Research Chairs
Canada Research Chairs
Tier 1
Dr. Michael Rudnicki (2001)
Chair in Molecular GeneticsDr. Peter Tugwell (2002)
Chair in Health EquityDr. Jeremy Grimshaw (2002)
Chair in Health Knowledge Transfer and UptakeDr. Georg Northoff (2009)
Chair in Mind Brain Imaging and NeuroethicsDr. William Stanford (2011)
Chair in Integrative Stem Cell BiologyDr. Stephen Ferguson (2015)
Chair in Brain and MindDr. Damien D'Amours (2017)
Chair in Chromatin Dynamics and Genome ArchitectureDr. Julie St-Pierre (2018)
Chair in Cancer MetabolismDr. Hanns Lochmüller (2019)
Chair in Neuromuscular Genomics and HealthDr. Kym Boycott (2019)
Chair in Rare Disease Precision MedicineDr. Katalin Toth (2020)
Chair in Neuronal SignallingDr. Khaled El Emam (2021)
Chair in Medical Artificial IntelligenceTier 2
Dr. Marc-André Langlois (2010)
Chair in Molecular Virology and Intrinsic ImmunityDr. Ian Colman (2011)
Chair in Mental Health EpidemiologyDr. Marceline Côté (2015)
Chair in Molecular Virology and Antiviral TherapeuticsDr. Patrick Giguère (2015)
Chair in Molecular Pharmacology and Drug DiscoveryDr. Simon Chen (2016)
Chair in Neural Circuits and BehaviourDr. Mireille Ouimet (2017)
Chair in Cardiovascular Metabolism and Cell BiologyDr. Kin Chan (2017)
Chair in Molecular Basis of Cancer MutagenesisDr. Mireille Khacho (2018)
Chair in Mitochondrial Dynamics and Regenerative MedicineDr. Maxime Rousseaux (2018)
Chair in Personalized Genomics of NeurodegenerationDr. Shawn Beug (2020)
Chair in Apoptosis in Cancer and ImmunityDr. Arezu Jahani-Asl (2022)
Chair in Apoptosis in Neurobiology of DiseaseDr. Deborah Siegal (2022)
Chair in Apoptosis in Anticoagulant Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Endowed and Sponsored Chairs
Dr. Ari Breiner
CÉric Poulin Centre for Neuromuscular Disease Chair in ALS Clinical ResearchDr Ben Chow
Saul & Edna Goldfarb Chair in Cardiac Imaging Research
Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden
Corinne Boyer Research Chair Ovarian CancerDr. Catherine Tsilfidis
Donald and Joy MacLaren Chair for Vision ResearchDr. Ciarán Duffy
Endowed Chair PediatricsDr. Daniel Krewski
NSERC/SSHRC/McLaughlin Chair Population Health Risk AssessmentDr. David Birnie
Endowed Chair in ElectrophysiologyDr. Dean Fergusson
OHRI/uOttawa Clinical Epidemiology Program Endowed ChairDr. Duncan Stewart
Evelyn and Rowell Laishley Chair for the OHRI CEO and Scientific DirectorDr. Eve Tsai
Suruchi Bhargava Brain & Cord RegenerationDr. Frans Leenen
Pfizer Research Chair HypertensionDr. Ian Lorimer
A.&E. Leger Memorial Fund for Oncology Research ChairDr. Ian Stiell
Research Chair in Emergency MedicineDr. Lise Bjerre
Chaire en médecine familiale, Université d'Ottawa et Institut du Savoir MontfortDr. Lyall Higginson
Donald S Beanlands Chair Cardiology EducationDr. Marc Ruel
Chair Cardiac Surgery ResearchDr. Marc Ruel
Michael Pitfield Chair Cardiac SurgeryDr. Marino Labinaz
Chair Interventional Cardiology LeadershipDr. Michael Schlossmacher
Bhargava Research Chair for Neurodegenerative DiseasesDr. Pierre Blier
Endowed Chair of Research Mood and Anxiety DisordersDr. Robert Beanlands
Vered Chair of CardiologyDr. Robert Beanlands
Saul and Edna Goldfarb Chair in Cardiac Imaging ResearchDr. Rodney Breau
Urology Oncology Research ChairDr. Ruth McPherson
Merck Frosst Canada Chair AtherosclerosisDr. Seymour Brownstein
Les Amis Research ChairDr. Sood Manish
Siv L. Jindal Chair for Kidney Disease Prevention ResearchDr. Steven Gilberg
Chair of the Eye InstituteDr. Sudhir Sundaresan
Wilbert J. Keon Chair of the Department of SurgeryDr. Susan Lamb Jason Hannah Chair for the History of Medicine
Dr. Thierry Mesana
Gordon F. Henderson Chair LeadershipDr. Thierry Mesana
Chair Cardiac Surgery Valve ResearchUniversity Research Chairs
Dr. Steffany Bennett (2011)
University Research Chair in NeurolipidomicsDr. Daniel Figeys (2018)
Distinguished University Research Chair in Proteomics and Systems BiologyDr. Mary-Ellen Harper (2016)
University Research Chair in Mitochondrial BioenergeticsDr. Ronald Labonté (2018)
Distinguished University Research Chair in Globalization and Health EquityDr. Clare Liddy (2020)
University Research Chair in eConsult and Primary Health Care DeliveryDr. Julian Little (2019)
Distinguished University Research Chair in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and ControlDr. David Moher (2006)
University Research Chair in JournalologyDr. Beth Potter (2016)
University Research Chair in Health Services for Children with Rare DiseasesDr. Phil Wells (2019)
University Research Chair in Thrombosis ResearchChaires de recherche sur le monde francophone
Dre Marie-Hélène Chomienne
Chaire de recherche en francophonie internationale et santé de l’immigrant ou du réfugié d’Afrique francophone subsaharienne (en français seulement)
Clinical Research Chairs
Tier 1
Dr. Gonzalo Alvarez (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Prevention of Tuberculosis in Indigenous CommunitiesDr. Jonathan Angel (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in HIV Cure ResearchDr. Rebecca Auer (2020)
Department of Surgery
Tier 1 Chair in Perioperative Cancer TherapeuticsDr. David Birnie (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Cardiac Arrhythmia ResearchDr. Marc Carrier (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Venous Thromboembolism and CancerDr. Darryl Davis (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Translational Cardiovascular MedicineDr. Dar Dowlatshahi (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Patient Oriented Cerebrovascular Disease ResearchDr. Grégoire Le Gal (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Diagnosis of Venous ThromboembolismDr. Doug Manuel (2020)
