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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 followed by their extension.
For other contacts, please visit the main Ryerson contact page, opens in new window.
Vice-President, Research & Innovation
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Steven N. Liss |
Vice-President, Research & Innovation | 5283 | ovpri@ryerson.ca |
| Naomi Adelson | Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation | 6606 | naomi.adelson@ryerson.ca |
| Melanie Martin-Griem | Executive Director | 2794 | mmartingriem@ryerson.ca |
| Anna Sotnykova | Executive Operations & Communications Coordinator | 2591 | asotnykova@ryerson.ca |
| Veronica Cumberbatch | Administration and External Awards Coordinator | 7579 | vcumberb@ryerson.ca |
Research Grants
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Richard McCulloch | Director, Research Services (Interim) |
6521 | richard.mcculloch@ryerson.ca |
| Iain McQueen | Grants/Contracts Officer, Social Sciences & Humanities (SSHRC) | 2648 | imcqueen@ryerson.ca |
| Sanja Obradovic | Grants/Contracts Officer, Health Sciences (CIHR) | 7521 | sanja.obradovic@ryerson.ca |
| Linda Hurrell | Grants/Contracts Officer, Science & Engineering (NSERC) | 4179 | lhurrell@ryerson.ca |
| Javad Ghatta | Research Projects Officer (Grants Facilitator) | 3436 | jghatta@ryerson.ca |
Applied Research & Commercialization
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Vigen Nazarian | Senior Commercialization Specialist & Senior Director, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives (Acting) |
5042 |
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| Leslie Bone | Business Development Director, Mitacs | 543498 | |
| Lisa Leung | Applied Research and Innovation Advisor | 3283 | lisa.leung@ryerson.ca |
| Galina Maliouta | Applied Research and Innovation Advisor | 7287 | galina.maliouta@ryerson.ca |
| Suraj Shah | Applied Research and Innovation Advisor | 6531 | suraj.shah@ryerson.ca |
| Daphne Paszterko | Research Proposal Facilitator |
3426 | dpaszter@ryerson.ca |
| Philam Nguyen | Research Proposal Facilitator | 3429 |
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| Charlotte Mihailov | Research and Innovation Assistant | 3552 | charlotte.mihailov@ryerson.ca |
Business Development & Strategic Planning
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Jarrod Ladouceur | Project Manager | 3324 | jarrod.ladouceur@ryerson.ca |
| Dayle Ann Levine | Manager, Institutional Projects & University-Wide Research Chairs | 2468 | dayle.levine@ryerson.ca |
| Aleksandar Kojic | Administrative and Projects Assistant | 5042 | aleksandar.kojic@ryerson.ca |
Research Ethics
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Zakiya Atcha | Research Ethics Coordinator | 4841 | zakiya.atcha@ryerson.ca |
| Farid Pesteh | Research Ethics Coordinator | 2963 | fpesteh@ryerson.ca |
Research Planning, Finance & Administration
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Vivian Chan | Senior Director, Research Planning, Finance & Administration | 2792 | viv.chan@ryerson.ca |
Research Communications
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Sylvia Kavanagh | Director, Research Communications | 2795 | skavanagh@ryerson.ca |