McGill CRCs awarded in the 2020-2022 Cycle and NFRF-Transformation Results

On January 12, the Federal Government announced more than $295 million for science, research, and engineering in Canada through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) 2020-2 cycle, the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Transformation results, and the Tri-agency Scholarships and Fellowships.

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Below is a list of all CRCs awarded in the 2020-2022 Cycle and McGill Co-PIs and Collaborators NFRF-T 2021-2027:

List of McGill’s new and renewed 2020 CRCs:

• Diana Allan, Canada Research Chair in Anthropology of Living Archives, SSHRC, Tier 2 (New)
• Ignacio Cofone, Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence Law and Data Governance, SSHRC, Tier 2 (New)
• Myriam Denov, Canada Research Chair in Children, Families, and Armed Conflict, SSHRC, Tier 1 (Renewal)
• Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne, Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, NSERC, Tier 2 (New)
• Yaell Emerich, Canada Research Chair in Transsystemic Property Law and Sustainable Communities, SSHRC, Tier 1 (New)
• Ichiro Fujinaga, Canada Research Chair in Music Information Retrieval, SSHRC, Tier 1 (New)
• Eric Galbraith, Canada Research Chair in Human-Earth System Dynamics, NSERC, Tier 1 (New)
• Ahmad Haidar, Canada Research Chair in Artificial Pancreas Systems, CIHR, Tier 2 (Renewal)
• Dennis Jensen, Canada Research Chair in Clinical Exercise and Respiratory Physiology, CIHR, Tier 2 (Renewal)
• Susan Kahn, Canada Research Chair in Venous Thromboembolism, CIHR, Tier 1 (Renewal)
• Nicole Yee Key Li-Jessen, Canada Research Chair in Personalized Medicine of Upper Airway Health and Diseases (Renewal)
• Sara Mahshid, Canada Research Chair in Nano-Biosensing Devices, CIHR, Tier 2 (New)
• Damiano Pasini, Canada Research Chair in Mechanical Metamaterials, NSERC, Tier 1 (New)
• Selena Sagan, Canada Research Chair in RNA Biology and Viral Infections, CIHR, Tier 2 (Renewal)
• David Theodore, Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Health, and Computation, SSHRC, Tier 2 (Renewal)
• Ian Watson, Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Melanoma, CIHR, Tier 2 (Renewal)
• Stephanie Weber, Canada Research Chair in Spatial Organization of Living Systems, CIHR, Tier 2 (New)

List of NFRF-T collaborators:

• BIOSCAN: Tracing the Patterns of Life on a Changing Planet, University of Guelph
  
  Paul Hebert – Nominated Principal Investigator
  University of Guelph, Integrative Biology Canada
  Director and Canada Research Chair
  Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
  Melania Cristescu – Co-Principal Investigator
  Associate Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University
  Andrew Gonzalez – Co-Principal Investigator
  Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-level Innovation, Queen’s University
  
  Cathleen Crudden – Nominated Principal Investigator
  Professor, Chemistry Canada, Queen’s University
  Janine Mauzeroll – Co-Principal Investigator
  Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair
  The University of British Columbia
  
  John Madden – Nominated Principal Investigator
  Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia
  Alyson Fournier – Co-Principal Investigator
  Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University

• Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples (Ărramăt), University of Alberta
  Brenda Parlee – Nominated Principal Investigator
  Professor, Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta
  Murray Humphries – Co-Principal Investigator
  Full Professor, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University
  Director, Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE)
  Treena Delormier – Co-Applicant
  Associate Professor, School of Human Nutrition, McGill University,
  Hugo Melgar-Quinonez – Co-Applicant
  Associate Professor, School of Human Nutrition, McGill University