Research + Innovation will be closed for the holidays from noon on December 24 through January 2nd, inclusive.
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Recherche et l'innovation sera fermé pour les vacances du 24 décembre à midi jusqu’au 2 janvier inclus.
On this page: Leadership Team | Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation | Office of Sponsored Research | Office of Innovation + Partnerships | Office of Research Ethics and Compliance | Research Integrity Office
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| Dominique Bérubé Vice-President, Research and Innovation |
dominique.berube [at] mcgill.ca Assistant to the VP: annet.schuett [at] mcgill.ca |
| TBA Deputy Vice-President, Research and Innovation |
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| Benoit Boulet Associate Vice-President, Innovation + Partnerships |
avpboulet.vpri [at] mcgill.ca Assistant to the AVP: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jessica Hutta Interim University Veterinarian |
jessica.hutta [at] mcgill.ca Assistant to the Interim University Veterinarian: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca |
| Lara Khoury Associate Vice-President, Research |
avpkhoury.vpri [at] mcgill.ca Assistant to the AVP: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca |
| Kristina Öhrvall Assistant Vice-President, Research Development |
kristina.ohrvall [at] mcgill.ca Assistant to the AVP: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca |
The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (R+I) provides central services to the entire R+I team and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of R+I. These services include Finance, HR, and administrative support for the VP, AVPs and Directors. The Unit also oversees internal and external communications on behalf of the office as well as in related portfolios.
| Contact | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| ADMINISTRATION | ||
| Daniela Frischer Director, Operations |
Operations, Human Resources, Finance | daniela.frischer [at] mcgill.ca |
| Annet Schuett Assistant to the Vice-President |
Assistant to the Vice-President |
annet.schuett [at] mcgill.ca |
| Karen Kinsella Administrative Assistant |
Assistant to the Associate Vice-Presidents | karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca |
| Heather Purdie Administrative Officer |
Administrative support to the Assistant Vice-President, Research Development, and the Associate Vice-Presidents | heather.purdie [at] mcgill.ca |
| Ourania Atsaidis Human Resources Advisor |
Human Resources | ourania.atsaidis [at] mcgill.ca |
| Dalia San Martin Human Resources Administrator |
Human Resources, general inquiries | dalia.sanmartin [at] mcgill.ca |
| FINANCE | ||
| Tina Venetis Senior Financial Officer |
Finance | tina.venetis [at] mcgill.ca |
| Bogomila Ivanova Financial Administrator |
Financial Administrator, general inquiries | bogomila.ivanova [at] mcgill.ca |
| COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| Meaghan Thurston Director, Research Communications and Marketing |
Executive internal and external communications strategy and public relations support |
meaghan.thurston [at] mcgill.ca |
| Robin Koning Communications and Marketing Officer |
Marketing, special projects, event coordination | robin.koning [at] mcgill.ca |
| Amanda Testani Digital Communications and Marketing Associate |
Social media, website administration (R+I), event coordination |
amanda.testani [at] mcgill.ca |
| PRIZES AND AWARDS | ||
| Meredith Chatman Prizes and Awards Officer |
Nomination support for external and internal research prizes and awards | meredith.chatman [at] mcgill.ca |
| INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES | ||
| Research Development, Strategic Initiatives | ||
| Dora Iordan Associate Director, Research Development |
Research development: institutional and large-scale research initiatives |
minodora.iordan [at] mcgill.ca |
| Victor Arshad Senior Advisor, Research Development |
