The Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta are delighted to announce the appointment of Ubaka Ogbogu to a joint tenure stream appointment as Assistant Professor in Health Law and Pharmacy effective July 1, 2013. In his new joint position, Professor Ogbogu will be based in the Faculty of Law, with 75% of his teaching, research and service responsibilities in the Faculty of Law, and 25% in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Professor Ogbogu's teaching responsibilities in pharmacy will concern the legal and ethical responsibilities of pharmacists.
"I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the Faculties of Law and Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. I have always viewed the University of Alberta as my professional home since I arrived here as a graduate student in 2002. I am eager to continue the work I began two years ago as the Katz Research Fellow in Health Law by building teaching and research links between law and pharmacy, and look forward to many years ahead working with wonderful colleagues, students and research associates in both faculties and in the Health Law Institute," said Professor Ubaka Ogbogu, the new Assistant Professor in Health Law and Pharmacy.
Professor Ogbogu joined the U of A Faculty of Law in August 2011. His teaching and research interests include health law, law and biotechnology, law and bioethics, science regulation, and legal history of biomedicine. Professor Ogbogu obtained his law degree in 1997 from the University of Benin in Nigeria. Following four years of corporate law practice, he joined and completed the U of A Faculty of Law LLM program in 2004. He then worked as a Research Associate in the U of A Health Law Institute from 2005 to 2008 before commencing doctoral studies at the University of Toronto. His doctoral work focuses on the legal history of early health care and biotechnology policies in Canada, particularly in relation to smallpox vaccination and infectious diseases. Professor Ogbogu has held academic positions at the Universities of Nigeria and Minnesota, and is the recipient of numerous academic awards including the Dean's Prize for Best Academic Performance in the LLB program and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award.
Professor Ogbogu is a member of the Faculty's Health Law Institute and Health Law and Science Policy Group. As Katz Research Fellow, he is involved in building and furthering research and teaching links between the Faculties of Law and Pharmacy, and co-teaches a course in Pharmacy Law and Ethics at the Faculty of Pharmacy.
"I am delighted that Ubaka Ogbogu has accepted an offer of a tenure stream appointment as Assistant Professor in Health Law and Pharmacy," said Philip Bryden, Dean of the Faculty of Law, and Wilbur Fee Bowker Professor of Law. "I would like to express my gratitude to Dean Jim Kehrer and his colleagues at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences who made it possible for us to develop the joint position (75% Law, 25% Pharmacy) that Ubaka will be filling. We have enjoyed a very productive relationship with Pharmacy through Ubaka's work as the Katz Research Fellow in Health Law, and I am sure that his work in this new position will only strengthen that relationship."
The Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta is celebrating its Centenary during the 2012-2013 academic year. It is proud of its tradition of excellence in preparing students for the practice of law, the distinction of its contributions to research and public service, and the success of its graduates. The Faculty is one of Canada's foremost law schools and is dedicated to enhancing its international reputation for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship.
The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers one of the strongest BSc pharmacy degree programs in Canada. The Faculty annually admits 130 student pharmacists, and currently has 57 graduate students. The first class of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students will begin in September 2013.