Contact Us
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 | |
| 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 |
| Sanja Obradovic | Director, Health SRC Strategy | sanja.obradovic@torontomu.ca | |
| Jananie Manoharan | Legal Counsel, Research | jananie.manoharan@torontomu.ca | |
| Ashley Moniz | Legal Counsel Research | ashley.moniz@torontomu.ca |
Research Services
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| 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) | 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 (NFRF, Foundations/Charities) | penina.jacobson@torontomu.ca | |
| Fabiola Limon Bravo | Grants/Contracts Officer (Provincial/Municipal Programs) | fabiola.limonbravo@torontomu.ca | |
| Galina Maliouta | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor (NSERC Alliance, Horizon Europe, Research Service Contracts) | galina.maliouta@torontomu.ca | |
| Andrés Camus | Grants/Contracts Administrator | andres.camus@torontomu.ca | |
| Javad Ghatta | Research Proposal Facilitator | jghatta@torontomu.ca | |
| Daphne Paszterko | Research Proposal Facilitator |
dpaszter@torontomu.ca | |
| Tearney McDermott | Research Proposal Facilitator | tmcdermott@torontomu.ca | |
| Monica Gagnon | Research Proposals Facilitator | monica.gagnon@torontomu.ca | |
| Leslie Bone | Senior Advisor, Business Development, Mitacs | lbone@mitacs.ca | |
| Vitaly Kiryushchenko | Research Awards and Honours Facilitator | srcawards@torontomu.ca | |
| Internal SRC Programs | srcfunding@torontomu.ca |
Research Security
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| An Chi Lee | Director, Research Security | an.lee@torontomu.ca | |
| Sibat Anam | Research Security Advisor | sibat@torontomu.ca |
Business Development & Strategic Initiatives
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Michelle Chrétien | Assistant Vice-President, Research Partnerships and Commercialization | michelle.chretien@torontomu.ca | |
| Souzan Armstrong | Director, Innovation & Commercialization | souzan.armstrong@torontomu.ca | |
| Ira Sherr | Manager, Research Partnerships | ira.sherr@torontomu.ca | |
| Mark Soberman | Manager, Business Development, Commercialization | msoberman@torontomu.ca | |
| Dayle Ann Levine | Director, Institutional Programs (CFREF, CERC, CRC, EGRCC, Impact+ Emerging Leader, CFI (IF and JELF), ORF-RI (SIF and LIF) and ORF-RE) |
552468 | dayle.levine@torontomu.ca |
| Kevin Moonoosawmy | Manager, Institutional Program | kevin.moonoosawmy@torontomu.ca | |
| Stephanie Marciniak | Institutional Programs Officer | smarciniak@torontomu.ca | |
| Julia Pyryeskina | Institutional Programs Officer | julia.pyryeskina@torontomu.ca | |
| Mriga Das (On leave until Spring 2027) | Institutional Programs Officer | m.das@torontomu.ca | |
| Taryne Chong | Institutional Programs Officer | taryne.chong@torontomu.ca | |
| Alexa Ruel | Institutional Programs Officer | alexa.ruel@torontomu.ca | |
| Sue Brei | Research Contracts and Agreements Manager | sue.brei@torontomu.ca | |
| Gabriele Hale | Partnerships and Programs Coordinator | gabriele.hale1@torontomu.ca | |
| Zahin Ahmed | Research Partnerships and Commercialization Administrator | zahin.ahmed@torontomu.ca |
Research Ethics
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Zakiya Atcha | Director, Research Ethics | 554841 | zakiya.atcha@torontomu.ca |
Andrea Enriquez Henriquez |
Manager, Health Sciences Research Ethics Board | andrea.enriquez@torontomu.ca | |
| Bryanna Hines | Manager, Research Ethics Board | 552963 | bryanna.hines@torontomu.ca |
| Federica Berdini | Research Ethics Administrator | 552963 | fberdini@torontomu.ca |
| Nicole Gervais | Research Ethics Coordinator | nicole.gervais@torontomu.ca | |
| Laura Feltham | Research Ethics Facilitator | lfeltham@torontomu.ca | |
| Olivia Lin | Research Ethics Facilitator | olivia.lin@torontomu.ca |
Research Planning, Finance & Administration
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Vivian Chan | Chief Administrative Officer | 552792 | viv.chan@torontomu.ca |
Research Communications
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Sylvia Kavanagh | Director, Research Communications | 552795 | skavanagh@torontomu.ca |