Research Chairs

UCVM has eight research chairs who are responsible for mentoring DVM students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in areas of veterinary medicine, and basic and applied research.

Herman Barkema

Herman Barkema

NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Infectious Diseases of Dairy Cattle

Jeff Biernaskie

Jeff Biernaskie

Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society Chair in Skin Regeneration and Wound Healing

Jeroen De Buck

Jeroen De Buck

Chair, Bacterial Diseases of Dairy Cows

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Li-Fang (Jack) Chu

CIHR Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cellular Reprogramming


Sabine Gilch

Sabine Gilch

NSERC Tier II Canada Research Chair in Prion Disease Research

Susan Kutz

Susan Kutz

NSERC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Arctic One Health 

Renaud Léguillette

Renaud Léguillette

Calgary Chair in Equine Sports Medicine

Ed Pajor

Anderson-Chisholm Chair in Animal Care and Welfare


Holly Sparks

Holly Sparks 

NSERC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Equine Regenerative Medicine

Patrick Whelan

Patrick Whelan

Frank LeBlanc Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research