About Wende

Wende Wood graduated from University of Saskatchewan in 1992, and then moved to Toronto where she completed a residency in drug information. She has worked as a staff pharmacist in general hospital, psychiatric hospital and community pharmacy settings in Ontario and Saskatchewan. She joined the pharmacy staff at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in January of 1999, and is currently the Drug Information and Drug Use Evaluation Pharmacist. In 2002 she became the first person in Ontario (tenth in Canada) to achieve the designation of Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist. She is also a Lecturer with the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.

Speaker's Bio

A highly sought after speaker, Wende has given over 400 presentations, speaking frequently to a wide variety of groups, from community organizations, allied health professionals, the media and university students, on topics including psychiatric medications and substances of abuse, drug interactions and reducing the stigma of concurrent disorders. She has also been interviewed by the publications such as the Globe and Mail, National Post, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Macleans and Best Health magazines, and has appeared on national and international television speaking on everything from crystal meth, beer, to medications and shopping, and has been seen by million viewers. When her friends and family see that a story about mental health or addictions is going to be on the news, they have been heard to remark that she will probably be interviewed as ‘the expert’.  Her YouTube Channel has over 35,000 views. (www.youtube.com/wendewood)