Meet our CRCs
Our chairholders contribute significantly to the national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development. They improve our depth of knowledge and the quality of life of Canadians.
Chairholders
![Lori Beaman](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2022-07/Lori%20G.%20Beaman.png)
Lori Beaman
Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change
![Emmanuelle Bernheim](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/emmanuelle_bernheim.jpg)
Emmanuelle Bernheim
Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Access to Justice
![Shawn Beug](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/beug_shawn_5x7_0.jpg)
Shawn Beug
Canada Research Chair in Apoptosis in Cancer and Immunity
![Azzedine Boukerche](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/azzedine_0.jpg)
Azzedine Boukerche
Canada Research Chair in Large-Scale Distributed Interactive Simulation Systems and Mobile Computing and Networking
![Kym Boycott](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/OVPRI-kym-boycott-5x7.jpg)
Kym Boycott
Canada Research Chair in Rare Disease Precision Health
![Robert Boyd](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/OVPRI-Robert-Boyd-5x7.jpg)
Robert Boyd
Canada Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics
![Lionel Briand](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/lionel_briand_uottawa_5x7_2.jpg)
Lionel Briand
Canada Research Chair in Intelligent Software Dependability and Compliance
![Kelly Bronson](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/uottawa_kelly_bronson_5x7.jpg)
Kelly Bronson
Canada Research Chair in Science and Society
![Jennifer Brunet](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/brunet_jennifer_5x7.jpg)
Jennifer Brunet
Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity Promotion and Cancer Prevention
![Laurie Chan](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/dsc_8936_t.jpg)
Laurie Chan
Canada Research Chair in Toxicology and Environmental Health
![Simon Chen](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/simon_chen_uottawa_1.jpg)
Simon Chen
Canada Research Chair in Neural Circuits and Behaviour
![Marceline Côté](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/mcote.jpg)
Marceline Côté
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Virology and Antiviral Therapeutics
![Constance Crompton](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/constance-crompton_web.jpg)
Constance Crompton
Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities
![Adam Damry](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/adam-damry.jpeg)
Adam Damry
Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology
![Jackie Dawson](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/jackie-dawson.png)
Jackie Dawson
Canada Research Chair in the Human and Policy Dimensions of Climate Change
![Zakia Djaoud](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/zakia-djaoud.jpg)
Zakia Djaoud
Canada Research Chair in Virus-Host Interactions
![Ksenia Dolgaleva](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/ksenia_dolgaleva_web_ready.jpg)
Ksenia Dolgaleva
Canada Research Chair in Integrated Photonics
![Damien D’Amours](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/damien-damours_web.jpg)
Damien D’Amours
Canada Research Chair in Chromatin Dynamics and Genome Architecture
![Khaled El Emam](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/el_emam-web-1.jpg)
Khaled El Emam
Canada Research Chair in Medical Artificial Intelligence
![Melike Erol-Kantarci](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/sno_802-5x7.jpg)
Melike Erol-Kantarci
Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks
![Giulia Fadda](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/giulia-fadda.png)
Giulia Fadda
Canada Research Chair in Inflammation, Infection and Immunity
![Michael Geist](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/michael-geist_copy.jpg)
Michael Geist
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law
![Augusto Gerolin](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/gerolin-augusto.jpeg)
Augusto Gerolin
Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence at the Interface of Chemistry and Mathematics
![Ghassan Jabbour](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/ghassan-jabbour.jpg)
Ghassan Jabbour
Canada Research Chair in Engineered Advanced Materials and Devices
![Arezu Jahani-Asl](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/arezu_jahani_asl.jpg)
Arezu Jahani-Asl
Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Disease
![Hawre Jalal](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2022-11/CRC-Hawre-Jalal-2022-1.jpg)
Hawre Jalal
Canada Research Chair in Health Economics
![Ebrahim Karimi](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/ebrahim_karimi.jpg)
Ebrahim Karimi
Canada Research Chair in Structured Light
![Mireille Khacho](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/OVPRI-Mireille-Khacho-5x7.jpg)
Mireille Khacho
Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Dynamics and Regenerative Medicine
![Julie Yee-Law](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/JULIE-YEE-LAW.jpeg)
Julie Lee-Yaw
Canada Research Chair in Global Change Ecology and Macroecology
![Benoit Lessard](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/benoitlessard2.jpeg)
Benoit Lessard
