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Contact the OVPRI team

Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building 
6283 Alumni Crescent, Suite 200
PO Box 15000 
Halifax, Nova Scotia 
B3H 4R2

Vice-president research and innovation (acting)

Dr. Jennifer Bain

Managing director, research and innovation 

Trevor Weissent

Chief of staff  

Dr. Martha Smith Brillant 

Senior manager, research & innovation communications 

Andrew Riley 

Manager of research awards & special projects 

Maureen Keough 

Executive assistant and special projects coordinator 

Jeana Daye 

Director, research security

Michael Sullivan

Manager of operations (DalCore)

Jessica Connors

Director, research ethics

Catherine Connors

Manager, research ethics (Social Sciences and Humanities)

Angela Hersey

Manager, research ethics (Health Sciences)

Hillary Ferguson

Support specialist, research ethics

Jaime Pike

Legal advisor, clinical research

Shehu Mustafa

Jesse Carroll-Boone

Manager, research security process and validation