Canada Research Chairs
The University of Manitoba currently holds 44 Canada Research Chairs. Chairholders are research leaders or rising stars in natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
The Canada Research Chairs Program has allocated 47 chairs to the University of Manitoba. The total number of chairs is based on a three year average of federal grant agency funding.
- David Barber, environment and geography, chair in Arctic system science
- Fikret Berkes, Natural Resources Institute, chair in community-based resource management
- James Blanchard, community health sciences/medical microbiology, chair in epidemiology and global public health
- Diana Brydon, english, chair in globalization and cultural studies
- Douglas Buchanan, electrical and computer engineering, chair in microelectronic materials
- Tapash Chakraborty, physics, chair in nanoscale physics
- Mahesh Chaturvedi, mechanical and industrial engineering, chair in aerospace materials
- Harvey Chochinov, psychiatry, chair in palliative care
- Brian Cox, psychiatry, chair in mood and anxiety disorders
- James Davie, biochemistry and medical genetics, chair in chromatin dynamics. Dr. Davie is the director of the Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, a joint research institute of CancerCare Manitoba and the university, and the provincial research director of CancerCare Manitoba.
- Marc Del Bigio, pathology, chair in developmental neuropathology
- Hao Ding, biochemistry and medical genetics, chair in genetic modelling
- Michelle Driedger, community health sciences, chair in environment and health risk communication
- Ehab El-Salakawy, civil engineering, chair in advanced composite materials and monitoring of civil infrastructure
- Mostafa Fayek, geological sciences, chair in isotope and environmental geochemistry
- Michael Freund, chemistry, chair in conducting polymers and electronic materials
- Phillip Gardiner, physical education and recreation studies, chair in physical activity and health studies
- Joyce Green, native studies/political studies, chair in aboriginal canadian studies
- Andrew Halayko, physiology, chair in airway cell and molecular biology
- Brian Hasinoff, pharmacy, chair in drug development
- Grant Hatch, pharmacology and therapeutics/ biochemistry and medical genetics, chair in molecular cardiolipin metabolism
- Frank Hawthorne, geological sciences, chair in crystallography and mineralogy
- Kent HayGlass, immunology, chair in immune regulation
- Geoffrey Hicks, biochemistry and medical genetics, chair in functional genomics. Dr. Hicks is also a member of the Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, a joint institute between the university and CancerCare Manitoba.
- Robert Hoppa, anthropology, chair in skeletal biology
- Larry Hryshko, physiology, chair in cardiac electrophysiology
- Digvir Jayas, biosystems engineering, chair in stored-grain ecosystems
- Peter Jones, chair in nutrition and functional foods
- Lorrie Kirshenbaum, physiology, chair in molecular cardiology
- Kiera Ladner, political studies, chair in indigenous politics and governance
- Peter Loewen, microbiology, chair in protein chemistry
- Marek Los, biochemistry and medical genetics, chair in new cancer therapy development
- Dean McNeill, electrical and computer engineering, chair in information processing for intelligent infrastructure
- Verena Menec, community health sciences, chair in healthy aging. Dr. Menec is the director of the Centre on Aging.
- Tooru Mizuno, physiology, chair in molecular endocrinology of diabetes and metabolic control
- Hélène Perreault, chemistry, chair in bioanalytical mass spectrometry
- Adele Perry, history, chair in Western Canadian social history
- Francis Plummer, medical microbiology, chair in resistance and susceptibility to infections
- Noralou Roos, community health sciences, chair in population health research
- Lotfollah Shafai, electrical and computer engineering, chair in applied electromagnetics
- Lea Stirling, classics, chair in Roman archaeology
- Mario Tenuta, soil science, chair in applied soil ecology
- Quan Wang, mechanical and manufacturing engineering, chair in solid mechanics
- Xi Yang, immunology/medical microbiology, chair in infection and immunity
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