Social Sciences and Humanities: CERC, CFREF, CFI, NFRF Transformation, and other large-scale research programs | victor.shahsavar-arshad [at] mcgill.ca |
| Maryam Ebrahimi Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives |
CFI, Genome Canada: Point of contact for questions about research entities (centres, institutes) |
maryam.ebrahimi [at] mcgill.ca |
| TBA Senior Advisor, Research Development |
Biomedical and Health Sciences: CFI, NFRF Transformation, Genome Canada, and other large-scale research programs | |
| José Jonathas de Lira Grants Officer |
CFI JELF | jose.rodriguesdelira [at] mcgill.ca |
| Magdalena Maslowska Senior Advisor, Research Development (Biomedical and Health Sciences) |
Biomedical and Health Sciences: CERC, CFREF, CFI, NFRF Transformation, and other large-scale research programs | magdalena.maslowska [at] mcgill.ca |
| Awards Management, Research Infrastructure | ||
| Nathalie Foisset Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives |
Research infrastructure: CFI and provincial programs | nathalie.foisset [at] mcgill.ca |
| Romina Teran Gandolfo Manager Finance |
Financial management: CFI and provincial programs; Financial manager for Advanced Research Computing grants | romina.teran [at] mcgill.ca |
| Josie Cinelli Finance Grants Officer |
CFI awards: budget development, financial monitoring, equipment change requests | josie.cinelli [at] mcgill.ca |
| Gina Porter Grants Officer, Strategic Initiatives |
CFI awards: budget development, financial monitoring, equipment change requests | gina.porter [at] mcgill.ca |
| Guillaume Lesage Grants Officer |
Research infrastructure: budget, agreements, asset management, reporting; Support for funding to core facilities |
guillaume.lesage [at] mcgill.ca |
| Susanne Kaitna Senior Advisor, Research Core Facilities |
Point of contact for questions about research entities (Core Facilities) | susanne.kaitna [at] mcgill.ca |
| Ana Dadunashvili Administrative Coordinator |
InfoEd data entry and administrative support for Advanced Research Computing | ana.dadunashvili [at] mcgill.ca |
| General Inquiries (Post-award) | General Inquiries for CFI post-award activities | cfi-postaward [at] mcgill.ca |
| Research Systems and Planning | ||
| Candace Miller Associate Director, Research Systems and Planning |
Policy and Planning; Annual Research Report, institutional research funding performance | candace.miller [at] mcgill.ca |
| Timothy Capper Administration Coordinator |
Data Maintenance | timothy.capper [at] mcgill.ca |
| Erin Keenan Administrative Coordinator |
Data Maintenance | erin.keenan [at] mcgill.ca |
| Callan Ross-Sheppard Strategic Initiatives Analyst |
Data analysis, bibliometrics, data dashboards |
callan.ross-sheppard [at] mcgill.ca |
| Leisa Smith Research Data Officer |
Data Maintenance | leisa.smith [at] mcgill.ca |
| Barbara Wong Administrative Coordinator |
Data Maintenance | barbara.wong [at] mcgill.ca |
| Ken Wong Systems Support Officer |
Systems support | ken.wong [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jeffrey Zhu Software Support and Data Administrator |
Software support and data administration | jeffrey.zhu [at] mcgill.ca |
| Digital Research Services | ||
| Marc-Étienne Rousseau Director, Research Software |
Director, Data Management, Research Software, Advanced Research Computing support to researchers, NCC, The Digital Alliance (DRAC) | marc.rousseau [at] mcgill.ca |
| Claire Burrows Digital Research Services Support Specialist |
Research Data Management, training sessions | claire.burrows [at] mcgill.ca |
| Biru Zhou Senior Advisor, Research Data Management |
Research Data Management, training sessions | drs [at] mcgill.ca |
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) is the central office that provides strategic advice and assistance to the McGill academic community in securing and managing research funding from granting agencies, foundations, governments, and other not-for-profit sponsors. OSR also supports researchers in the negotiation and acceptance of the terms and conditions of their research awards.
