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MEMORANDUM
TO: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
FROM: R. Paul Young, Vice-President, Research
DATE: December 16, 2009
RE: Recent Appointments in the Office of the Vice-President, Research
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As you will know from earlier communications, the emerging strategic and operational priorities of the Research portfolio have led to the creation of three complementary units within the Office of Vice President, Research: the Research Services Office (RSO), the Research Oversight and Compliance Office (ROCO), and the Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO, formerly The Innovations Group).
I am pleased to announce that Judith Chadwick has been promoted to Assistant Vice-President, Research Services to lead the RSO team. Judith brings great energy and over 25 years of accumulated knowledge and experience to this important role. The work of RSO was previously spread over four separate units: GRIP, Research Grants, Information Analysis and Honours & Awards. These four units have been brought together under Judith's leadership, supported by three Directors, to achieve a consistently high level of service, support and strategy in the development and submission of thousands of proposals generating more than $350M annually across hundreds of domestic and international research programs; leadership and coordination of the University's participation in major, institutional strategic research competitions e.g. CFI, CRC, CERC, Genome Canada, ORF-RE, ORF-RI, etc.; systematizing the university's processes for greater participation and success in major awards and honours; and collection & analysis of data on UT's research success to inform strategy on performance enhancement.
I am also pleased to announce that Professor Ron Venter has agreed to act as Interim Assistant Vice-President, Innovations and Partnerships. Ron, as many of you will know has served over his career at U of T as Vice-Provost, Vice-Dean Research in Applied Science & Engineering and department Chair in Mechanical Engineering. He has previously stepped in to provide leadership to the University's commercialization office and is kind enough to do so again for the next four months while we search for a permanent leader. The IPO facilitates sustainable research and innovation based partnerships with business, industry, public service and not-for-profit organizations; supports researchers with knowledge transfer activities; administers sponsored research contracts; registers and manages invention disclosures; and commercializes inventions in a partnership with MaRS Innovation.
The Research Oversight and Compliance Office (ROCO) continues to be led by Elizabeth DiDonato, Executive Director reporting up through Professor Peter Lewis, Associate Vice-President, Research.
An organizational chart for the portfolio is attached. Contact information is also available on our website at:
http://www.research.utoronto.ca/contactus/
The OVPR senior team, and all staff of the portfolio, look forward to providing excellent service and support in 2010 and beyond.
Professor R. Paul Young Ph.D., FRSC
Vice-President, Research
University of Toronto
Simcoe Hall, Room 109
27 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
Telephone: 416-978-4984
Email: vp.research@utoronto.ca
Web: www.research.utoronto.ca
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