14 ��ֱ�� researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

Awarded by the Government of Canada, Canada Research Chair positions are designed to reinforce academic research and training excellence with a view to improving depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthening Canada’s international competitiveness and helping to train the next generation of highly skilled people.

“The University of Toronto would like to congratulate all the faculty members who have been appointed Canada Research Chairs or had their positions renewed,” said Leah Cowen, ��ֱ��’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From reproductive mental health to the economics of infectious disease and theoretical particle physics, these researchers are advancing knowledge and innovation in important fields.”

The latest cycle of Canada Research Chair appointees from ��ֱ�� includes six new and eight renewed positions:

New Canada Research Chairs

Crystal Clark at Women’s College Hospital and the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Reproductive Mental Health
Janine Farragher at the department of occupational science and occupational therapy in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Life Participation and Kidney Disease
Eno Hysi at Unity Health and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Quantitative Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging
Karen Maxwell at the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Bacteriophage Biology and Therapeutics
Beate Sander at University Health Network and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Tier 1 in Economics of Infectious Diseases
Karla Washington at the department of speech language pathology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Monolingual and Multilingual Paediatric Speech-Language Pathology

Renewed Canada Research Chairs

David Curtin at the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts & Science – Tier 2 in Theoretical Particle Physics
Philipp Maass at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Noncoding Disease Mechanisms
Julien Muffat at the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of molecular genetics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Synthetic Neuroimmunology and Stem Cell Bioengineering
Meaghan O’Reilly at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Biomedical Ultrasound
Hannes Rost at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 2 in Mass Spectometry-based Personalized Medicine
Sali Tagliamonte at the department of linguistics in the Faculty of Arts & Science – Tier 1 in Language Variation and Change
Ulrich Tepass at the department of cell and systems biology in the Faculty of Arts & Science – Tier 1 in Epithelial Polarity and Development
Rachel Tyndale at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the department of pharmacology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine – Tier 1 in Pharmacogenomics

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Canada Research Chairs

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14 ����ֱ�� researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

New Canada Research Chairs

Renewed Canada Research Chairs

Read the Government of Canada announcement

14 ��ֱ�� researchers awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs