Contact Us
Email addresses:
uwpharmd@uw.edu – Prospective student inquiries and admissions questions
pharmdss@uw.edu – Student Services: advising, registration, financial aid, academic progress
pharmdee@uw.edu – Experiential Education: preceptor questions, rotation site placements, experiential coursework
Phone number:
(206) 543-6100
Need to reach the UW Medical Center Outpatient Pharmacy? Call 206-598-4363
Address:
UW School of Pharmacy
Office of Professional Pharmacy Education
1959 NE Pacific St.
Box 357631
H362 Health Sciences Building
Seattle, WA 98195-7631
Location and Driving Directions:
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Driving directions from I-5
Exit I-5 at NE 45th Street (#169). Turn East onto NE 45th St. and continue to 15th Ave. NE. Travel South on 15th for approximately 7 blocks, crossing the NE Pacific St intersection. At the bottom of 15th Ave, turn left onto NE Boat St. Travel a short distance on Boat St. to Columbia R. Follow Columbia Rd. into the campus entrance. (See parking info below)
Driving directions from the East Side
Take the SR-520 freeway across Lake Washington towards Seattle, and take the Montlake Boulevard exit. Move into left hand lane but continue north on Montlake Boulevard and cross the drawbridge. Turn left onto NE Pacific St. at the first traffic light after the drawbridge. Continue west on NE Pacific St. to 15th Ave. NE. Turn left onto 15th Ave. Proceed to parking services booth for directions and parking information. See above for more information about parking.
By Bus
For Metro bus service to and from the University District, see UW Bus Routes
By Link Light Rail
See Link light rail information here.
Office Locations:
The Pharmacy offices are located on the first, second, and third floors of the Health Sciences H-wing, as follows:
- First floor: Department of Medicinal Chemistry
- Second floor: Department of Pharmaceutics
- Third floor: Office of the Dean, Office of Advancement, Student Services, Department of Pharmacy
Office Hours:
Student Services hours of operation: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Finding Your Way in the H-wing:
When you approach the H-wing building from Columbia Rd., take the stairs from the street to the courtyard. Enter the glass doors on the right side. The elevators will be right in front of you. If you take the elevator up to the third floor, you will find the Student Services office.
When you enter the building from Pacific St. you will enter at the I-Court Rotunda cafeteria. Walk to the left of the central seating area, veer left past the vending machines, then enter the hallway. You will find the elevators at the left. If you take the elevator up to the third floor, you will find the Student Services office.
Regardless of which entrance you use to enter the Health Sciences building, take the third floor hallway that runs the entire length of the building and follow signs to the H-wing.
Parking:
When you arrive via Columbia Rd. into the South Campus entrance, stop at the parking kiosk and request a parking permit for the S-1 parking lot. If parking is not available in the S-1 lot, you may be directed to the West Parking Garage, which is on the corner of University Way NE, and NE Pacific St. During business hours and for events, parking is $15. Credit and debit cards are accepted.
Jonathan Watanabe, ‘08, ‘12, PharmD, MS, PhD, BCGP, is a board-certified geriatrics pharmacist, outcomes researcher, and associate professor at the University of California San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Watanabe was the first the UW/Allergan Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research Fellow. His research on the cost of non-optimized therapy, comprehensive medication management and drug prices has been cited in successful state legislative efforts for pharmacist provider status. Dr. Watanabe is an inaugural scholar in the National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine program.
Shirley is a Seattleite, born and raised. From a young age, she dedicated her life to advocating for women, children, human rights and healthcare. Encouragement from her mother, and her knack for science, led Shirley to Pharmacy school where she thrived. Her career helped so many people, but as the HIV/AIDS epidemic grew, it became a central part of her career. Her outreach efforts, where she went door to door to help people understand the disease, was only part of her contribution to battle the epidemic. She was a founding board member of AIDS Housing of Washington (recently renamed Building Changes) and co-chaired the $8.5 million campaign that built the group’s Bailey-Boushay House in 1992. Her legacy of advocating for women pharmacists lives on with the Herb and Shirley Bridge Endowed Professorship, designed to support women in pharmacy.
Dr. Hall joined the faculty of the School of Pharmacy in 1952, after spending a few years at the Eli Lilly and Co. as a Pharmaceutical Chemist. After returning to the UW, he soon set himself apart from his peers by developing innovative approaches to teaching, particularly in dispensing pharmacy. While at UW Hall developed one of the first models for an externship program, allowing senior pharmacy students to gain theoretical and practical experience in a pharmacy setting for academic credit. Being too ahead of his time, this for credit externship program did not became a formal requirement in the School of Pharmacy’s curriculum until the 1990’s, thanks in large part to Dr. Hall’s vision. Dr. Hall was also awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980 to celebrate the impact of his career on the profession of Pharmacy.
After completing his graduate work in California, Sid Nelson returned to the School of Pharmacy to join the faculty in 1977. Progressing through the ranks, he landed his “dream job” as the Dean of the School of Pharmacy in 1995. Under his leadership, the School converted our degree offerings from a B.S. degree to an entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy degree program and added a nontraditional approach that enabled existing pharmacists to obtain the Pharm.D. degree. He also evolved the graduate programs and worked tirelessly to expand the School’s faculty. In 2008, he returned full-time to his research and teaching activities in the School’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Sid truly embodies the idea of a legend with his warmth, care and passion for our students and alumni.
Timothy Fuller, ‘69, is an independent pharmacist consultant and founder of Timothy S. Fuller & Associates, Inc. Consulting. He is recognized as the Father of Pharmacist Collaborative Drug Therapy for his extensive and continued research, advocacy, and publication on the subject. In partnership with the WSPA and PATH, Tim recruited 50 pharmacies in Washington to pilot the U.S. movement for pharmacists to prescribe emergency contraceptive pills. Tim is the fourth member of the UW School of Pharmacy B.S. Class of 1969 to receive a PAA Distinguished Alumni Award.