Professor Emerita

Dr. Mary Ensom (formerly Chandler) is Professor Emerita, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Distinguished University Scholar, University of British Columbia (UBC) and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia. Dr. Ensom earned her B.S. (Pharm.) degree in 1977 and Pharm.D. in 1985, both from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Ensom’s long-term research interests have been in clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics with more recent interests in pharmacogenetics and pharmaceutical outcomes evaluations. Her research and publications have focused on the effects of various pathophysiologic states on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, novel approaches to therapeutic drug monitoring, and hormonal influences and drug disposition and action in women. As an integrator who bridges the gap between the basic and clinical sciences, Dr. Ensom uses her clinical practice experiences to identify relevant issues, study them through her laboratory-based research program, and then directly and immediately translate them into improved patient care.