
The Connaught Fund is managed by a committee made up of members of the university’s governing council, senior administrators and other representatives of the university community.
Connaught Committee

Professor Leah Cowen
Committee ChairVice-President, Research & Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives.

Professor Joshua Barker
Dean, School of Graduate StudiesVice-Provost, Research & Education

Professor Kenneth S. Corts
Senior Administration RepresentativeVice-Dean, Research, Strategy, and Resources, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Professor Barbara Fallon
Senior Administration RepresentativeAssociate Vice-President, Research

Professor Aimy Bazylak
Physical Sciences RepresentativeDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Professor Thy Phu
Humanities RepresentativeDepartment of Arts, Culture, and Media, UTSC

Professor Jia Xue
Social Sciences RepresentativeFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Professor Iva Zovkic
Life Sciences RepresentativeDepartment of Psychology, UTM

Ariana Bradford
University Research Community RepresentativeExecutive Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
The Connaught Secretariat thanks the following individuals who are serving on the Connaught Review College in the 2022-23 academic year.
Membership of Connaught Disciplinary Panels
Humanities
- Joshua Pilzer, Faculty of Music
- Marieme Lo, Member, Women & Gender Institute
- T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko, Member, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
- Dana Seitler, Member, English; Director, Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
- Meghan Sutherland, Member, Visual Studies / Cinema Studies Institute
Physical Sciences & Engineering
- Frank Wania, Physical & Environmental Sciences (UTSC)
- Jane Howe, Member, Materials Science & Engineering
- Natalie Enright Jerger, Member, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mary Pugh, Member, Mathematics
- Ning Yan, Member, Chemical Engineering
Life Sciences (Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Biology)
- Siew-Ging Gong, Faculty of Dentistry
- Julie Claycomb, Member, Molecular Genetics
- Melissa Holmes, Member, Psychology (UTM)
- Lidan You, Member, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Life Science (Social, Cultural, Environmental and Population Health Research)
- Alison Thompson, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
- Jill Cameron, Member, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
- Daniel Sellen, Member, Anthropology
- Patricia Trbovich, Member, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Social Sciences
- Elizabeth Page-Gould, Psychology
- Andrea Charise, Member, Health and Society (UTSC)
- Feng Chen, Member, Management (UTM)
- Girish Daswani, Member, Anthropology (UTSC)
- Shari Eli, Member, Economics
- Jessica Fields, Member, Health and Society (UTSC)
- John Hannigan, Member, Sociology (UTSC)
- Paula Maurutto, Member, Sociology (UTM)
- Judith Teichman, Member, Political Science (UTSC)
Judith Chadwick
Program Director
Assistant Vice-President, Research Services
Jeremy Knight, Director, Research Development
Michael Hussey, Research Funding Manager, Internal Programs
Cheryl Nash, Research Funding Officer