Dr. Ruby E. Grymonpre

Biography

Dr. Grymonpre holds cross-appointments at the University with the Sections of Geriatric Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine. She is a Research Affiliate with the University’s Centre on Aging and the Riverview Health Centre. Dr. Grymonpre’s area of expertise is ‘Geriatric Pharmacy’. Ruby is frequently asked to advise on a variety of initiatives in Geriatric Pharmacy at the national and provincial level. In 2003, she was invited to serve as a primary panelist for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference on Heart Disease and the Elderly. Dr. Grymonpre has been an Expert Advisor for the Addictions Research Foundation, Toronto; the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA), Ottawa; and the Quebec Research Group on Medication Use in the Elderly. Since 1991, she has been a member of the CPS Editorial Advisory Panel and represents the CPhA on the Advisory Committee on Management, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada. Most recently, Dr.Grymonpre has been invited to sit on the Steering Committee of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) and will represent the Faculty of Pharmacy on the Improving Health Care Initiative: Health Professions Education Collaborative (IHI-HPEC). Dr. Grymonpre has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for her work. Most notably, she received a University of Manitoba Outreach award (1985) and the Parke Davis Award (1987) for developing the Medication Information Line for the Elderly and a Centennial Award from the Manitoba Pharmacists Association (1998), the Glaxo Wellcome Award (2000) and a Parke Davis Award (2001) from the CSHP for her work relating to community pharmacists’ care of older adults. In February 2005, Dr. Grymonpre was granted Fellowship status with the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Research Interest

Pharmaceuticals