Faculty of Science

Professor Clément Bataille co-leads study and leads modeling effort retracing lifetime of prehistoric animal.

Future University of Ottawa leaders in their fields have received over $1.9 million in Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships and Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships.

Biology PhD candidate Isabel Rojas Ferrer is amongst the 16 young science leaders who were selected as fellows of the Yale Ciencia Academy for Career Development (YCA). The competitive program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, prepares promising scientists of color to successfully transition from a PhD into rewarding research careers.

Mandated by First Nations leadership across Canada through Assembly of First Nations Resolution 30 / 2007 and realized through a unique collaboration with researchers and communities, the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study is the first national study of its kind. It was led by principal investigators Dr. Laurie Chan, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Toxicology and Environmental Health at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Tonio Sadik, Senior Director of Environment, Lands & Water at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), and Dr. Malek Batal, a professor of Nutrition and Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Health Inequalities from the University of Montreal.