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College Overview

History of the School

The University of Liberia School Of Pharmacy, which is one of the professional schools in the University, was founded in 1986. The West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists—originally the West African Pharmaceutical Federation (WAPF)—a sub-regional body of pharmaceutical associations or societies in Anglo-phone West Africa and specialized agency of the erstwhile West African Health Community (WAHC) was instrumental in its founding.

Initially, the School of Pharmacy was established to develop human resources in the pharmaceutical sector in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Gambia, with the hope that the governments of those countries would share in the cost of providing the training. Hence, the WAPF was pivotal in the birth of the School in a number of other ways.

Location of the School                                              

The University of Liberia’s School of Pharmacy shares facilities on the Congo Town-based campus with the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine. These two sister healthcare science-teaching institutions of the University also share some instructional staff members in course areas offered in both schools.

Achievements of the School

Since the inception of classes in the School on June 16, 1986, out of the total enrolment volume of about 365 students, the School has graduated 210 students during 16 cycles of commencement exercises.

The School participated in all of the meetings on harmonization of Pharmacy curricula (i.e., educating and training of pharmacists) in the West African Sub-region, one of which culminated in a consensus that the undergraduate training of pharmacists (following completion of high school) should consist of a Bachelor Degree program in Pharmacy (B. Pharm.) lasting four years or a professional doctorate degree program (Pharm D) of no less than five years in duration, the program to which the current curriculum is transitioning.

 Mission Statement

The mission of the school of pharmacy is to improve health among Liberians and other nationals through health services and other drug-related research, education, service and community outreach based on sound education.

About the Dean

Ezekiel Fayiah Hallie, Dean

Email: ezekiel.hallie@ul.edu.lr

Ezekiel Fayiah Hallie graduated in Zoology and Pharmacy with Bachelor of Science (Hons.) and Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) (Hons.), respectively, from the University of Liberia and travelled to Aberdeen to undertake an MSc in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. He studied the development of cancer vaccines to know the state at which they have been in their production and the approval by the regulatory authorities.

Dean Hallie has been lecturer of Biology at the University of Liberia Science College for over six years. Upon his return from postgraduate study, Ezekiel got his full-time employment as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the School of Pharmacy, University of Liberia in 2014.  In 2015, Ezekiel was appointed Academic Coordinator by the then Vice President for Health and Life Sciences. Due to his outstanding administrative leadership Ezekiel, in January 2017, was appointed Interim Dean, the position he currently holds with responsibility to administratively supervise academic and operations of the School to efficiently and effectively implement a high quality curriculum through monitoring and evaluating the faculty.