Person: Dr Rémi Quirion

Dr Rémi Quirion

Dr Rémi Quirion has been appointed Quebec’s first chief scientist, and chair of the board of the directors of the newly created Fonds de recherche du Québec, fulfilling a key component of the province’s updated research and innovation strategy. Quirion is an internationally renowned researcher and research administrator in the area of Alzheimer’s disease, with…

Dr Edward McCauley

Dr Edward McCauley has been appointed VP research at the Univ of Calgary, effective July 1st, replacing interim VP Dr Jon Meddings. McCauley returns to U of C after a two-year stint as director of the Univ of California Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Prior to that, he was a professor…