Excellence in Research Award Winners
- James Danckert (2025)
- Ori Friedman (2023)
- Katherine White (2022)
- Stephanie Denison (2021)
- Derek Besner (2017)
- Geoffrey Fong (2016)
- Joanne Wood (2015)
Canada Excellence Research Chairs
Sara Hart, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Developmental Science
Research involves:
Examining the role of an individual’s genetic variants in predicting school achievement and intervention response and; understanding how scientists do science, with a particular interest in supporting rigorous and reproducible educational and developmental science.
Research relevance:
This research: will help understand the direct role of environments around children, controlling for genetic predispositions. and; support the data storage and data access needs of scientists working in fields of developmental science related to education
Canada Research Chairs
Dillon Browne, Canada Research Chair in Child and Family Clinical Psychology
Research involves:
Understanding the way in which stressful social contexts influence developmental health by altering the nature of family relationships.
Research relevance:
This research includes the development, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based therapeutic and community services for children, youth, and families
Previous Canada Research Chairs
James Danckert, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience
Roxane Itier, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
David Moscovitch, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Research
Evan Risko, Canada Research Chair in Embodied and Embedded Cognition
Abigail Scholer, Canada Research Chair in Motivated Social Cognition