Research Chairs

Tier 1

Dr. Michael Rudnicki (2001)
Chair in Molecular Genetics

Dr. Peter Tugwell (2002)
Chair in Health Equity

Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw (2002)
Chair in Health Knowledge Transfer and Uptake

Dr. Georg Northoff (2009)
Chair in Mind Brain Imaging and Neuroethics

Dr. William Stanford (2011)
Chair in Integrative Stem Cell Biology

Dr. Stephen Ferguson (2015)
Chair in Brain and Mind

Dr. Damien D'Amours (2017)
Chair in Chromatin Dynamics and Genome Architecture

Dr. Julie St-Pierre (2018)
Chair in Cancer Metabolism

Dr. Hanns Lochmüller (2019)
Chair in Neuromuscular Genomics and Health

Dr. Kym Boycott (2019)
Chair in Rare Disease Precision Medicine

Dr. Katalin Toth (2020)
Chair in Neuronal Signalling

Dr. Khaled El Emam (2021)
Chair in Medical Artificial Intelligence
Tier 2

Dr. Marc-André Langlois (2010)
Chair in Molecular Virology and Intrinsic Immunity

Dr. Ian Colman (2011)
Chair in Mental Health Epidemiology

Dr. Marceline Côté (2015)
Chair in Molecular Virology and Antiviral Therapeutics

Dr. Patrick Giguère (2015)
Chair in Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery

Dr. Simon Chen (2016)
Chair in Neural Circuits and Behaviour

Dr. Mireille Ouimet (2017)
Chair in Cardiovascular Metabolism and Cell Biology

Dr. Kin Chan (2017)
Chair in Molecular Basis of Cancer Mutagenesis

Dr. Mireille Khacho (2018)
Chair in Mitochondrial Dynamics and Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Maxime Rousseaux (2018)
Chair in Personalized Genomics of Neurodegeneration

Dr. Shawn Beug (2020)
Chair in Apoptosis in Cancer and Immunity

Dr. Arezu Jahani-Asl (2022)
Chair in Apoptosis in Neurobiology of Disease

Dr. 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 Research

Dr Ben Chow

Saul & Edna Goldfarb Chair in Cardiac Imaging Research

Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden
Corinne Boyer Research Chair Ovarian Cancer

Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis
Donald and Joy MacLaren Chair for Vision Research

Dr. Ciarán Duffy
Endowed Chair Pediatrics

Dr. Daniel Krewski
NSERC/SSHRC/McLaughlin Chair Population Health Risk Assessment

Dr. David Birnie
Endowed Chair in Electrophysiology

Dr. Dean Fergusson
OHRI/uOttawa Clinical Epidemiology Program Endowed Chair

Dr. Duncan Stewart
Evelyn and Rowell Laishley Chair for the OHRI CEO and Scientific Director

Dr. Eve Tsai
Suruchi Bhargava Brain & Cord Regeneration

Dr. Frans Leenen
Pfizer Research Chair Hypertension

Dr. Ian Lorimer
A.&E. Leger Memorial Fund for Oncology Research Chair

Dr. Ian Stiell
Research Chair in Emergency Medicine

Dr. Lise Bjerre
Chaire en médecine familiale, Université d'Ottawa et Institut du Savoir Montfort

Dr. Lyall Higginson
Donald S Beanlands Chair Cardiology Education

Dr. Marc Ruel
Chair Cardiac Surgery Research

Dr. Marc Ruel
Michael Pitfield Chair Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Marino Labinaz
Chair Interventional Cardiology Leadership

Dr. Michael Schlossmacher
Bhargava Research Chair for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Dr. Pierre Blier
Endowed Chair of Research Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Robert Beanlands
Vered Chair of Cardiology

Dr. Robert Beanlands
Saul and Edna Goldfarb Chair in Cardiac Imaging Research

Dr. Rodney Breau
Urology Oncology Research Chair

Dr. Ruth McPherson
Merck Frosst Canada Chair Atherosclerosis

Dr. Seymour Brownstein
Les Amis Research Chair

Dr. Sood Manish
Siv L. Jindal Chair for Kidney Disease Prevention Research

Dr. Steven Gilberg
Chair of the Eye Institute

Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan
Wilbert J. Keon Chair of the Department of Surgery

Dr. Susan Lamb Jason Hannah Chair for the History of Medicine

Dr. Thierry Mesana
Gordon F. Henderson Chair Leadership

Dr. Thierry Mesana
Chair Cardiac Surgery Valve Research
University Research Chairs

Dr. Steffany Bennett (2011)
University Research Chair in Neurolipidomics

Dr. Daniel Figeys (2018)
Distinguished University Research Chair in Proteomics and Systems Biology

Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper (2016)
University Research Chair in Mitochondrial Bioenergetics

Dr. Ronald Labonté (2018)
Distinguished University Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity

