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](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2019-09/herman.jpg?itok=2fsMA9sJ)
Herman Barkema
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Infectious Diseases of Dairy Cattle
![Jeff Biernaskie](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2019-09/jeff-b.jpg?itok=M9-ngIit)
Jeff Biernaskie
Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society Chair in Skin Regeneration and Wound Healing
![Jeroen De Buck](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2020-01/de-buck.jpg?itok=3lY4VYUq)
Jeroen De Buck
Chair, Bacterial Diseases of Dairy Cows
![jackchu thumb](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2021-12/rc-jack-thumb.jpg?itok=QZER-Q65)
Li-Fang (Jack) Chu
CIHR Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cellular Reprogramming
![Holly Sparks](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2022-01/holly-sparks-rc-thumb.jpg?itok=N_D4Clga)
Holly Sparks
NSERC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Equine Regenerative Medicine
![Patrick Whelan](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2019-09/patrick-w.jpg?itok=BrRLfZeq)
Patrick Whelan
Frank LeBlanc Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research