Research & Technology Development Office (RTDO)
The RTDO is a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
funded resource for enhancing research and technology development.
Our Mandate
- Increase success rate for external grants and awards
- Target new funding opportunities
- Develop new interdisciplinary initiatives
- Build new collaborative teams and networks
- Facilitate strategic research planning
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What We Do
- Peer and critical review of research proposals and grant applications
- Substantive editing and revision
- Alignment of research with CFRI mandates and vision
- Work with University Industry Liaison Office (UILO)
on industry-partnered funding proposals
- Strategic research planning for individuals and groups
- Trainee workshops
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Who
We Are
Dawn McArthur, PhD
Research Development Facilitator
Email: dmcarthur@cw.bc.ca
Dr. McArthur is a physiologist and zoologist with postdoctoral
research in diabetes and obesity. She has an excellent record
of obtaining research funding and has acted as peer reviewer
for granting agencies and journals. She was Senior University
Grants Facilitator at Simon Fraser University before coming
to CFRI in August 2003.
Joel
Livingston, BSc, MSc
Research Development
Facilitator
Email: jrlivingston@cw.bc.ca
Mr. Joel Livingston
is a Research Development Facilitator with an emphasis on
assisting the trainees at CFRI and C&W. His background
includes several years in primary research at UBC (plant biology)
and Canadian Blood Services (biochemistry, pathology). Mr.
Livingston has also taught senior undergraduate courses in
cell biology and genetics.
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