Department of Family Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Precision Medicine for Chronic Disease PreventionDr. Lisa Mielniczuk (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Heart FunctionDr. Smita Pakhale (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Equity and Patient Engagement in Vulnerable PopulationsDr. Amy Plint (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 1 Chair in Pediatric Emergency MedicineDr. Michael Schlossmacher (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in NeurodegenerationDr. Andrew Seely (2020)
Department of Surgery
Tier 1 Chair in Innovative use of clinical data to monitor systems and improve patient careDr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Cardiovascular EmergenciesDr. Christian Vaillancourt (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Emergency Heart and Brain ResuscitationDr. Leanne Ward (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 1 Chair in Pediatric Bone HealthDr. Kumanan Wilson (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Digital Health InnovationDr. Roger Zemek (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 1 Chair in Pediatric Concussion (Brian and Mind)Tier 2
Dr. Angel Arnaout (2020)
Department of Surgery
Tier 2 Chair in Preoperative Cancer TherapeuticsDr. Sibel Aydin (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Inflammatory ArthritisDr. Sylvain Boet (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Tier 2 Chair in Perioperative Patient SafetyDr. Lana Castellucci (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation SafetyDr. Innie Chen (2020)
Department of OB/GYN
Tier 2 Chair in Population Health and Health Services for WomenDr. Sharon Chih (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Cardiac TransplantationDr. James Downar (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Palliative and End of Life CareDr. David Dyment (2020)
Department of Paediatrics
Tier 2 Chair in Epilepsy GeneticsDr. Susan Humphrey-Murto (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Medical EducationDr. Natasha Kekre (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Cellular ImmunotherapyDr. Claire Kendall (2020)
Department of Family Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Strengthening Primary Care for Integrated Health EquityDr. Daniel McIsaac (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Tier 2 Chair in Innovative Perioperative CareDr. Tiago Mestre (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Parkinson’s DiseaseDr. Sanjay Murthy (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseDr. Mark Norris (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 2 Chair in Eating DisordersDr. Louise Sun (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Tier 2 Chair in Big Data and Cardiovascular Outcomes ResearchDr. Peter Tanuseputro (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Palliative Care and Predictive AnalyticsDr. Jodi Warman Chardon (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Diagnosis and Discovery Pipeline for Patients with Genetic Neuromuscular DiseaseJunior Clinical Research Chairs
Lisa Caulley (2020)
Department of Otolaryngology
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryAngela Cheung (2020)
Department of Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Precision Medicine in Autoimmune Liver DiseaseDebra Eagles (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Geriatric Emergency MedicineDarine El-Chaar (2020)
Department of OB/GYN
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Perinatal Research and EpidemiologyRustum Karanjia (2019)
Department of Ophthalmology
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Neuro-ophthalmologyManoj Lalu (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Innovative Translational ResearchLuke Lavallée (2020)
Department of Surgery
Junior Clinical Research Chair in SurgeryDerek MacFadden (2020)
Department of Medicine
Junior Research Chair in Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic ResistanceKamila Premji (2020)
Department of Family Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Family MedicineMarie-Eve Robinson (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Genetic Skeletal DisordersKrishan Yadav (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Skin and Soft Tissue InfectionsNaista Zhand (2020)
Department of Psychiatry
Junior Clinical Research Chair in SchizophreniaDistinguished Clinical Research Chairs
Dr. Shawn Aaron (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Obstructive Lung DiseaseDr. Rob Beanlands (2021)
Distinguished Research Chair in Cardiac ImagingDr. Bill Cameron (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Infection and ImmunityDr. Greg Knoll (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Clinical Transplantation ResearchDr. David Mack (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesDr. Alex Mackenzie (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Neurologic Rare Disease TherapeuticsDr. Ian Stiell (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Improving Care for Patients with Acute Cardiac ConditionsDr. Phil Wells (2021)
Distinguished Research Chair in Translational and AI Research in Venous Thromboembolic Diseases