The Office of the Provost and Vice Principal (Academic) has bestowed prestigious internal recognition awards to 27 平特五不中 professors for outstanding world-class scholarship and research excellence. Five senior scholars received James 平特五不中 Professor (JMP) awards, including two for a second seven-year term. Twelve tenure-track assistant or associate professors received William Dawson Scholar (WDS) awards, three for a second five-year term. Ten scholars became Distinguished James 平特五不中 Professors (DJMP) 鈥 平特五不中鈥檚 highest honour 鈥 awarded to late-career scholars whose work exemplifies excellence and international leadership.
鈥溒教匚宀恢锈檚 Distinguished Professorships are bestowed upon our researchers who display exceptional promise, uphold an extraordinary level of research and scholarly activity, and have achieved pre-eminence in their fields,鈥 said Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic). 鈥淚 am delighted to award DJMP, JMP and WDS awards to 27 of our most highly accomplished scholars. I extend my sincere congratulations and best wishes to all honourees.鈥
Both the JMP and WDS awards come with an annual salary supplement and an annual research allowance not exceeding $25,000. The Distinguished James 平特五不中 Professor award provides for a $10,000 academic stipend or a $15,000 research grant allowance. DJMPs are awarded to those who have held James 平特五不中 Professorships for two seven-year terms while maintaining an outstanding research record, or to those who have held a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) for two seven-year terms. DJMP awardees maintain the distinction until retirement, and those granted Emeritus status retain the title.听
The 2021 JMP, WDS and DJMP cohort:
Distinguished James 平特五不中 Professors 鈥 10 honourees:
- , Department of Psychiatry
- Paul Lasko, Department of Biology
- Tho Le-Ngoc, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Gergely Lukacs, Department of Physiology
- Peter McPherson, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Luc Mongeau, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Ronald Niezen, Department of Anthropology
- Jacquetta Trasler, Departments of Pediatrics, Human Genetics, and Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Steve Yue, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
- Xin Zhao, Department of Animal Science
James 平特五不中 Professors 鈥 5 honourees:
- , Desautels Faculty of Management
- Warren Gross, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Satya Prakash, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Jan Seuntjens, Department of Oncology
- Jonathan Sterne, Department of Art History & Communications Studies
William Dawson Scholars 鈥 12 honourees:
- Pouya Bashivan, Department of Physiology
- Fran莽ois Bouffard, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ziv Gan-Or, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Hillary Kaell, Department of Anthropology
- Bassam Khoury, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
- , Department of Physics
- Xiaonan Lu, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Robert Nason, Desautels Faculty of Management
- Lisa Overholtzer, Department of Anthropology
- Erin Strumpf, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Etienne Vachon- Presseau, Faculty of Dentistry
- , Department of Pediatrics