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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. You can contact OVPRI reception by dialing 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 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 | 555283 | ovpri@ryerson.ca |
| Naomi Adelson | Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation | 556606 | naomi.adelson@ryerson.ca |
| Melanie Martin-Griem | Executive Director | 552794 | mmartingriem@ryerson.ca |
| Anna Sotnykova | Executive Operations & Communications Coordinator | 552591 | asotnykova@ryerson.ca |
Research Services
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Richard McCulloch | Executive Director, Research Services |
556521 | richard.mcculloch@ryerson.ca |
| Iain McQueen | Grants/Contracts Officer, Social Sciences & Humanities (SSHRC) | 552648 | imcqueen@ryerson.ca |
| Sanja Obradovic | Grants/Contracts Officer, Health Sciences (CIHR) | 557521 | sanja.obradovic@ryerson.ca |
| Linda Hurrell | Grants/Contracts Officer, Science & Engineering (NSERC) | 554179 | lhurrell@ryerson.ca |
| Charlotte Mihailov | Grants/Contracts Officer | 553552 | charlotte.mihailov@ryerson.ca |
| Galina Maliouta | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 557287 | galina.maliouta@ryerson.ca |
| Lisa Leung | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 553283 | lisa.leung@ryerson.ca |
| Philam Nguyen | Research Proposal Facilitator | 553429 |
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| Javad Ghatta | Research Proposal Facilitator | 553436 | jghatta@ryerson.ca |
| Daphne Paszterko | Research Proposal Facilitator |
553426 | dpaszter@ryerson.ca |
| Sibat Anam | Research Proposal Facilitator | 552345 | sibat@ryerson.ca |
| Leslie Bone | Business Development Director, Mitacs | 543498 | lbone@ryerson.ca |
| Fahim Khan | Research Services General Inquiries | fahim.khan@ryerson.ca | |
| Programs Assistant | Internal SRC Funding and Awards | 553553 | srcfunding@ryerson.ca |
Business Development & Strategic Planning
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Johannes Dyring | Assistant Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives | 552283 | jdyring@ryerson.ca |
| Vigen Nazarian | Senior Commercialization Specialist, Executive in Residence | 543630 | vigen.nazarian@ryerson.ca |
| Suraj Shah | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 556531 | suraj.shah@ryerson.ca |
| Dayle Ann Levine | Manager, Institutional Projects & University-Wide Research Chairs | 552468 | dayle.levine@ryerson.ca |
| Kevin Moonoosawmy | Grants/Contracts Officer (CFI) | 553732 | kevin.moonoosawmy@ryerson.ca |
| Julia Pyryeskina | Research Proposals Facilitator | 544586 | julia.pyryeskina@ryerson.ca |
| Aleksandar Kojic | Administrative & Projects Assistant | 555042 | aleksandar.kojic@ryerson.ca |
| Cherie Dawn | Manager Collaborations, Programs and Initiatives | cherie.dawn@ryerson.ca |
Research Ethics
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Zakiya Atcha | Research Ethics Manager | 554841 | zakiya.atcha@ryerson.ca |
| Farid Pesteh | Research Ethics Administrator | 552963 | fpesteh@ryerson.ca |
| Ethige Nilushi De Silva | Research Ethics Administrator | nilushi.desilva@ryerson.ca |
Research Planning, Finance & Administration
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Vivian Chan | Chief Administrative Officer | 552792 | viv.chan@ryerson.ca |
Research Communications
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Sylvia Kavanagh | Director, Research Communications | 552795 | skavanagh@ryerson.ca |