Introducing the Inaugural cohort Institutional Core Research Facilities

Last year, Western established a framework of support for core research facilities to consider economies of scale and ensure a coordinated effort to maximise their efficient use and impact.

To that end, Western Research is pleased to announce six institutional core research facilities for our inaugural cohort, including:

• Wind Engineering, Energy & Environment Research Facility(WindEEE) (Engineering);
• Hearing Health Research Core (Health Sciences);
• Surface Science Western (Science);
• Brain & Mind (Social Science);
• Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry); and 
• Imaging Pathogens for Knowledge Translation (ImPaKT) (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry).

This is an important strategic opportunity to strengthen Western’s research impact and to support key research facilities and areas of strength. The institutional core research facilities will operate alongside faculty-level core facilities, which are overseen by faculties and departments. For more information about core research facilities at Western, please reach out to Bryan Neff, Associate Vice-President (Research).