Research Office Staff

• Dr. Jocelyn Côté
  Vice Dean, Research
  [email protected]

• Dr. Katey Rayner
  Assistant Dean, Research and Special Projects
  [email protected]
• Ms. Charlene Clow
  Director, Research Office
  [email protected]
• Dr. Charis Putinski
  Research Advisor
  [email protected]
• Ms. Mélanie Rioux
  Research Advisor
  mriou3@uOttawa.ca
• Ms. Jennifer Michel
  Research Advisor
  jmichel6@uOttawa.ca
• Mr. Mohamad Sobh
  Research Advisor
  msobh@uOttawa.ca
• Ms. Julie Carrière
  Administrative Assistant
  [email protected]

Research Office Goals

Build on Our Current Strengths

1. Recruit, integrate, mentor and retain world-class researchers, learners and staff in areas of strategic priority

2. Expand joint recruitment initiatives with affiliated research institutes and other faculties

3. Develop major team and infrastructure grants aligned with these priorities

4. Coordinate research prize and award nominations for a diverse pool of candidates

Advance Our Emerging Research Priorities

1. Advance emerging research areas identified as top priorities in our broad consultation, including medical artificial intelligence and Indigenous health

2. Identify additional areas of importance to human health and prioritize them based on available resources, national/international standing in the field, critical mass of expertise/ leadership, access to unique resources/infrastructure and available funding programs (community, provincial, federal, global)

Enhance Our World-Class Collaborative Research Environment 

1. Support research programs/initiatives that foster interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations

2. Integrate and align strategic priorities, resource allocation and process optimization across basic science departments, clinical departments and affiliated hospital research institutes
3. Expand our dynamic, inclusive and enriching research environment for students, faculty and staff
4. Enhance research development and administrative support through optimization and harmonization of processes and elimination of barriers to research progress

Grow Our State-of-the-Art Research Infrastructure

1. Develop cutting-edge and sustainable new research space to support the growth and expansion of our diverse research programs and initiatives

2. Optimize and retrofit existing research space and infrastructure
3. Expand support for core facilities to ensure access to state-of-the-art equipment, technology and expertise
4. Lead the expansion of city-wide core facilities and linking of infrastructure through virtual cores for optimal usage and accessibility

The Faculty of Medicine includes approximately 2000 basic and clinical researchers spanning a wide range of areas, including neurosciences, cardiovascular and kidney diseases, systems biology, stem cell biology, genomics, clinical epidemiology, cancer and molecular and regenerative medicine.

As one of Canada’s leading research-intensive institutions, the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine has a long history of conducting the highest quality basic and clinical research, many of which are conducted in partnership with affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes. These partnerships lead to biomedical discoveries that have a significant impact on health care not only within Canada but around the world.