The Department of Medicine’s Dr. Sarah Purcell is among the fifteen Faculty of Medicine Researchers who were announced as new and renewed Canada Research Chairs in the latest round of appointments, representing an investment of $12.8 million through the Canada Research Chairs program.
Dr. Sarah Purcell
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tier 2 CRC in Nutrition and Energy Metabolism in Chronic Disease
The Canada Research Chairs Program enables Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence and become world-class research centres. Chairholders improve our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen Canada’s international competitiveness, and help train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching and the coordination of other researchers’ work.
The Canada Research Chairs were announced as part of the Government of Canada’s investment of $960 million for research. The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and of the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced support for over 4,700 researchers and research projects across Canada. These investments of over $960 million through grants, scholarships and programs are part of the government’s ongoing support for Canada’s research ecosystem.
This includes funding for new UBC-led projects through the Canada Research Chairs program; CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund; NSERC Discovery research programs; NSERC PromoScience, SSHRC Insight Grants, Partnership Grants and Partnership Development Grants; Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships; and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Purcell on this wonderful achievement!
A version of this story was originally seen on UBC Faculty of Medicine News