Dr. Kevin Hall, Vice-President (Research)
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Dr. Kevin Hall is Vice President (Research) with responsibilities for the University’s diverse and comprehensive research enterprise and acts as the University’s chief research officer. His office is the institutional nerve centre for the University’s research. It provides and promotes leadership and initiative, service, policy development, resource generation and an external profile and awareness consistent with the goal of being Canada's leading research intensive university.
One of the office’s major responsibilities is research integrity and compliance. It serves a central role in research relationships with the federal government, industry, foundations, international sponsors and, increasingly, alumni. The office facilitates research that crosses traditional boundaries between the sciences and the humanities, to offer experiential learning opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students.
Prior to coming to Guelph, Dr. Hall was head of Civil Engineering at Queen’s University, Director of the Centre for Water and the Environment and the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Queen’s University Institute for Population and Public Health. He is funded by CIDA, IDRC, NSERC, Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund, PreCarn, Crestech and private industry. Dr. Hall carries out trans-disciplinary research across a number of major themes. Key areas of research include water quality modelling, development of environmental monitoring and pathogen detection systems, syndromic surveillance and water and health in marginalized communities.
His current research involves work with IDRC and Indian Institute of Technology; CIDA; OceanGybe; NRC and St Lawrence River Institute; Loyalist Township and MOE; AUG Signals, City of Toronto, Canadian Public Health Agency. Results of Dr. Hall’s research have been incorporated into engineering design manuals nationally and internationally.
Reporting to the Vice President (Research) are the Associate Vice-President Research (Agri-Food and Partnerships), the Associate Vice-President Research (Research Services), the Director, Research Risk Management and the Chair, Animal Care Committee.
The Vice President (Research) is an active participant of the Ontario Council on University Research, an affiliate of the Council of Ontario Universities, where he represents the interests of the University of Guelph in this and other external boards, associations and organizations. He also sits as an ex-officio member of the University’s Senate Research Board.
Dr. Hall sits as a board member on the Bioconversion Network, C4 Network, Canadian Bovine Mastitis Network, Guelph-Waterloo Biotechnology Partnership, Guelph Partners in Innovation, The Accelerator Centre and the Lifestyle Research Network.
The Vice-President’s office is located in the Executive Office suite on the fourth floor of the University Centre. Abeir El Arqusosi is the executive assistant to the Vice-President and can be reached at ext. 53081 (aarqusos@uoguelph.ca)
For further information about University of Guelph research visit www.uoguelph.ca/research
