Jennifer Shabbits

Associate Professor of Teaching

Faculty Bio

Dr. Shabbits earned her BSc (2006) in Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University and her PhD (2003) in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC. She beganteaching undergraduate biology and pharmacy courses at UBC while still a graduate student herself, and enjoyed the experiences so much that shemade teaching her focused career. She joined the APT department in 2004 as a tenure-track instructor and was promoted to Senior Instructor withtenure in 2011, and subsequently to Associate Professor of Teaching in 2020. Dr. Shabbits teaches introductory pharmacology and health science topicsto 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate science students, 1st and 2nd year medical students and 1st year midwifery students. Her classes range from large(300+ student) lectures distributed across the province to small group case- based learning tutorials. Dr. Shabbits holds curriculum development andleadership roles in the MD Undergraduate Program and is the Year 1 Site Director for the Vancouver-Fraser medical cohort. She is the interim director ofthe MEDD 411 course in the medical program and the MIDW 125 course director in Department of Family Practice.