Research Advisory Council
The University of Ottawa draws on the expertise and experience of distinguished members from industry, government, and the artistic and literary communities. Outstanding representatives of these fields make up a Research Advisory Council, which provides valued insights and advice to University administrators on critical issues, including:
- establishment of priorities
- proposal and implementation of new initiatives and opportunities
- intellectual property, spin-off companies, and technology transfer
V. Peter Harder
Senior Policy Advisor
Fraser Milner Casgrain
Jocelyn Harvey
Arts Consultant, Senior Advisor to the Director
Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa
Katherine J. Turner
Vice-President of Validation Biology
Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Franklin Lee
Director, Strategic Investment Group
Merrill Lynch, New York
Jozef Straus
Founder Emeritus
JDS Uniphase, Ottawa
Jean-Pierre Voyer
Executive Director
Policy Research Initiative, Ottawa
Robert Young
Merck Frost–B.C. Discovery Chair in Pharmaceutical Genomics, Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery
Simon Fraser University