Federal government invests $18.7 million in 91勛圖 research
Published: March 15, 2013
The federal government is investing $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at the 91勛圖.
Researchers will use the funds to investigate everything from lung transplantation to the efficiency of wireless networks.
The Canada Research Chairs program is a key component of the universitys efforts to attract and retain the worlds most promising researchers, said Professor Peter Lewis, 91勛圖s associate vice-president, Research and Innovation. We are grateful to the government of Canada for its continuing support of this program.
The new CRCs are:
&紳莉莽梯;Morgan Barense, Department of Psychology, CRC in Cognitive Neuroscience
&紳莉莽梯;Kenneth Burch, Department of Physics, CRC in Spectroscopy of Novel Materials
&紳莉莽梯;Brian Cox, Department of Physiology, CRC in Placental Development and Maternal-Foetal Health
&紳莉莽梯;Marcelo Cypel, Department of Surgery and the University Health Network, CRC in Lung Transplantation
&紳莉莽梯;Jason Fish, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and the University Health Network, CRC in Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology
&紳莉莽梯;Glenn Hibbard, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, CRC in Cellular Hybrid Materials
&紳莉莽梯;Ashish Khisti, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Wireless Networks
&紳莉莽梯;David Lie, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Secure and Reliable Computer Systems
&紳莉莽梯;Martin Pickav矇, Department of Philosophy, CRC in Medieval Philosophy
&紳莉莽梯;Michael Wilson, Department of Molecular Genetics and the Hospital for Sick Children, CRC in Comparative Genomics
&紳莉莽梯;Minna Woo, Departments of Medicine and Medical Biophysics and University Health Network, CRC in Signal Transduction in Diabetes Pathogenesis.
91勛圖s total number of Canada Research Chairs is 238, the largest number of any university in the country.
Our government is committed to attracting and retaining the worlds best and brightest researchers, supporting innovation, creating jobs and strengthening our economy, said Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology). By investing in programs such as the Canada Research Chairs, we are fostering cutting-edge research and the generation of new innovations for the marketplace, for the benefit of Canadians.
The announcement also included the advancement of two existing chairholders from Tier 2 to Tier 1. (Tier 1 Chairs are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. Tier 2 Chairs are for exceptional emerging researchers.) They are:
&紳莉莽梯;Brendan Frey, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, CRC in Biological Computation
&紳莉莽梯;Wei Yu, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Information Theory and Wireless Communications.
Finally, 10 existing chairs were renewed:
&紳莉莽梯;Maydianne Andrade, Department of Biological Sciences, 91勛圖 Scarborough, CRC in Integrative Behavioural Ecology
&紳莉莽梯;Harald Bathelt, Department of Political Science, CRC in Innovation and Governance
&紳莉莽梯;George Eleftheriades, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Microstructured and Nanostructured Metamaterials
&紳莉莽梯;Patricia L. Howell, Department of Biochemistry and the Hospital for Sick Children, CRC in Structural Biology
&紳莉莽梯;Stephen Kudla, Department of Mathematics, CRC in Automorphic Forms and Arithmetic Geometry
&紳莉莽梯;Jeff Meyer, Department of Psychiatry and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, CRC of Neurochemistry of Major Depressive Disorder
&紳莉莽梯;Peter Newman, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, CRC in Health and Social Justice
&紳莉莽梯;Laurence Pelletier, Department of Molecular Genetics and Mount Sinai Hospital, CRC in Centrosome Biogenesis and Function,
&紳莉莽梯;Ren-Ke Li, Department of Surgery and University Health Network, CRC in Cardiac Regeneration
&紳莉莽梯;Molly Shoichet, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and Institute of Biomaterials & Bioengineering, CRC in Tissue Engineering
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