Essi Salokangas

Essi Salokangas is a clinical pharmacist with a passion for improving health outcomes in vulnerable populations using evidence-based practice, empathy, and humor. Essi was a co-founder of the Adherence & Community Engagement (ACE) Team, a pharmacist-led, interdisciplinary community outreach team that provides an individualized approach for the care of complex individuals with multiple barriers to care in Edmonton, Alberta. She was recognized as an Avenue Magazine 2018 Top 40 Under 40 for “bringing health and dignity to the most vulnerable.” Currently, she is the first clinical pharmacist on the Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH) Team, a specialty consult service for patients with substance use disorders and social inequity, at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. This team is the first of its kind in North America and works every day to change hospital culture by advocating for and facilitating harm reduction, management of substance use disorders, social stabilization, health promotion, and connection to community care for vulnerable individuals. Essi is a passionate advocate who believes in social equity, trauma informed care, and providing dignity to her patients. In her spare time, she is a crime documentary aficionado, music enthusiast, and an admirer of all dogs.

Essi Salokangas
Core Lab Team Member