January 12, 2022
The Canada Research Chairs Program is investing more than $151-million to support 188 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 43 institutions. Twenty-two UBC researchers were appointed as new and renewed Canada Research Chairs in the latest round of appointments announced today. The new and renewed UBC chairholders represent an investment of $19.5-million through the Canada Research Chairs program. In addition, $1-million was awarded to seven new chairholders at UBC through the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Please read the full announcement on the VPRI website.
UBC's New Canada Research Chairs
- Dr. Rumee Ahmed: Tier 1 CRC in Theology and Ethics
- Dr. Candis Callison: Tier 1 CRC in Indigenous Journalism, Media and Public Discourse
- Dr. Kai Chan: Tier 1 CRC in Re-Wilding and Social-Ecological Transformation
- Dr. Artem Cherkasov: Tier 1 CRC in Precision Cancer Drug Design
- Dr. Tara Cookson: Tier 2 CRC in Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy
- Dr. Jennifer Davis: Tier 2CRC in Applied Health Economics
- Dr. Gillian Hanley: Tier 2 CRC in Population-Based Gynecologic and Perinatal Outcomes
- Dr. Jane Hill: Tier 1 CRC in Breath Science and Technology
- Dr. Lillian Hung: Tier 2 CRC in Senior Care
- Dr. Janice Leung: Tier 2 CRC in Translational Airway Biology
- Dr. Isaac Li: Tier 2 CRC in Single-Molecule Biophysics and Mechanobiology
- Dr. Karon MacLean: Tier 1 CRC in Interactive Human Systems Design
- Dr. Jessica McIver: Tier 2 CRC in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
- Dr. Astrida Neimanis: Tier 2 CRC in Feminist Environmental Humanities
- Dr. Lindsey Richardson: Tier 2 CRC in Social Inclusion and Health Equity
- Dr. Julia Rubin: Tier 2 CRC in Trustworthy Software
- Dr. Manu Sasidharan Madhav: Tier 2 CRC in Neural Circuits of Cognition and Control
- Dr. Kasmintan Schrader: Tier 2 CRC in Clinical Cancer Genetics and Genomics
- Dr. Heidi Tworek: Tier 2 CRC in History and Policy of Health Communications
UBC's Renewed Canada Research Chairs
- Dr. Ayesha Chaudhry: Tier 2 CRC in Religion, Law and Social Justice
- Dr. Lindsay Eltis: Tier 1 CRC in Microbial Catabolism and Biocatalysis
- Dr. Michael Kobor: Tier 1 CRC in Social Epigenetics