| Contact | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| General OSR inquiries | General inquiries | info.osr [at] mcgill.ca |
| Carole Goutorbe Director, Office of Sponsored Research |
Director | carole.goutorbe [at] mcgill.ca |
| ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER SUPPORT | ||
| Jennifer Callaghan Grants Administrator |
SSHRC, CIHR, non-industry Social Sciences and Humanities sponsors | jennifer.callaghan [at] mcgill.ca |
| Lauren Clark Senior Advisor |
Operational oversight, reporting, and communications |
lauren.clark [at] mcgill.ca |
| Dominique Ammendolea Grants Administrator |
NSERC, non-industry Natural Sciences and Engineering sponsors | dominique.ammendolea [at] mcgill.ca |
| Vera Milbradt Research Administrative Officer |
Internal research grants, coordination of grants administration support | vera.milbradt [at] mcgill.ca |
| Ji Eun Lee Agreements Officer |
DTAs, MTAs, unfunded research collaboration agreements | ji.eun.lee [at] mcgill.ca |
| AWARDS MANAGEMENT | ||
| General inquiries (award management) | awards.osr [at] mcgill.ca | |
| Martyn Liness Associate Director |
Oversight, operations, and strategy for Awards; Research asset disposal, University Advancement research gifts | martyn.liness [at] mcgill.ca |
| Marie-Ève Couture Senior Awards and US Federal Compliance Officer |
US-Federal |
marie-eve.couture2 [at] mcgill.ca |
| Maria Capizzi Awards Officer |
NSERC, Mitacs, Natural Sciences and Engineering sponsors | maria.capizzi [at] mcgill.ca |
| Diane Farhat Senior Awards and Compliance Officer |
CRCs, NFRF, Tri-Agency and Québec sponsors, Research Compliance | diane.farhat [at] mcgill.ca |
| Rosa Maria Greco Awards Officer |
Industry, Social Sciences and Humanities sponsors, CARIC/CRIAQ, Prizes | rosa.maria.greco [at] mcgill.ca |
| Sarah Kaderabek Awards Officer |
D2R/HBHL/CFREF, Genome, Changes in Investigator Status | sarah.kaderabek [at] mcgill.ca |
| Florise Lam Awards Officer |
NIH/EU/international programs, Biomedical and Health Sciences sponsors (Brain Canada, Health Canada, PHAC) | florise.lam.tsang.on [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jennifer Nemes Awards Administrator |
CIHR and SSHRC, Biomedical and Health Sciences sponsors | jennifer.nemes [at] mcgill.ca |
| Dalia Soliman Awards Officer |
FRQ, Québec ministries and consortia | dalia.soliman [at] mcgill.ca |
| GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS | ||
| Rupa Narasimhadevara Associate Director |
Oversight, operations, and strategy for G&A; signing authority for grants and contracts | rupa.narasimhadevara [at] mcgill.ca |
| Catherine Karelis Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements | catherine.karelis [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jean-Christophe Cusson Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, Provincial, Federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements |
jean-christophe.cusson [at] mcgill.ca
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| Joanna Mastalerek Senior Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements | joanna.mastalerek [at] mcgill.ca |
| Michelle Picard-Aitken Senior Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements | michelle.picard-aitken [at] mcgill.ca |
| Elie Sawaya Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements | elie.sawaya [at] mcgill.ca |
| Katarina Stojkovic Senior Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements | katarina.stojkovic [at] mcgill.ca |
| Kathleen Therrien Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and international grants, contracts, and agreements | kathleen.therrien [at] mcgill.ca |
| Agnes Wong Senior Grants and Agreements Officer |
Municipal, provincial, federal, and International grants, contracts, and agreements | agnes.wong2 [at] mcgill.ca |
The Office of Innovation + Partnerships assists McGill's research community in securing funded research contracts and industrial partnership opportunities governed by agreements with both private and public sponsors. Unit personnel facilitate and manage the transfer of knowledge stemming from research endeavours undertaken by McGill's faculty members.