Dr. Clare Liddy (2020)
University Research Chair in eConsult and Primary Health Care Delivery

Dr. Julian Little (2019)
Distinguished University Research Chair in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Control

Dr. David Moher (2006)
University Research Chair in Journalology

Dr. Beth Potter (2016)
University Research Chair in Health Services for Children with Rare Diseases

Dr. Phil Wells (2019)
University Research Chair in Thrombosis Research
Chaires 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)

Tier 1

Dr. Gonzalo Alvarez (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Prevention of Tuberculosis in Indigenous Communities

Dr. Jonathan Angel (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in HIV Cure Research

Dr. Rebecca Auer (2020)
Department of Surgery
Tier 1 Chair in Perioperative Cancer Therapeutics

Dr. David Birnie (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Cardiac Arrhythmia Research

Dr. Marc Carrier (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Venous Thromboembolism and Cancer

Dr. Darryl Davis (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Translational Cardiovascular Medicine

Dr. Dar Dowlatshahi (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Patient Oriented Cerebrovascular Disease Research

Dr. Grégoire Le Gal (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

Dr. Doug Manuel (2020)
Department of Family Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Precision Medicine for Chronic Disease Prevention

Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Heart Function

Dr. Smita Pakhale (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Equity and Patient Engagement in Vulnerable Populations

Dr. Amy Plint (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 1 Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Dr. Michael Schlossmacher (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Neurodegeneration

Dr. Andrew Seely (2020)
Department of Surgery
Tier 1 Chair in Innovative use of clinical data to monitor systems and improve patient care

Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Cardiovascular Emergencies

Dr. Christian Vaillancourt (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Emergency Heart and Brain Resuscitation

Dr. Leanne Ward (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 1 Chair in Pediatric Bone Health

Dr. Kumanan Wilson (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 1 Chair in Digital Health Innovation

Dr. 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 Therapeutics

Dr. Sibel Aydin (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Inflammatory Arthritis

Dr. Sylvain Boet (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Tier 2 Chair in Perioperative Patient Safety

Dr. Lana Castellucci (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Safety

Dr. Innie Chen (2020)
Department of OB/GYN
Tier 2 Chair in Population Health and Health Services for Women

Dr. Sharon Chih (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Cardiac Transplantation

Dr. James Downar (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Palliative and End of Life Care

Dr. David Dyment (2020)
Department of Paediatrics
Tier 2 Chair in Epilepsy Genetics

Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Medical Education

Dr. Natasha Kekre (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Cellular Immunotherapy

Dr. Claire Kendall (2020)
Department of Family Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Strengthening Primary Care for Integrated Health Equity

Dr. Daniel McIsaac (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Tier 2 Chair in Innovative Perioperative Care

Dr. Tiago Mestre (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Sanjay Murthy (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dr. Mark Norris (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Tier 2 Chair in Eating Disorders

Dr. Louise Sun (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Tier 2 Chair in Big Data and Cardiovascular Outcomes Research

Dr. Peter Tanuseputro (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Palliative Care and Predictive Analytics

Dr. Jodi Warman Chardon (2020)
Department of Medicine
Tier 2 Chair in Diagnosis and Discovery Pipeline for Patients with Genetic Neuromuscular Disease
Junior Clinical Research Chairs

Lisa Caulley (2020)
Department of Otolaryngology
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Angela Cheung (2020)
Department of Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Precision Medicine in Autoimmune Liver Disease

Debra Eagles (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Darine El-Chaar (2020)
Department of OB/GYN
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Perinatal Research and Epidemiology

Rustum Karanjia (2019)
Department of Ophthalmology
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Neuro-ophthalmology

Manoj Lalu (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Innovative Translational Research

Luke Lavallée (2020)
Department of Surgery
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Surgery

Derek MacFadden (2020)
Department of Medicine
Junior Research Chair in Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance

Kamila Premji (2020)
Department of Family Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Family Medicine

Marie-Eve Robinson (2020)
Department of Pediatrics
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Genetic Skeletal Disorders

Krishan Yadav (2020)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Naista Zhand (2020)
Department of Psychiatry
Junior Clinical Research Chair in Schizophrenia
Distinguished Clinical Research Chairs

Dr. Shawn Aaron (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Obstructive Lung Disease

Dr. Rob Beanlands (2021)
Distinguished Research Chair in Cardiac Imaging

Dr. Bill Cameron (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Infection and Immunity

Dr. Greg Knoll (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Clinical Transplantation Research

Dr. David Mack (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Dr. Alex Mackenzie (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Neurologic Rare Disease Therapeutics

Dr. Ian Stiell (2020)
Distinguished Research Chair in Improving Care for Patients with Acute Cardiac Conditions

Dr. Phil Wells (2021)
Distinguished Research Chair in Translational and AI Research in Venous Thromboembolic Diseases

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