The Canada Research Chairs Program was established by the Government of Canada to attract and retain some of the world's most accomplished and promising minds.
The University of Manitoba currently holds 48 Canada Research Chairs. Chairholders are research leaders or rising stars in natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, or social sciences and humanities.
David Barber Fikret Berkes Trust Beta James Blanchard Diana Brydon Douglas Buchanan Sean Cadogan
Chair in Arctic System Science
Environment and Geography
(204) 474-6981
dbarber@ms.umanitoba.ca
Chair in Community-Based Resource Management
Natural Resources Institute
(204) 474-6731
berkes@ms.umanitoba.ca
Chair in Food Processing for Grain-Based Functional Foods
Food Science
(204) 474-8214
betat@ms.umanitoba.ca
Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Community Health Sciences/Medical Microbiology
(204) 789-3381
blancha0@cc.umanitoba.ca
Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies
English
(204) 474-8109
brydond@cc.umanitoba.ca
Chair in Microelectronic Materials
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(204) 474-9085
douglas_buchanan@umanitoba.ca
Chair in Advanced Materials
Physics and Astronomy
(204) 474-6195
Warren Cariou
Chair in Narrative, Community and Indigenous Cultures
English
(204) 474-7276
cariouw@ms.umanitoba.ca
Tapash Chakraborty
Chair in Nanoscale Physics
Physics and Astronomy
(204) 474-7041
tapash@physics.umanitoba.ca
Harvey Chochinov
Chair in Palliative Care
Psychiatry
(204) 787-3479
chochin@cc.umanitoba.ca
James Davie
Chair in Chromatin Dynamics
Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
(204) 787-2391
Marc Del Bigio
Chair in Developmental Neuropathology
Pathology
(204) 789-3378
delbigi@cc.umanitoba.ca
Hao Ding
Chair in Genetic Modelling
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
(204) 480-1300
dingh@cc.umanitoba.ca
Michelle Driedger
Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication
Community Health Sciences
(204) 789-3936
michelle_driedger@umanitoba.ca
Peter Eck
Chair in Nutrigenomics
Human Nutritional Sciences
(204) 474-8418
mailto:eck@eck@cc.umanitoba.ca
Ehab El-Salakawy
Chair in Advanced Composite Materials and Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure
(204) 474-8319
elsalaka@cc.umanitoba.ca
Mostafa Fayek
Chair in Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry
Geological Sciences
(204) 474-7982
fayek@cc.umanitoba.ca
Michael Freund
Chair in Conducting Polymers and Electronic Materials
Chemistry
(204) 474-8772
michael_freund@umanitoba.ca
Phillip Gardiner
Chair in Physical Activity and Health Studies
Kinesiology and Recreation Management
(204) 474-8770
gardine2@ms.umanitoba.ca
Andrew Halayko
Chair in Airway Cell and Molecular Biology
Physiology
(204) 789-3778
ahalayk@cc.umanitoba.ca
Brian Hasinoff
Chair in Drug Development
Pharmacy
(204) 474-8325
b_hasinoff@umanitoba.ca
Grant Hatch
Chair in Molecular Cardiolipin Metabolism
Pharmacology and Therapeutics/Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
(204) 789-3405
hatchgm@ms.umanitoba.ca
Frank Hawthorne
Chair in Crystallography and Mineralogy
Geological Sciences
(204) 474-8861
frank_hawthorne@umanitoba.ca
Kent Hayglass
Chair in Immune Regulation
Immunology
(204) 789-3793
hayglass@ms.umanitoba.ca
Robert Hoppa
Chair in Skeletal Biology
Anthropology
(204) 474-6329
hoppard@ms.umanitoba.ca
Peter Jones
Chair in Nutrition and Functional Foods
Agriculture and Food Sciences
(204) 474-8883
peter_jones@umanitoba.ca
Debbie Kelly
Chair in Comparative Cognition
Psychology
(204) 474-9933
debbie_kelly@umanitoba.ca
Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum
Chair in Molecular Cardiology
Physiology
(204) 235-3661
lorrie@sbrc.ca
Kiera Ladner
Chair in Indigenous Politics and Governance
Political Studies
(204) 474-6349
ladnerk@cc.umanitoba.ca
Peter Loewen
Chair in Protein Chemistry
Microbiology
(204) 474-8334
peter_loewen@umanitoba.ca
Jeffrey Marcus
Chair in Phylogenomics
Biological Sciences
(204) 474-8418
marcus@cc.umanitoba.ca
Aaron Marshall
Chair in Molecular Immunology
Immunology
(204) 789-3385
marshall@ms.umanitoba.ca
Verena Menec
Chair in Healthy Aging
Community Health Sciences
(204) 272-3184
Zahra Kazem-Moussavi
Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(204) 474 7023
moussavi@ee.umanitoba.ca
Adele Perry
Chair in Western Canadian Social History
History
(204) 474-8107
perrya@ms.umanitoba.ca
Frank Plummer
Chair in Resistance and Susceptibility to Infections
Medical Microbiology
(204) 789-3312
plummerf@cc.umanitoba.ca
Samar Safi-Harb
Chair in Supernova Astrophysics
Physics and Astronomy
(204) 474-7104
samar@physics@umanitoba.ca
Lotfollah Shafai
Chair in Applied Electromagnetics
Electrical and Computer Engineering
(204) 474-9615
shafai@ee.umanitoba.ca
Joerg Stetefeld
Chair in Structural Biology
Chemistry
(204) 474-9731
stetefel@cc.umanitoba.ca
Lea Stirling
Chair in Roman Archaeology
Classics
(204) 474-7357
lea_stirling@umanitoba.ca
Mario Tenuta
Chair in Applied Soil Ecology
Soil Science
(204) 474-7827
tenutam@ms.umanitoba.ca
Jason Treberg
Chair in Metabolism and Environmental Dynamics
Biological Sciences
(204) 474-8122
Chair in Solid Mechanics
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
(204) 474-6443
mailto:q-wang@umanitoba.ca
Xi Yang
Chair in Infection and Immunity
Immunology/Medical Microbiology
(204) 789-3481
yangxi@cc.umanitoba.ca
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