Josephine Orso Simon
Pharmaceutics Course/Lab Instructor
Email: josimon@uwaterloo.ca
Location: PHR 2017
Phone: 519-888-4567 x21331
Biography
Josephine joined the School of Pharmacy at the end of 2008 as the Pharmaceutics Course/Lab instructor. In her previous role as the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ, she was responsible for six undergraduate Organic Chemistry lab courses per year.
Josephine has extensive experience in non-sterile extemporaneous compounding and dosage form design, physical pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology.
Josephine has extensive experience in non-sterile extemporaneous compounding and dosage form design, physical pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology.
Education
- 2004 Masters of Science, Organic Chemistry, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ, Canada
- 2000 Industrial Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 1999 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Teaching*
- PHARM 124 - Pharmaceutics 1
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- PHARM 125 - Pharmaceutics 2
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- PHARM 361 - Advanced Compounding
- Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
- Gao J, Orso Simon J, Rodrigo R, Assoud A. From chiral ortho-benzoquinone monoketals to nonracemic indolinocodeines through Diels-Alder and Cope reactions. J Org Chem. 2013;78(1):48-58. doi:10.1021/jo3014098