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The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (OVPRI) is located at 1 Dundas Street West, 11th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z3.

To contact a member of the OVPRI team, please consult the phone and email directory below. To reach staff by phone, dial the main number 416-979-5000 and their extension. You can contact OVPRI reception by dialling the main number and then extension 555042. Leave a message with your telephone number, and a member of our staff will call you back.

For general inquiries regarding research funding opportunities or research services, please contact TMU Research Services at researchservices@torontomu.ca.

For other contacts, please visit the main Toronto Metropolitan University contact page (opens in new window) .

Vice-President, Research & Innovation

Name	Role	Extension	Email
Steven N. Liss	Vice-President, Research & Innovation	555283	ovpri@torontomu.ca
Naomi Adelson	Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation	556606	naomi.adelson@torontomu.ca
Melanie Martin-Griem	Executive Director	552794	mmartingriem@torontomu.ca
Anna Sotnykova	Executive Operations & Communications Coordinator	552591	asotnykova@torontomu.ca
An Chi Lee	Director, Research Security		an.lee@torontomu.ca
Sanja Obradovic	Director, Health SRC Strategy		sanja.obradovic@torontomu.ca
Jananie Manoharan	Legal Counsel, Research		jananie.manoharan@torontomu.ca

Research Services

Name	Role	Extension	Email
Richard McCulloch	Executive Director, Research Services	556521	richard.mcculloch@torontomu.ca
TMU Research Services	General Inquiries and Requests for Research Services		researchservices@torontomu.ca
Linda Hurrell	Grants/Contracts Officer, Science & Engineering (NSERC)	554179	lhurrell@torontomu.ca
Tina Smith	Grants/Contracts Officer (Federal Agencies/Programs)		tina.smith@torontomu.ca
Rachael Dempsey	Grants/Contracts Officer, Health (CIHR)		rachael.dempsey@torontomu.ca
Ronnie Morris	Grants/Contracts Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSHRC)		rdmorris@torontomu.ca
Penina Jacobson-Brown	Grants/Contracts Officer (Provincial Agencies/Programs)		penina.jacobson@torontomu.ca
Galina Maliouta	Applied Research & Innovation Advisor (NSERC Alliance, Research Partnerships)	557287	galina.maliouta@torontomu.ca
Randy Ragan	Grants/Contracts Officer (Research Contracts and Agreements)		rragan@torontomu.ca
Javad Ghatta	Research Proposal Facilitator	553436	jghatta@torontomu.ca
Daphne Paszterko	Research Proposal Facilitator	553426	dpaszter@torontomu.ca
Sibat Anam	Research Proposal Facilitator	552345	sibat@torontomu.ca
Tearney McDermott	Research Proposal Facilitator		tmcdermott@torontomu.ca
Leslie Bone	Senior Advisor, Business Development, Mitacs	543498	lbone@mitacs.ca
Elizabeth Mueller	Research Awards and Honours Facilitator		elizabeth.mueller@torontomu.ca
Programs Assistant	Internal SRC Funding and Awards	553553	srcfunding@torontomu.ca

Business Development & Strategic Initiatives

Name	Role	Extension	Email
Johannes Dyring	Assistant Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives	552283	jdyring@torontomu.ca
Mark Whitten	Manager, Collaboration, Programs and Initiatives	553283	mark.whitten@torontomu.ca
Dayle Ann Levine	Director, Institutional Programs	552468	dayle.levine@torontomu.ca
Chris Webb	Innovation & Commercialization Lead		chris.webb@torontomu.ca
Kevin Moonoosawmy	Grants/Contracts Officer (CFI)	553732	kevin.moonoosawmy@torontomu.ca
Stephanie Marciniak	Grants/Contracts Officer		smarciniak@torontomu.ca
Julia Pyryeskina	Research Proposals Facilitator	544586	julia.pyryeskina@torontomu.ca
Mriga Das	Research Proposals Facilitator		m.das@torontomu.ca
Zahin Ahmed	Research and Business Development Assistant		zahin.ahmed@torontomu.ca

Research Ethics

Name	Role	Extension	Email
Zakiya Atcha	Director, Research Ethics	554841	zakiya.atcha@torontomu.ca
Bryanna Hines	Manager, Research Ethics Board	552963	bryanna.hines@torontomu.ca
Federica Berdini	Research Ethics Administrator	552963	fberdini@torontomu.ca
Seema Tejani	Research Ethics Administrator	552963	stejani2@torontomu.ca

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