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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 | |
| 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 |
| Uttam Bajwa | Director, Health Research Strategy | ubajwa@torontomu.ca | |
| An Chi Lee | Director, Research Security | an.lee@torontomu.ca |
Research Services
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Richard McCulloch | Executive Director, Research Services |
556521 | richard.mcculloch@torontomu.ca |
| Sanja Obradovic | Grants/Contracts Officer, Health Sciences (CIHR) | 557521 | sanja.obradovic@torontomu.ca |
| Linda Hurrell | Grants/Contracts Officer, Science & Engineering (NSERC) | 554179 | lhurrell@torontomu.ca |
| Chris Hendershot | Grants/Contracts Officer, Social Sciences & Humanities (SSHRC) | chendershot@torontomu.ca | |
| Tina Smith | Grants/Contracts Officer | tina.smith@torontomu.ca | |
| Laura Weir | Grants/Contracts Officer | laura.weir@torontomu.ca | |
| Galina Maliouta | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 557287 | galina.maliouta@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@torontomu.ca |
| Heather Steel | Research Awards and Honours Facilitator | hsteel@torontomu.ca | |
| TMU Research Services | General Inquiries and Requests for Research Services | researchservices@torontomu.ca | |
| Programs Assistant | Internal SRC Funding and Awards | 553553 | srcfunding@torontomu.ca |
Business Development & Strategic Initiatives
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Johannes Dyring | Assistant Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives | 552283 | jdyring@torontomu.ca |
| Lisa Leung | Manager, Collaborations, Programs & Initiatives | 553283 | lisa.leung@torontomu.ca |
| Nicholas Burgwin | Manager, Innovation and Commercialization | 553641 | nburgwin@torontomu.ca |
| Dayle Ann Levine | Manager, Institutional Projects & University-Wide Research Chairs | 552468 | dayle.levine@torontomu.ca |
| Kevin Moonoosawmy | Grants/Contracts Officer (CFI) | 553732 | kevin.moonoosawmy@torontomu.ca |
| Julia Pyryeskina | Research Proposals Facilitator | 544586 | julia.pyryeskina@torontomu.ca |
| Zahin Ahmed | Research and Business Development Assistant | zahin.ahmed@torontomu.ca |
Research Ethics
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Zakiya Atcha | Director, Research Ethics | 554841 | zakiya.atcha@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 |