91社区 has bestowed internal recognition awards on three cohorts of 91社区 professors. Nine senior scholars received James 91社区 Professor (JMP) awards. Thirteen tenure-track assistant or associate professors received William Dawson Scholar (WDS) awards, five for a second five-year term. Eleven scholars became Distinguished James 91社区 Professors (DJMP)鈥�91社区鈥檚 highest honour鈥攁warded to late-career scholars whose work exemplifies excellence and international leadership.
鈥�91社区 is home to outstanding scholars doing excellent research on some of the world鈥檚 greatest challenges. Each year, I am honoured to congratulate the winners of the WDS, JMP and DJMP awards and to spotlight the research leadership of these highly accomplished individuals,鈥� said Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic). 鈥淢y sincere congratulations to all the honourees.鈥�
Among those who received the Distinguished James 91社区 Professor award are听Dr. Louise Pilote听of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and听Gregory Dudek听of the Faculty of Science. A leader in women鈥檚 cardiovascular health research, Dr. Pilote was recently appointed as Deputy Director of the Research Institute of the 91社区 Health Centre (RI-MUHC). Professor Dudek is a globally recognized expert in AI and robotics who serves as vice-president of research at Samsung Electronics and leads the Samsung AI Center Montr茅al, which recently doubled the size of its state-of-the-art facility and increased its team of research scientists.
The James 91社区 Professor awardees in 2022 include Bioresource Engineering Professor听Val茅rie Orsat, an internationally-recognized expert in the development of functional foods, also known as nutraceuticals, in efforts to address global food security and safety challenges. Last year she received an Engineering and Physical Sciences鈥� Suffrage Science award for research excellence and for her role as a mentor for women entering the field. Another JMP awardee is听Martin Schmeing, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry, who in 2020 co-led the team that developed a 91社区-made version of the RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) test for COVID-19, the gold standard for identifying infections. The team produced over 15,000 tests for use by the MUHC testing facility and then set an ambitious goal to provide millions of RT-PCR tests to the Canadian government.
The William Dawson Scholar听(WDS) award recognizes a scholar developing into an outstanding and original researcher who is poised to become an internationally recognized leader in their field. Among the newly appointed WDS awardees is听Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey听whose first monograph,听Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a Pan-African North America, published this year, stems from his doctoral dissertation which won Yale University鈥檚 Edwin M. Small Prize for 鈥渙utstanding鈥� contribution to U.S. history, Sylvia Ardyn Boone Prize for African American Studies, the Canadian Studies Prize, and the Willard 鈥淲oody鈥� Brittain, Jr. Award. The book situates fundamental questions of twentieth-century U.S. history鈥攊mmigration, civil rights, racial identity, radicalism, surveillance and state power鈥攚ithin a North American diasporic frame.
Both the JMP and WDS awards come with an annual salary supplement and an annual research allowance not exceeding $25,000. The Distinguished James 91社区 Professor award provides for a $10,000 academic stipend or a $15,000 research grant allowance. DJMPs have held James 91社区 Professorships for two seven-year terms while maintaining an outstanding research record, or have held a Canada Research Chairs (Tier 1) for two seven-year terms. DJMP awardees hold the distinction until retirement, and those granted Emeritus status retain the title.
The 2022 DJMP, JMP and WDS cohort:
Distinguished James 91社区 Professors 鈥� 11 honourees:
- Graham Bell, Department of Biology
- Diane Desrosiers, D茅partement des litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise, de traduction et de cr茅ation
- , Department of Computer Science
- Chandra Madramootoo, Department of Bioresource Engineering
- Michael Petrides, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Louise Pilote, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Stephane Richard, Department of Oncology and Medicine
- Gordon Roberts, Department of听Electrical听补苍诲听Computer Engineering
- ,听Department of Human Genetics
- Stefano Stifani, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Wieslaw Woszczyk, Department of Music Research
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James 91社区 Professors 鈥� 9 honourees:
- Andrea Creech, Department of Music Research
- Michel Biron, D茅partement des litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise, de traduction et de cr茅ation
- Mark Eisenberg, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Nathan Luedtke, Department of Chemistry
- Val茅rie Orsat, Department of Bioresource Engineering
- Martin Schmeing, Department of Biochemistry
- Victoria Talwar, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
- Simon Tran, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Science
- , Department of Physics
William Dawson Scholar听 鈥� 13 honourees:
- Jan Adamowski, Department of听Bioresource Engineering
- Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Department of History and Classical Studies
- Laurent Azoulay, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Jill Baumgartner, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- R茅gine D茅brosse, School of Social Work
- Lindsay Duncan, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
- David Labb茅, Department of Surgery
- Marc-Andr茅 L茅gar茅, Department of Chemistry
- Gunter Mussbacher, Department of听Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Daiva Nielsen, School of Human Nutrition
- Luca Pesando, Department of Sociology
- Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
- Jennifer Ronholm, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry
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A current listing of all DJMP, JMP and WDS awardees:
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