Pathology and Molecular Medicine professor Susan Cole is one of three Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs at Queen's to receive seven-year renewals of their appointments.
Queen’s receives $4.7 million in new research funding
Wednesday October 01, 2008
Five Queen’s University researchers have received $4.7 million in new funding from the federal and provincial governments.
Three Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs working in the areas of health, and natural sciences and engineering receive seven-year renewals of their appointments. Two digital information and communications technologies researchers have been granted awards from the Ontario Research Fund.
Pathology and Molecular Medicine professors Susan Cole and David Lillicrap, and Mathematics and Statistics professor David Thomson will each receive $1,400,000 to further their work as Canada Research Chairs.
Dr. Cole, Canada Research Chair in Cancer Biology, focuses on the biological mechanisms that limit the effectiveness of cancer chemotherapy. Dr. Lillicrap, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Hemostasis, investigates the genetics of blood clotting to shed light on inherited blood disorders. Dr. Thomson, Canada Research Chair in Statistics and Signal Processing, analyzes time series data to develop mathematical strategies for solving problems in astronomy, seismology, space and solar activity, and climate.
Queen’s recipients of Ontario Research Fund grants are Computing professors Roel Vertegaal and Ahmed Hassan. Dr. Vertegaal receives $397,773 to advance his work in the university’s Human Media Laboratory developing human-computer interaction that allows users to focus on tasks, rather than technology. Dr. Hassan, whose new provincial grant is $100,000, develops innovative tools and techniques to mine software repositories that will help companies deliver the next generation of products on time and on budget.
For further details on Canada Research Chairs, Ontario Research Fund
