Research chairs evaluation committee

The Research Chairs Evaluation Committee (RCEC) is composed of members representing research fields funded by Canada’s three federal granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC).

The RCEC’s mandate is to evaluate new and renewal nominations submitted for the following categories of Chairs: Canada Research Chairs; University Research Chairs; and Chaires de Recherche sur le Monde Francophone.  All nominations are subject to the highest evaluation criteria as set out by the federal government’s Canada Research Chairs Program.

RCEC membership list

Sylvain Charbonneau – Vice-President, Research and Innovation; Chair
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Martine Lagacé – Associate Vice-President, Research, Promotion and Development
Full Professor, Faculty of Arts, Department of Communication
Tri-Agency representation: SSHRC

Guy Levesque – Associate Vice-President, Innovation, Partnerships and Entrepreneurship
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Julie St-Pierre – Associate Vice-President, Research Support and Infrastructure
Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR

Alison Hosey – Assistant Vice-President, Research Services, Research Management Services and Institutional equity, diversity and inclusion champion.

Lionel Briand – Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Mamadou Fall – Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Ebrahim Karimi – Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Adam Shuhendler – Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Carole Yauk – Full Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Tri-Agency representation: NSERC

Nafissa Ismail – Full Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Psychology
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC

Céline Castets-Renard – Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Tri-Agency representation: SSHRC

Ana Maria Peredo – Full Professor, Telfer School of Management 
Tri-Agency representation: SSHRC

Beth Potter – Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR

Katey Rayner – Full Professor and Assistant Dean, Research and Special Projects, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology; Principal Investigator, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR

Duncan Stewart – Executive Vice-President, Research, The Ottawa Hospital and CEO & Scientific Director, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR

Chibuike Udenigwe – Full Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nutrition Sciences
Tri-Agency representation: CIHR