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Please note: The Research + Innovation office will be closed for the holidays from noon on December 24 through January 2nd, inclusive. ❄️ Veuillez noter que le bureau de la Recherche et de l'Innovation sera fermé pour les vacances du 24décembre à midi jusqu’au 2janvier inclus.

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On this page:Leadership Team | Office of the Vice-President, Research and InnovationOffice of Sponsored ResearchOffice of Innovation + Partnerships | Office of Research Ethics and Compliance


Leadership Team

Contact Email
Dominique Bérubé
Vice-President, Research and Innovation
dominique.berube [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate Email:annet.schuett [at] mcgill.ca
TBA
Deputy Vice-President, Research and Innovation

Alternate Email: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca
Benoit Boulet
Associate Vice-President, Innovation + Partnerships
avpboulet.vpri [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate Email: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca
Cecile Baccanale
Associate Vice-President, Animal Care
cecile.baccanale [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate Email: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca
Lara Khoury
Associate Vice-President, Research
avpkhoury.vpri [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate Email: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca
Kristina Öhrvall
Assistant Vice-President, Research Development
kristina.ohrvall [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate Email: karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca

Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation

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 Email
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 Associate VPs, Assistant VP, Deputy VP karen.kinsella [at] mcgill.ca
Nicole Savina Poirier
Administrative Officer
Assistant to Assistant Vice-President, Research Development and Associate Vice-President, Animal Care nicole.savinapoirier [at] mcgill.ca
Yaminee Patel(on leave)
Administrative Assistant
Assistant to the Associate Vice-President, Research and University Veterinarian yaminee.patel [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
Tina Venetis
Senior Financial Officer
Finance tina.venetis [at] mcgill.ca
Bogomila Ivanova
Financial Administrator
Financial Administror, general inquiries bogomila.ivanova [at] mcgill.ca
COMMUNICATIONS
Meaghan Thurston
Director, Research Communications and Marketing

Executive communications, public relations and marketing, special events

meaghan.thurston [at] mcgill.ca
Robin Koning
Communications and Marketing Officer
Beatty Lecture, special projects and event coordination robin.koning [at] mcgill.ca
Eunillyne Lazado
Digital Communications and Events Administrator
Social media, website administration (R+I), event coordination eunillyne.lazado [at] mcgill.ca
Amanda Testani
Digital Communications and Marketing Associate

Bravo Gala, social media, website administration (R+I), event coordination

amanda.testani [at] mcgill.ca
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Meredith Chatman
Prizes and Awards Officer
Strategic initiatives, dossier review, internal selection committees, liasion with external funding agencies, special events 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
Natural Science & Engineering

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
Julien Gibon
Senior Advisor, Research Development
Biomedical and Health Sciences: CFI, NFRF Transformation, Genome Canada, and other large-scale research programs julien.gibon [at] mcgill.ca
Dzé 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
Suzanne Kaitna
Senior Advisor, Research Core Facilities
Point of contact for questions about research entities (Core Facilities) suzanne.kaitna [at] mcgill.ca
Ana Dadunashvili
Administrative Coordinator
InfoEd data entry and administrative support for Advanced Research Computing ana.dadunashvili [at] mcgill.ca
General General Inquiries for CFI-Postaward activities cfi-postaward [at] mcgill.ca
Analysis, Planning, and Policy
Candace Miller
Associate Director, Analysis and Planning
Policy and Planning; Annual Research Report, institutional research funding performance candace.miller [at] mcgill.ca
Callan Ross-Sheppard
Strategic Initiatives Analyst
Data analysis, bibliometrics, data dashboards callan.ross-sheppard [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
Advice to researchers on Research Data Management, training sessions claire.burrows [at] mcgill.ca
Biru Zhou (on leave)
Senior Advisor, Research Data Management
Advice to researchers on Research Data Management, training sessions drs [at] mcgill.ca

Office of Sponsored Research

TheOffice of Sponsored Research (OSR)is the central office that provides strategic advice and assistance to the ƬƵ academic community insecuring and managingresearch 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 Email
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
Jenna Davies
Grants Administrator
NSERC, non-industry Natural Sciences and Engineering sponsors jenna.davies [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 award-related inquiries General inquiries: Awards Management awards.osr [at] mcgill.ca
Martyn Liness
Associate Director
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
Christina Gelsomini
Senior Awards Officer
D2R

christina.gelsomini [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
DATA MANAGEMENT
Janie Kwan
Director
Director, Data Management and Administration janie.kwan [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
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
ken.wong [at] mcgill.ca
Jeffrey Zhu
Software Support and Data Administrator
jeffrey.zhu [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
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
Preeti Purba-Singh
Grants and Agreements Officer
Municipal, Provincial, Federal, and International grants, contracts, and agreements preeti.purba-singh [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

Office of Innovation + Partnerships

The Office of Innovation + Partnershipsassists ƬƵ'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 ƬƵ's faculty members.

