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Simon Fraser University’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI Office) serves to encourage, facilitate, administer and promote research at SFU; advocate for university research generally; and guide policy development at university and government levels. Dugan O’Neil is SFU’s Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI), and Valorie Crooks is SFU’s Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR) pro tem. Elicia Maine is the Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI).

At the heart of SFU's research is a strategy for wide-reaching collaborations at the local, national and international levels, to foster a seamless continuum of knowledge generation and knowledge transfer across diverse sectors. Research at SFU spans eight faculties, covering a broad range of fundamental, interdisciplinary and applied research topics, as outlined in our Strategic Research Plan

Executive

Dugan O'Neil

Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI)

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Valorie Crooks

Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR)

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Elicia Maine

Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI)

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Shelley Gair

Executive Director, VPRI Office

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Administration

Clare Zheng

Coordinator, Postdoctoral Affairs

Fabiana Rassier

Director, Special Initiatives

Jean Huang

Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR)

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Livleen Diwana

Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI)

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Rosa Gilfan

Executive Assistant, Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI)

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Shreyashi Sanyal

Strategic Projects Manager

Varundeep Chahal

Strategic Project Manager

Communications & Marketing

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Director, Communications & Marketing

Heather Sanders

Communications and Marketing Manager

Justin Wong

Associate Director, Communications and Marketing

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Pam Lim

Communications and Marketing Manager

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Communications and Marketing Officer (Digital)

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Associate Director, Communications & Marketing (Digital)

Finance

Karen Hung

Director, Finance

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Amrit Sandhar

Financial Analyst

Jennifer Gao

Budget Coordinator

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Joanne Park

Financial Analyst

Mina Park

Financial Assistant

Moses Lo

Financial Analyst

Winnie Tsui

CFI Financial Analyst

Research Intelligence

Michael Boleak

Director, Research Intelligence

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Cici Du

Data Analyst, Research Intelligence

Honghui Wang

Software Developer, Research Intelligence

June Shim

Software Developer, Research Intelligence

SFU Climate Innovation

Alison Shaw

Executive Director, SFU Climate Innovation

James Raymond

Director of Strategy & Operations, SFU Climate Innovation

Knowledge Mobilization

Lupin Battersby

Director, Knowledge Mobilization

Sophie Ashton

Coordinator, Knowledge Mobilization

Tiffany Nam

Knowledge Mobilization Specialist