The Chairholder will be appointed within the School of Nutrition Sciences which offers 2 programs in ‘Food Sciences’ and in ‘Nutrition and Dietetics’. The ideal candidate will be an emerging leader in the study of bioactive nutrients, focusing on their bioavailability and functionality, and how they affect the dynamic interactions between the digestive, nervous, and cardiovascular systems, ultimately influencing brain and heart health. The candidate will also be a member of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI).
The BHI is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary research program aimed at accelerating prevention, detection, treatment and care of interconnected brain and heart disorders through research co-produced with patients and other knowledge users.The selected Chairholder will be expected to contribute actively to the BHI initiative, particularly by investigating and leading the development of novel, culturally appropriate, lifestyle interventions, including those based on nutrition, to prevent and treat brain and heart conditions.
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program allocates to institutions $100,000 annually for five years, with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs.
Candidates should, at a minimum, be assistant or associate professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels. Candidates who are more than 10 years from their highest degree must contact the University of Ottawa directly for questions related to their potential eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair. The institution may nominate a professor or a researcher who is more than 10 years from their highest degree at the time of nomination and has experienced legitimate career interruptions (see ). In such cases, the institution must submit to the Secretariat a formal justification (using the ), explaining why the nominee is still considered to be an emerging scholar.
The University recognizes the legitimate impact that leaves (e.g., parental leave, leave due to illness) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement and that these leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. New CRC nominees are also eligible for infrastructure support from the (CFI) to help acquire state-of-the-art equipment essential to their work.