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Sherilyn Houle

BSP, PhD, AFTM RCPS(Glasg), FISTM
Certificate in Travel Health™

Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
University of Waterloo

Dr. Sherilyn Houle's research interests are on the outcomes and uptake of pharmacy practice to full scope, with particular interest in the clinical areas of vaccinations and travel health. Dr. Houle is a regular provider of continuing professional development programs across topics including injection technique, vaccine hesitancy, travel medicine, and vaccine-preventable diseases. Other roles include:

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Research Interests

Using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, Sherilyn and her team study the implementation and impact of pharmacy practice to full scope, including: 

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  • Practice-based research

  • Systematic and scoping reviews

  • Analyses of administrative and other real-world data

  • Surveys, interviews, and focus groups

  • Economic analyses

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While her focus is in the clinical areas of vaccinations and travel medicine, she has also conducted research in:

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  • Pharmacist prescribing for chronic disease management, anticoagulation, and minor ailments

  • Education and practice readiness of pharmacy students

  • Roles for artificial intelligence related to the provision of care in community pharmacies

  • Best practices and impacts of pharmacy technicians as vaccinators

  • Clinical decision support tools for appropriate prescribing

  • Clinical resource use by health professionals in evaluating the appropriateness of medication use in lactation

  • Regulation and discipline of health professionals

  • Geographic distribution of pharmacists relative to population distribution

  • Home medication reviews by pharmacists

  • Key performance indicators for ambulatory oncology pharmacy practice

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Work in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) includes:​

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  • The impact of a mental health “Check-In” among pharmacy students

  • Personality profiles, professional goals, and role perceptions of entry-year pharmacy students

  • Assessment of injection technique

  • Pharmacy student negotiation with potential employers

  • Interprofessional education in palliative care

  • Assessment of clinical documentation

  • Preparedness of new pharmacy graduates for practice to full scope

  • The use of analogy in teaching

  • Assessment of professionalism

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Publications

Peer-reviewed research, non peer-reviewed publications, and book chapters

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VaxCare Innovations is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2024 to improve vaccine awareness, confidence, equitable access, and uptake through technology, vaccine decision support tools, education, and research. The goal of this work is to reduce vaccine-preventable diseases by equipping health professionals and the public with the tools and knowledge they need to make evidence-based decisions about vaccinations over the life course.

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Directors of VaxCare Innovations:

  • Molly Yang, Chief Innovation Officer

  • Nancy M. Waite, Chief Strategy Officer

  • Sherilyn K.D. Houle, Chief Scientific Officer

 

Information on VaxCheck, our comprehensive vaccination review program, is available here.

Continuing Education Partners

In collaboration with provider partners, Sherilyn has contributed to the development and delivery of over 120 continuing professional development programs in topics related to vaccination, travel health, and pharmacy practice to full scope for pharmacist, pharmacy technician, nurse, and physician audiences

Research and Medical Education Grant Funders

As Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, Sherilyn has secured research and/or medical education grant funding from government agencies, non-profit organizations, and industry (as unrestricted research grants*)

*Unrestricted grant means any gift, payment, subsidy, or other economic benefit to an educational institution, professional association, health care facility, or governmental entity which does not impose any restrictions on the use of the grant, such as favorable treatment of a certain product or an ability of the marketer to control or influence the planning, content, or execution of the education activity (https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/unrestricted-grant)

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