荔枝视频

Twenty-five international researchers will be joining the 荔枝视频 this fall as part of the , an investment of up to $1.7 billion over 12 years from the Government of Canada to attract and support international and expatriate researchers.  

The , one of four programs in the Impact+ initiative, supports the recruitment of doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, securing the talent needed to drive innovation and growth in strategic priority areas, including quantum and cybersecurity, defence, climate resilience, clean technology, and biotechnology.   

The , made on May 28 at the University of Ottawa, included 15 doctoral students and 10 postdoctoral researchers who will be joining U荔枝视频. A second announcement of additional doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers is expected later in the summer or early fall, resulting from an intensive internal selection and recruitment process earlier this year.  

"We鈥檙e excited to welcome these 25 scholars to the 荔枝视频 as part of the Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative,鈥� says , MD'90, vice-president (research). 鈥淭his investment from the Government of Canada and the Tri-Agencies will help position U荔枝视频 at the forefront of discovery and innovation in strategic areas key to Canada鈥檚 future.鈥� 

From recruitment to impact: research takes shape in the North  

For , PhD, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the , the addition of a postdoctoral researcher to her Permafrost Engineering Laboratory (PELC) will allow her team to investigate energy-efficient approaches to artificial ground freezing for small modular reactor foundations in Arctic environments.  

鈥淎s climate change accelerates permafrost thaw across the Arctic, critical infrastructure, including roads, railways, buildings and emerging energy systems, faces increasing risks from ground instability and long-term settlement,鈥� explains Hayley.  

The project aims to develop new approaches that reduce refrigeration demand while improving long-term foundation stability under changing climate conditions. The research combines laboratory testing, thermal analysis, and advanced thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling to better understand how frozen soils behave under both climate warming and heat generated by infrastructure systems. 

The research builds on PELC鈥檚 broader work in permafrost engineering and northern infrastructure resilience, including projects focused on Arctic transportation systems, climate adaptation, thermal modelling, and infrastructure monitoring.   

鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to welcome a postdoctoral scholar to the Permafrost Engineering Laboratory at U荔枝视频. His expertise in thermal modelling brings an exciting new perspective to our work in permafrost and climate-resilient infrastructure research,鈥� says Hayley. 

鈥淭hat mix of perspectives is where some of the best ideas and innovations happen.鈥� 

Canada Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative Phase 1 Research Training Awards 

Doctoral awards 

Nominator: , PhD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: Assessing the Health System Impact of AI/Machine Learning鈥揈nhanced Case-Finding in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease 

Nominator: , PhD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: Evaluating Financing Solutions for Equitable Cervical Cancer Prevention 

Nominator: , MD, PhD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: Developing and Validating Methods to Identify Cancer Outcomes in Real-World Data 

Nominator: , PhD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: Leveraging Patient Voice and Empowerment to Improve NCD Care in Low-Resource Settings 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Arts 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research  
Research project: Sex-Dependent Neural Circuits Regulating Social Behaviour 

Nominator: , PhD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: Characterizing ventricular cells in healthy brain aging 

Nominator: , PhD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research  
Research project: Precision neuroimaging of peri-adolescent brain development and the emergence of anxiety and depression 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Nursing 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: Impact of ATTACH鈩�: Impacts on School-age Children's Mental Health 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: AI-assisted Photonic MIMO Radar 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: AI-enabled Surveillance of Mosquitoes and Disease 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Science 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada  
Research project: ML-Accelerated Optimization of CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery to CO2 Storage Transition under Geological and Operational 
Uncertainty 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada   
Research project: Additive Manufacturing of Multifunctional Lattice Structures for Lightweighting 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Science 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: Drivers and effects of wildfire in Canada's rapidly changing north 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: Developing a Hybrid Machine Learning鈥揌ydrological Modeling Framework with Enhanced Performance During Low-Flow Periods 

Nominator: , PhD, Werklund School of Education 
Funding agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 
Research project: From Liberation to Regulation: How LGBTQ+ Movements Reframe Youth Identity in the Post-Equality Era in Taiwan 

Postdoctoral Awards 

Nominator: , MD, Cumming School of Medicine 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 
Research project: AI-Enabled 4-dimensional Digital Twins for the Prediction of Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 

Nominator: PhD, Faculty of Kinesiology 
Funding agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Researc 
Research project: Untangling Policy Complexity: A Systems Framework to Improve Child Health and Well-Being 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: Energy-Efficient Artificial Ground Freezing for Small Modular Reactor Foundations in Arctic Permafrost 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Science 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada  
Research project: Global Promise of Agrivoltaics: Assessing Climate-Resilient Multi-use Land Strategies for Food, Energy, and Land Sustainability 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada   
Research project: Harmonization of Clinical Information for Multimodal Models of Stroke Outcome Prediction 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: Turning "cold" breast tumors into immune-responsive "hot" tumors using nanomaterial innovation 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Arts 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: Linking permafrost degradation to landscape stability and water quality in northern communities 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Science 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Research project: Quantifying the hazard and risk of a potentially giant landslide-triggered tsunami and glacial lake outburst flood in southwest Yukon 

Nominator: , PhD, Schulich School of Engineering 
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada  
Research project: Renewable-powered, waste-driven Water-Energy-Food (WEF) model [FEWGen] 

Nominator: , PhD, Faculty of Arts 
Funding agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council  
Research project: Wired and Tired: Sleep, Screen Use, and Mental Health in the All our Families Cohort