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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 directly at 416-979-5042 and leave a message with your telephone number and a member of our staff will call you back.
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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 & External Awards Coordinator | 7579 | vcumberb@ryerson.ca |
Research Services
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Richard McCulloch | Executive Director, Research Services |
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 |
| Charlotte Mihailov | Grants/Contracts Officer | 3552 | charlotte.mihailov@ryerson.ca |
| Galina Maliouta | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 7287 | galina.maliouta@ryerson.ca |
| Suraj Shah | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 6531 | suraj.shah@ryerson.ca |
| Lisa Leung | Applied Research & Innovation Advisor | 3283 | lisa.leung@ryerson.ca |
| Philam Nguyen | Research Proposal Facilitator (On Leave) | 3429 |
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| Javad Ghatta | Research Proposal Facilitator | 3436 | jghatta@ryerson.ca |
| Daphne Paszterko | Research Proposal Facilitator |
3426 | dpaszter@ryerson.ca |
| Sibat Anam | Research Proposal Facilitator | 2345 | sibat@ryerson.ca |
| Leslie Bone | Business Development Director, Mitacs | 543498 | lbone@ryerson.ca |
| Vina Quiambao | Internal Funding | - | vina@ryerson.ca |
Business Development & Strategic Planning
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Vigen Nazarian | Senior Director, Business Development & Commercialization (A) |
543630 | vigen.nazarian@ryerson.ca |
| Jarrod Ladouceur | Project Manager | 3324 | jarrod.ladouceur@ryerson.ca |
| Dayle Ann Levine | Manager, Institutional Projects & University-Wide Research Chairs | 2468 | 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 | 5042 | aleksandar.kojic@ryerson.ca |
Research Ethics
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Zakiya Atcha | Research Ethics Manager | 4841 | zakiya.atcha@ryerson.ca |
| Farid Pesteh | Research Ethics Administrator | 2963 | fpesteh@ryerson.ca |
| Danielle Christie | Research Ethics Administrator | danielle.christie@ryerson.ca |
Research Planning, Finance & Administration
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Vivian Chan | Chief Administrative Officer | 2792 | viv.chan@ryerson.ca |
Research Communications
| Name | Role | Extension | |
| Sylvia Kavanagh | Director, Research Communications | 2795 | skavanagh@ryerson.ca |