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Institutional awards and prizes

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍørecognizes individual scholars through five internal awards for their outstanding contributions to research at all career stages, and across all disciplines.

The Arthur B. McDonald Research Chairs

The Arthur B. McDonald Chairs were established in 2016 as a way to honour Dr. McDonald, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøAlumnus and Nobel Laureate, and to recognize and retain professors of high-calibre at the university.

View the Arthur B.McDonald Chairs terms of reference [PDF - 95 KB]

Dr. Vasantha Rupasinghe, Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. John Archibald, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Mark Stradiotto, Faculty of Science

Dr. Jean Marshall, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Randall Martin, Faculty of Science

The President’s Research Excellence Awards

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President’s Research Excellence Awards recognize the research achievements of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty at all stages of their career.  

Emerging Investigator

The President’s Research Excellence Awards for Emerging Investigators have been created to honour those who, early in their careers, have made noteworthy contributions to Dalhousie’s research culture.

Emerging Investigator Award Terms of Reference [PDF - 81KB]

Research Impact 

The President’s Research Excellence Awards for Research Impact have been created to recognize researchers who have, in recent years, made a major and impactful contribution to their field of research.  

Research Impact Award Terms of Reference [PDF - 106KB]

2024

Dr. Locke Davenport-Huyer, Faculty of Dentistry

Dr. Travis Esau, Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. Theo Johnson-Freyd, Faculty of Science

Dr. Sarah Moore, Faculty of Health

Dr. Margaret Robinson, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Haorui Wu, Faculty of Health

2023

Dr. Michael Halpin, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Brandon Heung, Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. Finlay Maguire, Faculty of Computer Science

Dr. Caitlin McArthur, Faculty of Health

Dr. Amina Stoddart, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Alana Westwood, Faculty of Science

2022

Dr. Erin Bertrand, Faculty of Science

Dr. Francesca Di Cara, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Brendan Leung, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Eric Oliver, Faculty of Science

Dr. Olga Theou, Faculty of Health

Dr. Tom Ue, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

2021

Dr. Jeanette Boudreau, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Leah Cahill, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Saurabh Chitnis, Faculty of Science

Dr. Shashi Gujar, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Israat Haque, Faculty of Computer Science

Prof. Naiomi Metallic, Faculty of Law

2020

Dr. Zhenyu Cheng, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Noreen Kamal, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. John Frampton, Faculties of Engineering and Medicine

Dr. Adelina Iftene, Faculty of Law

Dr. Floris Goerlandt, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Melanie Zurba, Faculty of Management

2019

Dr. Mita Dasog, Faculty of Science

Dr. Rita Orji, Faculty of Computer Science

Dr. Karen Foster
Faculty of Sociology and Social Anthropology

Dr. Stefanie Colombo, Faculty of Agriculture

Dr. Barret Kurylyk, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Mohammad Hajizadeh, Faculty of Health 

2018

Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Faculty of Health

Dr. Robin Urquhart , Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Natalie Rosen, Faculty of Science

Dr. Alex Quinn, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Alex Speed, Faculty of Science

Dr. Tony Walker, Faculty of Management

2024

Dr. Floris Goerlandt, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Sue Goyette , Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Noreen Kamal, Faculty of Engineering

2023

Dr. Raluca Bejan, Faculty of Health

Dr. Tony Walker, Faculty of Science

2022

Dr. Daniel Boyd, Faculty of Science

Dr. Dana Kabat-Farr, Faculty of Management

Dr. Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Faculty of Health

2021

Dr. Elaine Craig, Faculty of Law

Dr. David Kelvin, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Mark Obrovac, Faculty of Science

2020

Dr. Paul Bishop, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Jeremy Brown, Faculties of Engineering and Medicine

Dr. Jenny Chen, Faculty of Management

Prof. Joanna Erdman, Faculty of Law

Distinguished Research Professorships

The title of Distinguished Research Professor is granted to a limited number of individual ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøfaculty members who have achieved distinction in scholarship. 

View the Distinguished Research Professorships Terms of Reference [PDF - 59KB]

(2024 – 2029) - Prof. Elaine Craig, Faculty of Law

(2024 – 2029) - Dr. Hélène Deacon, Faculty of Science

(2024 – 2029) - Dr. Josef Zwanziger, Faculty of Science

(2023-2028) - Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Faculty of Health

(2023-2028) - Graham Dellaire, Faculty of Medicine

(2022-2027) - Paul Amyott, Faculty of Engineering

(2022-2027) - Sara Kirk, Faculty of Health

(2022-2027) - Heike Lotze, Faculty of Science

(2021-2026) - Robert Currie, Faculty of Law

(2021-2026) - Craig McCormick, Faculty of Medicine

(2021-2026) - Ratika Parkash, Faculty of Medicine

(2021-2026) - Nur Zincir-Heywood, Faculty of Computer Science

(2020-2025) - Lois Jackson, Faculty of Health

(2019-2024) - Susan Howlett, Faculty of Medicine

(2019-2024) - Krista Kesselring, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

(2018-2023) - David Burton, Faculty of Agriculture

(2018-2023) - Janice Graham, Faculty of Medicine

(2018-2023) - Susan Kirkland, Faculty of Medicine

(2018-2022) - Francoise Baylis, Faculty of Medicine

(2017-2022) - Ingrid Sketris, College of Pharmacy

(2017-2022) - Zhizhang Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering

(2017-2022) - Evangelos Milios, Computer Science

(2016-2021) - John Archibald, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

(2016-2021) - Jocelyn Downie, Schulich School of Law

(2016-2021) - Graham Gagnon, Civil and Resource Engineering

(2016-2021) - Yuri Leving, Russian

(2016-2021) - Julia Wright, English

(2012-2017) - Roy Duncan, Microbiology and Biophysics

(2012-2017) - Alan Fine, Physiology & Biophysics

(2011-2016) - Robert Brownstone, Surgery/Anatomy & Neurobiology

(2011-2016) - John Cullen, Oceanography

(2011-2016) - Philip Girard, Law

(2011-2016) - Gregory Hanlon, History

(2011-2016) - Richard Nowakowski, Math & Stats

(2011-2016) - Hal Whitehead, Biology

(2010-2015) - Richard Devlin, Law

(2010-2015) - Raymond Klein, Psychology

(2010-2015) - Ian Meinertzhagen, Psychology

(2010-2015) - Arnold Mitnitski, Medicine

(2010-2015) - Mary Anne White, Chemistry

(2009-2014) - Richard Brown, Psychology

(2009-2014) - Sarah Iverson, Biology

Killam Memorial Chairs

The Killam Chairs are awarded to academics of the highest distinction at Dalhousie, with appointments of up to five years. 

University Research Chairs

The University Research Chair designation is given to new faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of research.

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