Swamy Yeleswaram
Job Title
VP
Employer
Incyte Corporation
Overview
You're ready to work at the forefront of pharmaceutical sciences advancement. Take your education to the next level with a PhD at UBC Pharm Sci. It's where you'll work shoulder to shoulder with other leading experts in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, contributing knowledge, developing solutions, and shaping the future of health care. Come to work every day at one of the world's most inspiring campuses, where you will find exceptional mentors and supervisors, and state-of-the-art facilities.
What makes the program unique?
At UBC Pharm Sci, our research has shaped our outstanding international reputation. This is the place to collaborate with some of the world's foremost pharmaceutical experts, generating relevant, evidence-based and industry-focused research that makes a positive impact on broader society.
As a PhD student, you will embark upon a journey of academic discovery by working alongside renowned researchers who are at the top of their fields. Right from the onset of the program, you will be welcomed by a vibrant collegial community, receive individualized guidance to shape your customized study plan, and receive mentorship from senior researchers. During the program, you will enrich your knowledge and build your skills set to prepare for careers in academia or industry, while exploring research frontiers in world-class facilities. Our graduates are often highly sought after by the pharmaceutical industry for their expertise in drug discovery and development.
Our PhD program attracts some of the brightest and most curious scientific minds, so you can expect to work alongside some of the best scholars to inspire you. Our student body is diverse both in terms of educational backgrounds and global talent. More than half of our graduate students join us from countries outside of Canada, bringing various perspectives to share. We offer orientation events to help new students integrate into life here in Vancouver, at UBC and within the Faculty. And our Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Society (PharGS) will help support you through your educational journey and make you feel right at home.
Quick Facts
Program Components Dissertation
Career Outcomes
48 students graduated between 2005 and 2013. Of these, career information was obtained for 42 alumni (based on research conducted between Feb-May 2016):
RI (Research-Intensive) Faculty: typically tenure-track faculty positions (equivalent of the North American Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor positions) in PhD-granting institutions
TI (Teaching-Intensive) Faculty: typically full-time faculty positions in colleges or in institutions not granting PhDs, and teaching faculty at PhD-granting institutions
Term Faculty: faculty in term appointments (e.g. sessional lecturers, visiting assistant professors, etc.)
Sample Employers in Higher Education
University of British Columbia (5)Roosevelt University (2)
University of Antwerp
University of Aberdeen
Memorial University of Newfoundland
University of Georgia
University of Alabama
University of California - Los Angeles
Dalhousie University
Simon Fraser University
Sample Employers Outside Higher Education
Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services (2)DynaLIFE
STEMCELL Technologies
Ember Therapeutics
Roche
Walmart Pharmacy
Rexall
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Sanofi Pasteur
Ipsen Biopharmaceutical, Inc.
Sample Job Titles Outside Higher Education
Scientist (3)Manager (2)
Principal Scientist
Pharmacist
Clinical Chemist
Project Leader
Pharmacy Manager
Director
Medical Scientist
CNS Medical Affairs
PhD Career Outcome Survey
You may view the full report on career outcomes of UBC PhD graduates on outcomes.grad.ubc.ca.Disclaimer
These data represent historical employment information and do not guarantee future employment prospects for graduates of this program. They are for informational purposes only. Data were collected through either alumni surveys or internet research.Career Options
Alumni on Success
Research Supervisors
Supervision
Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.
Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for this program
Applicants should browse faculty profiles and indicate in their application who they are interested in working with. No commitment from a supervisor prior to applying is necessary, but contacting faculty members is encouraged.
Advice and insights from UBC Faculty on reaching out to supervisors
These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a supervisor. They are not program specific.
This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.
- Beedle, Aaron
- Cairns, Brian (electrophysiology; headache; Neuropharmacology; Oro-Facial Pain; pain; pain mechanisms; peripheral analgesics; sex-related differences; temporomandibular disorders; Electrophysiology, Headache, Neuropharmacology, Oro-Facial Pain, Pain, Pain mechanisms, Peripheral analgesics, Sex-related differences, Temporomandibular disorders)
- Chang, Thomas (Nuclear receptors are evolutionarily-related DNA-binding transcription factors that regulate the expression of a broad array of genes involved in various biological processes)
- Cheng, Miffy (nanomedicine; gene therapy to combat chronic diseases; nanomedicine, gene therapy to combat chronic diseases)
- Conklin, Annalijn (Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders; social nutritional epidemiology; women's health; Health Equity; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Obesity; CVD risk factors; healthy ageing; food and nutrition policy; Indigenous health; Community Health / Public Health; disease management evaluation; healthcare quality improvement; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders, Social nutritional epidemiology, Women's Health, Health equity, Chronic Diseases in Elderly, Obesity, CVD risk factors, Healthy ageing, Food and nutrition policy, Indigenous health, Community Health / Public Health, Disease management evaluation, Healthcare quality improvement)
- Coughtrie, Michael (Drug metabolizing enzymes)
- Cragg, Jacquelyn (data science; open science; Causal inference; Drug Effectiveness; Drug Safety; Epidemiology; neuro-epidemiology; Neurological diseases; Spinal cord injury; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); multiple sclerosis; Parkinson’s disease; data science, open science, causal inference, drug effectiveness, drug safety, epidemiology, neuro-epidemiology, neurological diseases, spinal cord injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease)
- De Vera, Mary (examining how eHealth technologies can support new and existing models of care to improve care delivery and patient outcomes; exploring patients' perspectives and experiences with medication taking and adherence; and evaluating the use and impacts of medications among pregnant women, particularly with inflammatory conditions.)