| Contact | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| General inquiries (I+P) |
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innovation.vpip [at] mcgill.ca |
| TBA Director |
Direction of four units: Industry Partnerships; Industry Liaison; Technology Transfer; Research Security & Compliance | innovation.vpip [at] mcgill.ca |
| Arina de Leeuw Innovation and Partnerships Administrator |
Administration of four units: Industry Partnerships; Industry Liaison; Technology Transfer; Research Security & Compliance | arina.deleeuw [at] mcgill.ca |
| COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| Junji Nishihata Senior Communications Advisor |
Internal/external communications, media relations, website management, social media | junji.nishihata [at] mcgill.ca |
| FINANCE | ||
| Crystal Yu Finance Officer |
Responsible for financial transactions related to licenses and patents |
crystal.yu [at] mcgill.ca |
| INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS | ||
| General inquiries (Industry Partnerships) | innovation_partnerships.oip [at] mcgill.ca | |
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Julie Vallée |
Direction of Industry Partnerships' Unit |
julie.vallee [at] mcgill.ca |
| Agapi Agapitos Industry Partnerships Officer |
Mitacs (all Faculties) Faculty of Engineering: NSERC Alliance Grants, Industry-sponsored Agreements, NDAs |
agapi.agapitos [at] mcgill.ca |
| Julia Carvalho Senior Industry Partnerships Officer |
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: NSERC Alliance, RSRI Quebec Grants, Industry-partnered Agreements, NDAs |
julia.carvalho [at] mcgill.ca |
| Rina Cohen Industry Partnerships Officer |
All Faculties: FRQNT; I+P Program; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Foundations; Genome Québec – Genome Integration Program (GIP) ; Genome Canada – GAPP Program; MEIE – (various programs). Axelys Programs; NDAs and MTAs with industry. Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Science | rina.cohen [at] mcgill.ca |
| ashley.mcwhinnie [at] mcgill.ca (Ashley McWhinnie) Contracts Officer |
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences: Industry-sponsored clinical trials (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) | ashley.mcwhinnie [at] mcgill.ca |
| Daina Leimanis Senior Industry Partnerships Officer |
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, and of Faculty Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences: NSERC Alliance, RSRI Quebec Grants, Industry-partnered agreements, NDAs, Clinical Trials | daina.leimanis [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jana Porubska Senior Industry Partnerships Officer |
Faculty of Engineering: NSERC Alliance, RSRI Quebec Grants, Industry-partnered Agreements, NDAs, Contracts Security program | jana.porubska [at] mcgill.ca |
| Filipe Werneck Senior Industry Partnerships Officer |
Faculties of Science, Arts, Management, Music, and Education: NSERC Alliance, RSRI Quebec Grants, Industry-partnered Agreements, NDAs | filipe.werneck [at] mcgill.ca |
| INDUSTRY LIAISON | ||
| Eduardo Ganem-Cuenca Associate Director |
Oversees liaison interactions and opportunities between McGill and industry partners | eduardo.ganemcuenca [at] mcgill.ca |
| Vivian Diniz Business Development Officer |
Faculty of Engineering industry liaison and opportunities lead | vivian.diniz [at] mcgill.ca |
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Julia Mouzakiotis-Paquin |
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences industry liaison and opportunities co-lead |
julia.mouzakiotis-paquin [at] mcgill.ca
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| Janet Prince Senior Industry Liaison Officer |
D2R Initiative industry liaison and opportunities lead | janet.prince [at] mcgill.ca |
| Margarita Todorova Senior Industry Liaison Officer |
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences industry liaison and opportunities lead |
margarita.todorova [at] mcgill.ca |
| MITACS | ||
| Christina-Maria Katsari Mitacs Representative at McGill |
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Desautels Faculty of Management |
ckatsari [at] mitacs.ca |
| Natalie Rachel Mitacs Representative at McGill |
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Faculty Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science (except the Department of Computer Science), Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Schulich School of Music, School of Information Studies, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law |
nrachel [at] mitacs.ca |
| TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER | ||
| Olivia Novac Associate Director |
Direction of the Technology Transfer Team (oversees the various commercialization and intellectual property matters for the unit) | olivia.e.novac [at] mcgill.ca |
| Sarah Butcher Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property for the D2R program | sarah.butcher [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jarred Chicoine Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property, specializing in life science inventions such as therapeutics and diagnostics | jarred.chicoine [at] mcgill.ca |
| Chris Corkery Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property, specializing in Chemistry, Physics, and Agriculture | chris.corkery [at] mcgill.ca |
| Wendy Hauck Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property for the Axelys program | wendy.hauck [at] mcgill.ca |
| Lotfi Kesraoui Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property, specializing in Bioengineering, Nanotechnologies, and Mechanical Engineering. | lotfi.kesraoui [at] mcgill.ca |
| James Mehta Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property, specializing in MedTech, CleanTech, and DeepTech | james.mehta [at] mcgill.ca |
| Astrid Reimann Technology Evaluation Manager |
Responsible for the Invention and Technology Evaluations (assessment of patentability and commercial potential) | astrid.reimann [at] mcgill.ca |
| Francesco Tordini Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property, specializing in Computer Science (including Open Source SW/HW), Electrical Engineering, and Physics | francesco.tordini [at] mcgill.ca |
| Sylvie Toulmond Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property, specializing in Neurosciences, Therapeutics, and Pharmaceuticals. | sylvie.toulmond [at] mcgill.ca |
| Xiaomeng Wang Technology Transfer Manager |
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property for the Axelys program (RI-MUHC). | xiaomeng.wang2 [at] mcgill.ca |
| RESEARCH SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE | ||
| General Inquiries (Research Security and compliance) | research.security [at] mcgill.ca | |
| Cristobal Ovejero Sagarzazu Associate Director |
Direction of Research Security and Compliance Unit | security.compliance [at] mcgill.ca |
| Andrew Renahan License & Partnership Compliance Officer |
Manages licensee and rights holders' compliance terms and conditions, reporting and payments | license.compliance [at] mcgill.ca |
| Albert Abaunza Export Controls & Safety Officer |
Manages export control assessments, and Controlled Goods Program | export.control [at] mcgill.ca |
| Santana-Catherine Boisvert Compliance Officer |
Processing of conflict of interest declarations |
santana-catheri.boisvert [at] mcgill.ca coi.research [at] mcgill.ca |
The Office of Research Ethics and Compliance serves researchers working with human participants or animals. McGill follows strict research integrity standards. McGill also cultivates and reinforces a culture that enables its members to identify and resolve conflicts of interest with the support and guidance of the administration and their units.
