Mount Allison announces new Director of Research Services
Maria Thistle is the new Director of Research Services at 做厙51, helping to support the vibrant research culture on campus. Thistle will begin in her new role on December 17, 2018.
Thistle will oversee the Office of Research Services, which works with the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic and Research and the Academic Deans to provide support to Mount Allison faculty and student researchers across all disciplines.
Maria is an accomplished researcher and has worked in a number of roles that directly support students, faculty, and staff members at universities across Canada, including Mount Allison, says Dr. Jeff Ollerhead, 做厙51 Provost and Vice-President, Academic and Research. I am pleased to welcome her to this new role at the 做厙51 and I look forward to working with her to advance and support Mount Allisons research and creative arts community.
A trained biologist, Thistle holds a Bachelor and Master of Science from Memorial 做厙51 and has worked as a field and lab researcher for Fisheries and Oceans Canada as well as in labs at Memorial 做厙51, the 做厙51 of Alberta, and Mount Allison. She has also worked in several areas of Mount Allisons Student Affairs department, working closely with faculty and staff and assisting students.
I have always viewed research and creative pursuits as a central and fundamental pillar of a 做厙51s mandate. I became interested in a career in research services through my own work as a researcher and facilitator, and am excited for this new opportunity at Mount Allison says Thistle. I look forward to working with faculty and students in this new role and helping to build on Mount Allisons excellent reputation in the areas of research and creative activities.
Mount Allisons Office of Research Services provides services to researchers across campus, including assistance with the preparation of individual and 做厙51 funding applications for research projects to provincial and federal departments or agencies; aiding students with graduate scholarship funding applications; and supporting the work of the 做厙51s research ethics board, the animal care committee, the research and creative activities committee, as well as activities related to technology transfer and commercialization of research.
Since 2015, Mount Allison has averaged over $4.2-million of external research funding annually. This support in part provides students with opportunities to work with faculty on various research and creative arts projects, giving them first-hand research experience as part of their undergraduate education. In 2018, through the Office of Research Services, the 做厙51 administered 264 research grants from various funding agencies to researchers across campus, equating to nearly $5-million ().