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials and Organic Electronics
![Hanns Lochmüller](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/OVPRI-hanns-lochmuller-5x7.jpg)
Hanns Lochmüller
Canada Research Chair in Neuromuscular Genomics and Health
![Jeff Lundeen](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/lundeen-jeff-157x114.png)
Jeff Lundeen
Canada Research Chair in Quantum Photonics
![Erin Maloney](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/erin-maloney.jpg)
Erin Maloney
Canada Research Chair in Academic Achievement and Well-being
![Jason Millar](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/jason-millar-2.jpg)
Jason Millar
Canada Research Chair in the Ethical Engineering of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
![Joseph Moran](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/Joseph-Moran-2023.jpeg)
Joseph Moran
Canada Research Chair in Systems Chemistry
![Daniel Myran](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/daniel-myran.jpeg)
Daniel Myran
Canada Research Chair in Social Accountability
![Stephen Newman](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/newman_stephen_photo_4.jpg)
Stephen Newman
Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Catalysis
![Mireille Ouimet](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/mireille-ouimet.jpg)
Mireille Ouimet
Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Metabolism and Cell Biology
![Ana Maria Peredo](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2022-11/CRC-Ana-Maria-Peredo-2022-1.jpg)
Ana Maria Peredo
Canada Research Chair in Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship
![Pierrot Ross-Tremblay](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/ross_tremblay_pierrot_5x7.png)
Pierrot Ross-Tremblay
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Intellectual Traditions and Self-Determination
![Maxime Rousseaux](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/OVPRI-Maxime-Rousseaux-5x7.jpg)
Maxime Rousseaux
Canada Research Chair in Personalized Genomics of Neurodegeneration
![Armen Saghatelyan](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/armen_saghatelyan.jpeg)
Armen Saghatelyan
Canada Research Chair in Postnatal Neurogenesis
![Isabelle Salle](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/isabelle-salle.jpeg)
Isabelle Salle
Canada Research Chair in Macroeconomics
![Juan (Tito) Scaiano](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/tito_scaiano-157x114.jpg)
Juan (Tito) Scaiano
Canada Research Chair in Applied Photochemistry
![Teresa Scassa](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/teresa_scassa_2017_copy.jpg)
Teresa Scassa
Canada Research Chair in Information Law
![Melanie J. Sekeres](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/sekeres_melanie_5x7.jpg)
Melanie J. Sekeres
Canada Research Chair in Contribution of Neurocognitive Functioning to Brain Health
![Paria Shirani](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-06/OVPRI_Paria%20Shirani_CRC_0.jpeg)
Paria Shirani
Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity
![Adam Shuhendler](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/ajs_photo_2.jpg)
Adam Shuhendler
Canada Research Chair in Chemical Biology
![Deborah Siegal](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-02/seigal_deborah_-_headshot.jpg)
Deborah Siegal
Canada Research Chair in Anticoagulant Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
![Julie St-Pierre](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/julie-stpierre-web.jpg)
Julie St-Pierre
Canada Research Chair in Cancer Metabolism
![William Stanford](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/wstanford157x114.png)
William Stanford
Canada Research Chair in Integrative Stem Cell Biology
![Albert Stolow](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/stolow-albert-157x114.png)
Albert Stolow
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Photonics
![Giorgia Sulis](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/SulisG-1.jpg)
Giorgia Sulis
Canada Research Chair in Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
![Christopher Sun](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-03/0_0_800_1000_Christopher-Sun-headshot1.jpg)
Christopher Sun
Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics for Health Systems Transformation
![Katalin Toth](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/toth_katalin_5x7.jpg)
Katalin Toth
Canada Research Chair in Neuronal Signalling
![Tracy Vaillancourt](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/vaillancourt_sm.jpg)
Tracy Vaillancourt
Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention
![Brett Walker](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/OVPRI-brett-walker-5x7.jpg)
Brett Walker
Canada Research Chair in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Marine Biogeochemistry
![Monnica Williams](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/monnica_williams.jpg)
Monnica Williams
Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities
![David Murakami Wood](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2024-06/David%20Murakami%20Wood%20830x553_0.jpg)
David Murakami Wood
Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance and Security Studies
![Carole Yauk](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-10/carole_yauk_2020.jpg)
Carole Yauk
Canada Research Chair in Genomics and the Environment