- Finbloom, Joel (nanomedicine; Chemical Biology; drug delivery; Pharmaceutical Sciences; Infectious disease; Bacterial Biofilms; Microbiome; Probiotics; Antibiotic resistance; Nanomedicine, Chemical Biology, Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Infectious Disease, Bacterial Biofilms, Microbiome, Probiotics, Antibiotic Resistance)
- Frankel, Adam (Protein Biochemistry; arginine methylation; Histones; Nucleosomes; post-translational modifications; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Organic Molecules and Biomolecules; Bioactive Molecules; Proteins; Chemical Biology; drug discovery; Target Engagement; Amino acids; Protein biochemistry, Arginine methylation, Histones, Nucleosomes, Post-translational modifications, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Organic Molecules and Biomolecules, Bioactive Molecules, Proteins, Chemical biology, Drug discovery, Target engagement, Amino acids)
- Giaever, Guri (Model organisms, human therapeutics, high-throughput cell biology, drug synergy, technologies for understanding relationship between chromatic structure and transcriptional regulation)
- Harrison, Mark (measurement and valuation of health, health technology and policy assessment, and preferences for healthcare interventions; evaluation/re-evaluation of the type of health care that is provided, the point in the treatment pathway, and the way in which it is delivered)
- Hedtrich, Sarah (Nanotechnology; Bioengineering Human (Disease) Models; Gene Therapy; Human Epithelia; Next-Generation Therapies for Inflammatory and Genetic Diseases of Human Epithelia; Topical drug delivery and Nanomedicine; Nanotechnology, Bioengineering Human (Disease) Models, Gene Therapy, Human Epithelia, Next-Generation Therapies for Inflammatory and Genetic Diseases of Human Epithelia, Topical Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine)
- Jarvis-Selinger, Sandra (Education, human learning, development, and instruction, education innovation, konwledge translation, teaching excellence, curriculum design, technology)
- Johnson, Kate (Health economics; Health outcomes; Epidemiology; Health Economics, Health Outcomes, Epidemiology)
- Krentz, Nicole (Diabetes; Developmental biology; Genetics; Diabetes, Developmental Biology, Genetics)
- Kumar, Ujendra (Somatostatin hormone, molecular pharmacology, Somatostatin, , Hormones, somatostatin, locomotor and cognitive function, neurodegenerative diseases, drugs)
- Lalji, Fawziah (Pharmacoepidemiology; Infectious diseases; Immunization; Antibiotics and Resistance; Vaccine preventable diseases; Pharmacoepidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Immunization, Antibiotics and Resistance, Vaccine preventable diseases)
- Li, Shyh-Dar (biopharmaceutics; drug delivery; nanomedicine; pharmaceutics; Gene delivery and therapy; Regenerative medicine; Localized drug delivery; Biopharmaceutics, Drug delivery, Nanomedicine, Pharmaceutics, Gene delivery and therapy, Regenerative medicine, Localized drug delivery)
- Loewen, Peter (atrial fibrillation; Pharmacoepidemiology; Thrombosis and Embolism; adherence to medication; Cardiovascular diseases; Arrhythmia; Heart Failure; stroke; Health Care Technologies; Professional Practices; Hematology; decision making; clinical prediction rules; hospital pharmacy practice; knowledge translation of evidence to patient care; patient complexiometry; patient decision aids; patient education; pharmacy practice; prediction of stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients; quality of care, quality drug therapy; Shared decision-making; stroke prevention therapy; use of mobile technology for clinical decision-making; Atrial fibrillation, Pharmacoepidemiology, Thrombosis and Embolism, Adherence to medication, Cardiovascular Diseases, Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, Stroke, Health Care Technologies, Professional Practices, Hematology, Decision Making, Clinical prediction rules, Hospital pharmacy practice, Knowledge translation of evidence to patient care, Patient complexiometry, Patient decision aids, Patient education, Pharmacy practice, Prediction of stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients, Quality of care, quality drug therapy, Shared decision-making, Stroke prevention therapy, Use of mobile technology for clinical decision-making)
- Lynd, Larry (health economics, orphan drugs, pharmaceutical policy, respiratory medicine, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, rare diseases)
- Maharaj, Anil (Pharmacometrics; Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics; Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology; Pharmacometrics, Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics, Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology)
- McCormack, James (Knowledge translation and evidence-based practice; Knowledge translation and evidence-based practice)
- Nislow, Corey (genomics; Genetics; drug discovery; Biotechnology; Space Biology; Genomics, genetics, Drug Discovery, Biotechnology, Space Biology)
- Page, Brent (Cell Signaling and Cancer; Cancer; Cell signaling; Chemical Biology; Drug development; Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery; Medicinal Chemistry; Target Engagement; Cell Signaling and Cancer, Cancer, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery, Medicinal Chemistry, Target Engagement)
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