Nineteen UBC Researchers Announced as Canada Research Chairs

November 16, 2022

The Canada Research Chairs Program is investing more than $139-million to support 176 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 46 institutions in Canada. Nineteen UBC researchers were announced as new and renewed Canada Research Chairs in the latest round of appointments, representing an investment of $19.3-million through the Canada Research Chairs program.

Please read the full announcement on the VPRI website.

UBC's New Canada Research Chairs

  • Dr. Amy Angert (Botany) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Ecology
  • Dr. Billy-Ray Belcourt (School of Creative Writing) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Queer Indigenous Cultural Production
  • Dr. Emily Jenkins (School of Nursing) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Socioecological Approaches to Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Dr. Aly Karsan (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Tier1  Canada Research Chair in Blood Cancers
  • Dr. Mary Clare Kennedy (Social Work - UBCO) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Substance Use Policy and Practice
  • Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Immunomodulation Materials and Immunotherapy
  • Dr. Sara Knox (Geography) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Eco-Meteorology
  • Dr. Xin Li (Botany) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Plant Immunity
  • Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose (Physical Therapy) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Health and Mobility in Aging
  • Dr. Renisa Mawani (Sociology) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Colonial Legal Histories
  • Dr. Jessica McAlpine (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Stratification of Gynecologic Cancers
  • Dr. Jessica Rosin (Dentistry) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Immune Regulation of Developmental Programs
  • Dr. Sheila Teves (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Transcriptional Memory and Plasticity in Stem Cells
  • Dr. Helena Wu (Asian Studies) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Hong Kong Studies
  • Dr. Paul Yong (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain

UBC's Renewed Canada Research Chairs

  • Dr. Sam Aparicio (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics
  • Dr. Mary De Vera (Pharmaceutical Sciences) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Health Outcomes and Treatment Adherence
  • Dr. Janice Eng (Physical Therapy) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation 
  • Dr. Guofang Li (Language & Literacy Education) Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
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