2024-07-04 from mcmaster.ca/

Two members of McMaster’s Faculty of Health Sciences and the Centre for Discovery in Cancer Research (CDCR) have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRCs).  

Hong Han, an assistant professor with the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Cancer Systems Biology. Sheila Singh, a professor with the Department of Surgery and director of the CDCR, had her Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology renewed. 

There are two tiers of CRCs which recognize accomplished and emerging leaders in their respective fields. Tier 1 chairs are held for seven years and renewable once with an investment of $200,000 annually; Tier 2 chairs are held for five years and are renewable once with an investment of $100,000 annually, with an additional $20,000 annual stipend for first-term chairs.    

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