| Contact | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Julien Gibon |
Associate Director, Animal Compliance |
julien.gibon [at] mcgill.ca |
| Daniel Tesolin |
Associate Director, Research Ethics |
daniel.tesolin [at] mcgill.ca |
| ANIMAL COMPLIANCE | ||
| General Inquiries (Animal Compliance) |
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animalcare [at] mcgill.ca |
| Lori Ann Burgess Quality Assistance Advisor |
Compliance, Post-Approval Monitoring | lori.burgess [at] mcgill.ca |
| Veronica Ferraro Ethics Review Administrator |
Administrator, Animal Care Committees | veronica.ferraro [at] mcgill.ca |
| Kathy Forner Quality Assistance Advisor |
Compliance, post-approval monitoring | kathy.forner2 [at] mcgill.ca |
| Jennifer Henri Animal Care Training Advisor |
Animal care training |
jennifer.henri2 [at] mcgill.ca |
| Tanya Koch Quality Assistance Advisor |
Compliance, post-approval monitoring | tanya.koch [at] mcgill.ca |
| Cynthia Lavoie Quality Assistance Advisor |
Compliance, post-approval monitoring | animal.approvals [at] mcgill.ca |
| Allison Martel Administrative Assistant |
Protocol approval, pedagogical merit review |
allison.martel [at] mcgill.ca |
| Bruna Morocutti Quality Assistance Advisor |
Compliance, post-approval monitoring | bruna.morocutti [at] mcgill.ca |
| TBA Animal Ethics Compliance Administrator |
Protocol approvals, pedagogical merit review |
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| Sabina Santamaria Animal Trainer Program Advisor |
Animal care training | sabina.santamaria [at] mcgill.ca |
| Sam Grine Data Administrator and Software Support |
Data administrator and software support | sam.grine [at] mcgill.ca |
| RESEARCH WITH HUMAN PARTICIPANTS | ||
| Deanna Collin Ethics Officer |
Information & ethics questions for REB 1 | deanna.collin [at] mcgill.ca |
| Georgia Kalavritinos Ethics Review Administrator |
General inquiries | georgia.kalavritinos [at] mcgill.ca |
| Celesti Kozub Administrative Coordinator |
celesti.kozub [at] mcgill.ca | |
| Jonathan Nordland Ethics Officer |
jonathan.nordland [at] mcgill.ca | |
| Stephane Ouimette Ethics Officer |
stephane.ouimette [at] mcgill.ca |
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The Research Integrity Office is responsible for the promotion of research integrity at McGill and the office provides consultations regarding the conduct of research and/or allegations related to research misconduct.
| Contact | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Mandato | Research Integrity Officer | rio2.vpri [at] mcgill.ca |
| Tracy Webb | Deputy Research Integrity Officer | deputy2.rio [at] mcgill.ca |
| Andrew Kirk | Deputy Research Integrity Officer | deputy1.rio [at] mcgill.ca |
| Rita Biel | Research Integrity Analyst | rita.biel [at] mcgill.ca |