Contact Responsibilities Email
General inquiries

General inquiries

innovation.vpip [at] mcgill.ca
Mark Weber
Director
Direction of 4 units: Industry Partnerships; Industry Liaison; Technology Transfer; Research Security & Compliance mark.weber2 [at] mcgill.ca
Arina de Leeuw
Innovation and Partnerships Administrator
Administration of 4 units: Industry Partnerships; Industry Liaison; Technology Transfer; Research Security & Compliance arina.deleeuw [at] mcgill.ca
COMMUNICATIONS
Junji Nishihata
Senior CommunicationsAdvisor
Internal/external communications, media relations, website management, social media junji.nishihata [at] mcgill.ca
FINANCE
Layan Etaiwi
Finance Officer

Responsible for financial transactions related to licenses and patents

layan.etaiwi [at] mcgill.ca

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
General inquiries Innovations & Partnerships innovation_partnerships.oip [at] mcgill.ca

Julie Vallée
Interim Associate Director /
Senior Industry Partnerships Officer

Direction of Industry Partnerships' Unit
Faculty of Engineering: NSERC Alliance, RSRI Quebec Grants, Industry-partnered Agreements, NDAs

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
TBA
Industry Partnerships Officer
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences: Industry-sponsored clinical trials (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
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 ƬƵ 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

JuliaMouzakiotis-Paquin (on leave)
Senior Industry Liaison Officer

Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences industry liaison and opportunities lead
julia.mouzakiotis-paquin [at] mcgill.ca
Janet Prince
Senior Industry Liaison Officer
D2R Initiative industry liaison and opportunities lead janet.prince [at] mcgill.ca
Adam Turcotte
Industry Liaison Officer
Faculty of Science and Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences: Industry liaison and opportunities lead adam.turcotte [at] mcgill.ca
MITACS
Christina-Maria Katsari
Mitacs Representative at ƬƵ

Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science: Department of Computer Science, Schulich School of Music

ckatsari [at] mitacs.ca
Noha Gerges
Mitacs Representative at ƬƵ

Desautels Faculty of Management,Faculty of Arts, andFaculty of Law

ngerges [at] mitacs.ca
Prisca Bustamante
Mitacs Representative at ƬƵ

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Facutly of Science (except the Department of Computer Science),Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, andFaculty of Education

palvarez [at] mitacs.ca
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Olivia Novac
Associate Director
Direction of the Technology Transfer Team (oversees the various commecialization and intellectual property matters for the unit) olivia.e.novac [at] mcgill.ca
Sarah Butcher(onleave)
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
Nancy Penate
Patent Portfolio Manager
Patent Portfolio Manager and Wellspring Sofia Database Manager nancy.penate [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
Margarita Todorova
Technology Transfer Manager
Manages protection and licensing of intellectual property for the D2R program

margarita.todorova [at] mail.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

Office of Research Ethics and Compliance

The Office of Research Ethics and Compliance serves researchers working with human participants or animals. ƬƵ follows strict research integrity standards. ƬƵ 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 Email
TBA

Director, Animal Compliance

Daniel Tesolin

Associate Director, Research Ethics

daniel.tesolin [at] mcgill.ca
ANIMAL COMPLIANCE
General Inquiries General Inquiries 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
Devon Merza
Animal Training Program Advisor
Animal Care Training

devon.merza2 [at] mcgill.ca

Bruna Morocutti
Quality Assistance Advisor
Compliance, Post-Approval Monitoring bruna.morocutti [at] mcgill.ca
Stephane Ouimette
Data Administrator and Software Support
Data Administrator and Software Support stephane.ouimette [at] mcgill.ca
Meghan Reid-Burdon
Animal Ethics Compliance Administrator
Protocol approvals, Pedagogical Merit Review

meghan.reid-burdon [at] mcgill.ca

Sabina Santamaria
Animal Trainer Program Advisor
Animal Care Training sabina.santamaria [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
Data Administrator and Software Support
eRAP support stephane.ouimette [at] mcgill.ca
Daniel Tesolin
Ethics Officer
Information & Ethics Questions for REB 2 daniel.tesolin [at] mcgill.ca
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