Research Chairs
As part of the Sentinel North program, University Laval's Vice-Rectorate for Research, Creation and Innovation (VRRCI) is supporting research chairs to attract new researchers who will consolidate and / or fill the institution's capacity in strategic research areas for Sentinel North.
Sentinel North Research Chairs
Sentinel North is proud to welcome these exceptional professors to Université Laval, to enrich not only the Sentinel North transdisciplinary program, but also other major strategic initiatives.
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Sentinel North Research Chair in Aquatic Environmental GeochemistryThis research chair aims to understand how element cycles are affected by current environmental changes and what impact these changes have on water quality. |
| Raoul-Marie Couture Professor Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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Sentinel North Chair in the Neurobiology of Stress and ResilienceThis chair's objective is to shed light on the biological mechanisms underlying vulnerability or resilience to stress, in part with the help of state-of-the-art photonic technology, in order to develop innovative treatments to treat or even prevent depression and mood disorders. |
| Caroline Ménard Professor Faculty of Medicine |
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Sentinel North Research Chair on the Surveillance of Avian Influenza Viruses in Migratory Birds in Northern CanadaThis chair aims to carry out surveillance studies on avian influenza viruses (AIV) in the northern regions of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and northern Québec) and investigate the ecology of AIV in wild migratory birds.. |
| Gary Wong Professor Faculty of Medicine |
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Sentinel North Research Chair on the Relations with Inuit SocietiesThe main objective of this chair is to to analyze the relationship between Inuit and non-Inuit, and the transformations of this relationship over the last decades and years to come. |
| Caroline Hervé Professor Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair in Economics and Brain HealthThe objective of this Chair to is to understand the dynamics and causal relationships between income inequality, the organization of health care systems and brain health. |
| Maripier Isabelle Assistant professor Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Sentinel North Research Chair on the Impact of Animal Migrations on Arctic EcosystemsThis Chair aims at understand Arctic ecosystem’s complex interconnections by including the connections created by animals migrating between the North and other parts of the globe. |
| Pierre Legagneux Assistant professor Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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Sentinel North Research Chair on the Applications and Theory of Network AnalysisThe mission of the Research Chair on the Applications and Theory of Network Analysis is to develop new analysis and modelling tools to better understand the complex systems of the changing North. |
| Antoine Allard Assistant professor Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair in Molecular Neurobiology of Mood DisordersThe Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair in Molecular Neurobiology of Mood Disorders aims to understand the molecular dynamics through which the environment modifies genome organization and increases men and women’s susceptibility to the stresses of daily life. |
| Benoît Labonté Assistant professor Faculty of Medicine |
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Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair on Probing Life and the Environment with LightThis research chair will develop new tools that use light and data processing to probe the organization of living tissues and the environment, from the nanoscopic all the way up to the scale of the vast northern expanses. |
| Antoine Godin Assistant professor Faculty of Medicine |
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Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair on Ecosystemic Approaches to HealthThis interdisciplinary research chair focuses on the health and resilience of indigenous peoples living in northern coastal regions. The research is conducted in close collaboration with these communities. Studying the complex effects of environmental change on health and well-being will aid in the development of relevant preventive actions for indigenous and coastal populations. |
| Mélanie Lemire Assistant professor Faculty of Medicine |
Sentinel North Partnership Research Chairs Program
This new program is aimed at recruiting new high-level faculty resources at Université Laval to consolidate and / or fulfill the institution's capacity in strategic research areas for Sentinel North.
Each Chair will receive $ 375,000 in funding for 5 years from Sentinel North, conditional on a minimum matching of $ 500,000, of which at least 50% will have to come from external partners.
We invite you to read the following document (in French) for the details of the program as well as the development process of these Chairs, which is similar to the one used for the Université Laval Partnership Research Chairs.
This program is managed by the VRRCI's Bureau des chaires et des entités structurantes. We invite you to contact the following people for any questions.
Kaouther Bessrour
Assistant to the Vice Rector of VRRCI and Director of the Bureau des chaires et des entités structurantes
kaouther.bessrour@vrr.ulaval.ca
418 656-2131, ext. 4696
Jean-Philippe Marquis
Research development advisor, Bureau des chaires et des entités structurantes, VRRCI
jean-philippe.marquis@vrr.ulaval.ca
418 656-2131, ext. 8878