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Research Chairs
Endowed Chairs
The Faculty of Land and Food Systems currently has three Endowed Chairs and each are fully funded by endowment, which provides an annual generation of funds from a base of untouched capital. These Chairs support UBC’s research strategy and enhance the Faculty's research reputation both locally and globally.
Eagles Chair in Food Biotechnology Biotechnology is rapidly transforming the food industry through new approaches to bioprocessing, preservation, and analysis with consequent impact on food quality, safety and composition. The establishment of this Chair enables the Faculty to build on existing strengths to become a leading centre for research and teaching in the biotechnology field.
Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and UBC Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research (CAER) Basic research projects examine the cardiac and respiratory physiology of fish and how these systems respond to environmental challenges such as exercise, temperature and low oxygen. Basic research is also being applied to the needs of the aquaculture industry. Canadian Research ChairsThese federally sponsored Chairs enhance Canada's competitiveness in the global, knowledge-based economy by helping Canadian universities and their affiliated research institutes become world-class centres of research and research training, The Faculty of Land and Food Systems currently has three Canada Research Chairs.
Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture & the Environment
Canada Research Chair in Enology & Yeast Genomics
Canada Research Chair in Food Market Analysis Current research involves empirical analysis of economic relationships between consumers' choice of food, nutrient content of food, perceived and real nutritional and safety attributes of food, prices for food, and consumer income.
Canada Research Chair in Human Nutrition and Vitamin Metabolism Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)NSERC's role is to make investments in people, discovery and innovation for the benefit of all Canadians by supporting more than 20,000 university students and postdoctoral fellows in their advanced studies, and funding more than 10,000 university professors every year. The Faculty of Land and Food Systems currently has three NSERC Chairs. NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare This broadly focused program of research, education, and public outreach seeks practical improvements in animal welfare, plus knowledge-based consensus-building on contentious issues of animal use. The program, which has a strong emphasis on cattle, is supported by industry contributions from the Dairy Farmers of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada), Westgen Endowment Fund (Milner, BC, Canada), Pfizer Animal Health (Kirkland, QC, Canada), BC Cattle Industry Development Fund (Kamloops, BC, Canada), the BC Milk Producers (Burnaby, BC, Canada), BC Dairy Foundation (Burnaby, BC, Canada), BC Dairy Education and Research Association (Abbotsford, BC, Canada), and Alberta Milk (Edmonton, AB, Canada). The Faculty has two Senior Chairs and one Associate Chair in Animal Welfare: David Fraser, Ph.D., Professor, in a Senior Chair. After more than 25 years of research on the behaviour and welfare of farm, wild, and laboratory animals, Dr. Fraser actively continues his outreach work by serving as an animal welfare standard advisor to such organizations as the Royal Society of Canada (Ottawa), Canada’s National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council, the National Council of Chain Restaurants and Food Marketing Institute (Washington), the Burger King Corporation (Miami), and the World Organization for Animal Health (Paris). Dan Weary, Ph.D., Professor, in a Senoir Chair. Dan’s research profile includes animal welfare, animal ethics, animal welfare standards, farm animals, laboratory animals, companion animals and wildlife. Marina von Keyserlingk, PhD., Professor in an Associate Chair. Marina (Nina) has an active research program in farm animals, and is recognized internationally for her work on the care of cattle. Her students are also actively engaged in on farm research projects that involve working closely with producers in North America interested in improving animal welfare of their farms. In addition to work on farm animals, Nina has contributed to the development of guidelines on the care and use of laboratory animals used in research, teaching and testing. She is also particularly interested in understanding the role of the public in ethical oversight systems used in animal research. Her outreach work includes serving as the Canadian Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine representative on the Canadian Council on Animal Care where she is currently Chair of Council, animal welfare advisor to a committee stewarded by the United States Department of Agriculture looking at the sustainability of the North American dairy industry and the British Columbia Farm Animal Care Council. NSECR/Industrial Research Chair in Biotelemetry The Chair's research will provide reliable information and innovative technologies that respond to the continued growth in aquaculture and to environmental/social concerns. Current research focuses on developing new strategies and monitoring devices that can be used in aquaculture to mitigate the impact of industry on the environment and on society. Chair: Robert Scott McKinley, Ph.D., Professor
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