Research Supervisors

The supervisor is the key person in a thesis-based graduate degree program. The principal role of the supervisor is to help students achieve their scholastic potential and to chair the student’s Supervisory Committee. The Supervisor will provide reasonable commitment, accessibility, professionalism, stimulation, guidance, respect and consistent encouragement to the student. Learn more

Graduate programs have different expectations regarding prospective students contacting faculty members. Some require commitment of a faculty member as thesis supervisor prior to applying while others assign supervisors in the first year. Please review the requirements for each program in the degree listing under the heading "Admission Information & Requirements" in step 3 "Prepare Application" under "Thesis Supervision".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Role Sort descending Faculty Academic Unit(s)
Todd Woodward Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Deborah Money Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Emma Cunliffe Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Siwan Anderson Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Rachel Fernandez Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Joerg Gsponer Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories
Joy Marion Richman Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Samuel Aparicio Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Peter Klein Professor Faculty of Arts School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
Monika Naus Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Hugh Gusterson Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Fei Zhou Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Ori Simchen Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Christopher Shaw Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Dana Grecov Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Justice Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Department of English Language and Literatures
David Dixon Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Kathryn Harrison Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Gaston Gordillo Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology

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