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…
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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…