Meet The Team
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
Chair
Professor Leah Cowan is the Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics & Infectious Disease, co-Director of the CIFAR Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities program, and former Chair of the Department …read more
Senior Administrative Representative
Dr. Christine Allen is the Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Strategic Initiatives (AVPVP SI) at the University of Toronto (UofT). She is a full professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of …read more
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Dr. Joshua Barker is Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education at the University of Toronto. Previously, he has served as Acting Chair of …read more
Representing the University Research Community
Ariana Bradford is Executive Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Previous roles at the University of Toronto include Director, Strategic Planning & Operations, at Medicine …read more
Social Sciences Representative
Jia Xue joined, in 2018, the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work co-appointed with the Faculty of Information as an Assistant Professor after completing her research fellowship at JF Kennedy School …read more
Humanities Representative
Alison Keith earned her BA (Hons) from the University of Alberta and holds a PhD in Classical Studies from the University of Michigan. She has taught at the University of …read more
Physical Sciences Representative
Prof. Aimy Bazylak is the Canada Research Chair in Thermofluids for Clean Energy and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the U of T. Her research …read more
Life Sciences Representative
Iva Zovkic is a Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Epigenetics and an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with an adjunct appointment in Cell and Systems …read more
Senior Administration Representative
Professor Kenneth S. Corts is Vice-Dean, Research, Strategy, and Resources and Academic Director of the Lee-Chin Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. He also …read more
Connaught Review College
The Connaught Secretariat thanks the following individuals who are serving on the Connaught Review College in the 2021-22 academic year
MEMBERSHIP OF CONNAUGHT DISCIPLINARY PANELS
Humanities
Benjamin Hellie, Chair, Philopophy (UTSC)
Cheryl Suzack, Member, English and Indigenous Studies
Elizabeth Legge, Member, Fine Art History
Uzoma Esonwanne, Member, English
Naomi Seidman, Member, Centre for Jewish Studies
Life Science (Social, Cultural, Environmental and Population Health Research)
Patricia Trbovich, Chair, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Jill Cameron, Member, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Alison Thombson, Member, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Daniel Sellen, Member, Anthropology
Life Sciences (Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Biology)
Keiko Yoshioka, Chair, Cell & Systems Biology
Bebhinn Treanor, Member, Biological Sciences (UTSC)
Siew-Ging Gong, Member, Faculty of Densitry
Lidan You, Member, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Jumi Shin, Chair, Chemical & Physical Sciences (UTM)
Ning Yan, Member, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Jochen Halfar, Member, Chemical & Physical Sciences (UTM)
Jennifer Drake, Member, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Frank Wania, Member, Physical & Environmental Sciences (UTSC)
Jane Howe, Member, Materials Science & Engineering
Social Sciences
Rupaleem Bhuyan, Chair, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Anna Korteweg, Member, Sociology (UTM)
Elizabeth Page-Gould, Member, Psychology
Penelope Lockwood, Member, Psychology
Jessica Fields, Member, Health & Society (UTSC)
Judith Teichman, Member, Political Science (UTSC)
Connaught Secretariat
Program Director
Judith Chadwick serves as Assistant Vice-President, Research Services in the Division of the Vice-President Research and Innovation. She has served in leadership positions on a number of local, provincial and federal level committees and working groups. She holds a M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and a B.A. in Political Science and English from U of T.
Connaught Fund Secretariat
Jeremy Knight, Director, Research Development
Michael Hussey, Research Funding Manager, Internal Programs
Shanna Pritchard, Research Funding Officer, Internal Programs