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Simon Fraser University’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and International (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 & International (VPRI), and Michael Richards is SFU’s Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR). 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. SFU has an international footprint of partnerships with 2947 institutions worldwide, in 125 countries.

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 International (VPRI)

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Michael Richards

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

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Knowledge Mobilization

Lupin Battersby

Knowledge Mobilization Manager

Administration

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 International (VPRI)

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Yoshita Oza

Director, Strategic Projects

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Communications & Marketing

Tia O'Grady

Director, Communications & Marketing

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Heather Sanders

Communications and Marketing Manager

Justin Wong

Associate Director, Communications and Marketing

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Mary Chen

Communications and Marketing Officer (Digital)

Michael Barrow

Associate Director, Communications & Marketing (Digital)

Pam Lim

Communications and Marketing Manager

Finance

Joanne Park

Acting Director, Finance

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Allana Yang

Financial Analyst

Amrit Sandhar

Financial Analyst

Jennifer Gao

Budget Coordinator

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Karen Hung (On Leave)

Director, Finance

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Moses Lo

Financial Analyst

Nikoleta Stilhammerova

Financial Assistant

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

Richard Mar

Software Developer, Research Intelligence