CSPT 2025 PRE-CONFERENCE COURSE

Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Monday, June 2, 2025)

This pre-conference course, Core Concepts in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, explores essential topics in drug development, clinical trial design, pharmacogenetics, therapeutic drug monitoring, and toxicology. Key areas include the drug approval process, pharmacogenetic evidence thresholds, forensic toxicology, and antidote applications. The event features expert speakers and includes a hot breakfast and lunch, offering opportunities for professional networking. This course is designed for healthcare providers, researchers, and trainees, offering valuable opportunities to advance knowledge in drug action, safety, and personalized therapeutics.

Course Program

Confirmed instructors: 

Michael Rieder, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAAP, FRPC(Edinburgh) 
Professor of Paediatrics, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Medicine, Western University

Baset A. Elzagallaai, BSc Pharm, MSc, PhD

Adjunct Professor,, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Medicine, Western University

David Juurlink, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Brad Urquhart, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and Associated Dean, Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education, Western University

Bruce Carleton, PharmD
Professor of Pediatrics, director of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Program, and division head of Translational Therapeutics, University of British Columbia

Facundo Garcia-Bournissen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Pharmacology and Physiology, Western University

Connie Mackenzie, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Respirology, Western University and Assistant Medical Director, Ontario, Manitoba, and Nunavut Poison Centres

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(Registration includes full catered breakfast and lunch)