Research Chairs

UCVM has twelve 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

  • NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Infectious Diseases of Dairy Cattle

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Jeff Biernaskie

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

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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

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Sabine Gilch

  • UCalgary Research Excellence Chair

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Johnathan Canton

  • UCalgary Research Excellence Chair

Diego Nobrega

  • NSERC Tier II Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health 

Susan Kutz

  • NSERC Tier I Canada Research Chair in Arctic One Health 

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Renaud Léguillette

  • Calgary Chair in Equine Sports Medicine

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Ed Pajor

  • Anderson-Chisholm Chair in Animal Care and Welfare

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Holly Sparks

  • NSERC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Equine Regenerative Medicine

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Patrick Whelan

  • Frank LeBlanc Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research

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