McMaster University Proposals

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain
Vehicle emissions have had negative impacts on our environment, and it is very clear that changes are needed. Society is responding, and major technology shifts in the global automotive sector are having rapid and profound impacts on the global economy. Plug-in hybrid vehicles are expected to be one of the main forms of transportation by 2030. The next decade will bring dramatic changes in hybrid powertrain design and production, triggering unprecedented technology investment by the auto industry. McMaster University is heavily involved and well funded in hybrid vehicle research, and the proposed Chair in Hybrid Powertrain would consolidate the University's position in this strategic area.

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Microbiome Research
The amount of knowledge is exploding right now about how resident intestinal bacteria (microbiome and microbioto) promote health by influencing important bodily functions. Canada, however, lacks expertise in this area. McMaster University has Canada's only gnotobiotic facility and a complementary metagenomics platform that would attract a Chair in Microbiome Research. The Chair would leverage established multi-disciplinary research teams in infectious, metabolic and gastrointestinal diseases to leapfrog global competitors in developing new therapies for obesity, diabetes, chronic inflammatory and digestive diseases, and resistant infections. This would result in better disease prevention and treatment, reduced health-care costs among the aging, and enhanced economic competitiveness.

For more information, contact:

McMaster University
c/o Dr. Mo Elbestawi
Vice-President, Research & International Affairs
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4L8
Telephone: 905-525-9140, ext. 27270
Email: vprsrch@mcmaster.ca
www.mcmaster.ca