode of the I'm Pharma...
S3.E2 - The Next Pandemic
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where were you when you first heard the news about the pandemic? On this episode of the I'm Pharmacy Podcast, we dig into the pandemic, what the last...
S3.E1 Bugs and Drugs
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of season three, we dive into what the World Health Organization calls one of the major public health threats to humanity, antimi...
Introducing Season Three: Big Problems, Bigger Solutions
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Season Three of the I'm Pharmacy Podcast: Big Problems, Bigger Solutions dropping January 24. Big thanks to everyone who showed their sup...
S2.E8: Show me the Money!
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The global pharmaceutical market is expected to grow to $1.6 trillion this year. In Canada alone, we spend close to $35 billion a year on prescription...
S2.E7: Optimized Use
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recent estimates suggest that close to 40% of adults over the age of 65 are prescribed at least five drugs. But is more better? On this episode on th...
S2.E6: Drug Safety
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do we study the safety of drugs? Who studies them? And what does that mean to our risk tolerance of medications? Host Mina Tadrous explores these ...
S2.E5: On Trial
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, and as we've seen throughout this pandemic, clinical trials are the commonplace for how any new treatment gets approved. It is the gatekeeper t...
S2.E4: Perfect Form
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do we pick how to introduce the right molecule into the body in the right way? Well, there's a lot of things to consider. How was it absorbed into...
S2.E3: The Big Leap
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The process of moving from a potential drug molecule to being on the shelf of a pharmacy is a long and winding journey. On average, from the time the ...
S2.E2: On Target
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the I'm Pharmacy Podcast, host Mina Tadrous finds answers to the questions: How do we figure out how where drugs work? Does this ev...
S2.E1 - Building the Foundation
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1921. At the corner of university and college in Toronto, two scientists Frederick Banting, and Charles best figured out how to remove insulin from...