CSHP Foundation

Allan Mills

Trillium Health Partners

Katie Palmer,

Trillium Health Partners

We are pleased to announce that Allan Mills and Katie Palmer have been awarded the 2025 William McLean Innovation Grant to support the development of an educational resource aimed at advancing the skills of pharmacy technicians in hospital practice. This project will be carried out as part of their roles at Trillium Health Partners and reflects their continued dedication to enhancing pharmacy education and practice. 

Allan Mills, Pharm.D., MBA, FCSHP is the Director of Pharmacy at Trillium Health Partners and a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Healthcare-Systems Pharmacy. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business, and a LEAN certification from the University of Michigan. Allan has held numerous leadership roles nationally and provincially and continues to contribute to the advancement of hospital pharmacy through education, research, and service. 

Katie Palmer, BSc, BScPhm, ACPR, CRE is a Resource Pharmacist – Education Portfolio and Lead Residency Coordinator at Trillium Health Partners. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Katie has held key academic and leadership positions and has been actively involved in developing educational programs that promote excellence in pharmacy practice. Her work has been recognized through several awards, including the THP Better Together Awards for Interprofessional Teaching. 

We look forward to the impact of their upcoming work on the pharmacy technician community and beyond.  

This grant has been made possible by a bequest to the CSHP Foundation from the Estate of Dr. William (Bill) McLean. Bill was a long-time CSHP Member and Fellow. He devoted a significant amount of time to the endeavors of the CSHP and was immensely proud of its role and accomplishments.  
 

Karen Dahri,

Vancouver General Hospital
University of British Columbia

Dr. Karen Dahri is a Clinical Pharmacotherapeutic and Research Specialist in Internal Medicine at Vancouver General Hospital and an Associate Professor (Partner) with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC).  She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from UBC after which she completed a hospital pharmacy residency at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.  She later returned to UBC to do the post-grad Doctor of Pharmacy program. 

Karen currently leads the Respirology Module in the second year of the Entry to Practice Doctor of Pharmacy program and coordinates a Third-Year elective, Pharmacy Practice in Acute and Critically Ill Patients.  Her research interests encompass fall within clinical practice and education related improvements.  These include ways in which pharmacists can improve patient outcomes particularly around transitions of care and how to effectively prepare learners for clinical practice.  

Karen is a long-time volunteer with CSHP at both the Branch and National level and received her Fellow status with CSHP in 2019.  In her current role as BC Branch National Delegate, she co-leads CSHP’s Sustainability Implementation Task Force.  

This grant has been made possible by a bequest to the CSHP Foundation from the Estate of Dr. William (Bill) McLean. Bill was a long-time CSHP Member and Fellow. He devoted a significant amount of time to the endeavors of the CSHP and was immensely proud of its role and accomplishments.