Kelly Grindrod

Dr. Grindrod's research focuses on using digital technologies to improve how we manage medications. She is currently examining how patients, physicians and pharmacists share medication information. She is also interested in how digital technologies can be used to change clinician practice.

• Role of eHealth Technologies in service delivery
• Use of mHealth in community-based primary care and pharmacy practice
• Patient-engaged research
• Use of digital technologies for health professional education
• Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice

Digital Health Technologies: Dr. Grindrod's research goal is to use the best available evidence to guide the design and implementation of digital technologies in healthcare. Specifically, her research focuses on the potential for emerging technologies to improve medication use in the community, including smart phones and web-based technology. In particular, she is interested in design needs of non-traditional technology users including late adopters, older adults and vulnerable populations

Dr. Grindrod is a licensed pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists and works part time as a clinical pharmacist at the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre. She is also a member of the Ontario Pharmacy Association.

• 2009 MSc Pharmacy (University of British Columbia)
• 2007 PharmD (University of British Columbia)
• 2004 Accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency (London Health Sciences Centre)
• 2003 BSc Pharmacy (University of Alberta)

• 2017 Outstanding Performance Award
• 2014 Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy Wellspring Leadership Award
• 2014 Canadian Pharmacists Journal Best Paper of the Year
• “Houle S, Grindrod K, Chatterly T, Tsuyuki RT. Paying pharmacists for patient care: A systematic review of remunerated pharmacy clinical care services. Can Pharm J 2014; 147:209-232.”
• 2013 Canadian Pharmacists Journal Best Paper of the Year
• “Marra CA, Lynd LD, Grindrod KA, Joshi P, Isakovic A. Evaluating the labour costs associated with pharmacy adaptation services in British Columbia. Can Pharm J 2012; 145:2:78-82.”
• 2011 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Travel Award
• 2010 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research: Summer Institute on Primary Care

• Dr. Grindrod is a licensed pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists and works part time as a clinical pharmacist at the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre. She is also a member of the Ontario Pharmacy Association.

• Cross-appointed to the School of Public Health & Health Systems at the University of Waterloo.

• PHARM 222 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 3
  • Taught in 2019
• PHARM 230 - Culturally Safe Patient Care
  • Taught in 2023
• PHARM 330 - Professional Practice 6
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• PHARM 611 - Special Topics in Pharmacy Practice
  • Taught in 2020

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• November 15, 2015: Antibiotics aren't always needed when sick
• July 25, 2014: Access to birth control isn't just about doctors (op-ed co-authored by Dr. Grindrod)
• Jan 28, 2013: Patients can help avoid looming 'antibiotic apocalypse" (op-ed by Dr. Grindrod)