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The Pharmacists and Immunization Working Group (PIWG) members are:
- Fawziah Marra – 2010/11 co-chair (BC Center for Disease Control – BCCDC)
- Barbara Gobis – Ogle 2010/11 and 2011/12 co-chair (Ministry of Health – MoH)
- Donna Jepsen – (MoH)
- Andrea Derban – 2011/12 co-chair (MoH)
- Aileen Mira – (MoH)
- Brittany Deeter – (BCCDC)
- Issy Aguiar – (Interior Health)
- Donna McNeill – (Vancouver Island Health)
- Felicity Hemming – (Fraser Health)
- Tamsin Morgana – (Vancouver Coastal Health)
- Jill Walker – (Northern Health)
- Bryce Wong – (BC Pharmacy Association)
- Doreen Leong – (College of Pharmacists of BC)
- Glenda MacDonald – (UBC – Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development)
- Karen McColgan – (First Nations/Inuit Health).
Contact: Barbara Gobis Ogle, Director, Utilization, Drug Use Optimization Branch, Pharmaceutical Services Division, BC Ministry of Health, Barbara.GobisOgle@gov.bc.ca
Description: The Pharmacists and Immunization Working Group facilitated authorized pharmacists administering publicly funded influenza vaccine to 48,502 people in BC in the 2010/11 provincial campaign. This initiative improved public health while reducing costs for the health system across the province.
Nominated by: Ms. Barbara Gobis Ogle, Director, Utilization, Drug Use Optimization Branch, Pharmaceutical Services Division, BC Ministry of Health
