In addition, Associate Professor of Kinesiology Michael Holmes<\/strong>, who was named Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Neuromuscular Mechanics and Ergonomics in 2016<\/a>, has had his Chair renewed. He specializes in researching workplace injuries.<\/p>\n Brock\u2019s new and renewed CRCs are among a total of 188 across the country, announced Wednesday, Jan. 12 by federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne.<\/p>\n \u201cBrock University\u2019s group of world-class researchers will make great contributions to our understanding of child and youth development and the aging process,\u201d says Brock\u2019s Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon.<\/p>\n Michael Holmes, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, has had his CRC in Neuromuscular Mechanics and Ergonomics renewed.<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cTo have this number of Canada Research Chairs announced at once reflects Brock\u2019s growing reputation across the country as a dynamic, research-intensive university that has impact in people\u2019s lives,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Duarte-Guterman is Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Neuroscience, Director of Brock\u2019s Comparative Behavioural Neuroscience Lab and member of Brock\u2019s Centre for Neuroscience and the Institute for Lifespan Development Research. She joined Brock at the beginning of 2021 from her post-doctoral fellow position at the University of British Columbia\u2019s Behavioural Neuroendocrinology Laboratory.<\/p>\n Duarte-Guterman\u2019s research focuses on the remodelling of brain circuits with experience throughout the lifespan, known as neuroplasticity.<\/p>\n \u201cParenthood is a crucial experience in many animals, yet surprisingly little is known about the impact of this unique experience on the brain and with aging,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n For her CRC, she\u2019ll be using animal models to investigate how parenthood and aging influence the formation of neurons in the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for learning and memory and the regulation of stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n \u201cMy research aims to identify how parental experience remodels the hippocampus and the implications for memory, stress and anxiety in the short term and with aging,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Kwan is Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Youth Mental Health and Performance. Since joining Brock in 2020 from McMaster University, he has received Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding for his research on the Archway program<\/a> and children with and without Developmental Co-ordination Disorder<\/a> (DCD). Kwan is currently Director of Brock\u2019s INfant, Child, and youth Health Lab (INCH)<\/a>.<\/p>\n For his CRC, Kwan will be investigating new theoretical and practical approaches to understanding \u2018movement behaviours\u2019 \u2014 sleep, sitting and physical activity \u2014 in youth and how these movement behaviours impact youth mental health and well-being.<\/p>\n \u201cMy research is beginning to try and tease apart the different psychological processes that are at play when youth decide to do these movement behaviours,\u201d says Kwan. \u201cIt is my hope that findings from this research will help us identify how and when we can best support youth to move more, sit less and sleep better to enhance their mental health and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n Danielle Sirianni Molnar, an expert on youth perfectionism, is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Adjustment and Well-Being in Children and Youth. She has been awarded funding from such agencies as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)<\/a> and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)<\/a>, as well as through the Ontario government\u2019s Early Career Researcher Award<\/a>. She is also Director of Brock\u2019s Developmental Processes in Health and Well-Being Lab.<\/p>\n Sirianni Molnar\u2019s main research goals are to study the lived experience of young perfectionists and their parents; investigate the roles of acute and chronic stress in perfectionism and its effects on adjustment and well-being; and determine how parent\u2013adolescent relationships moderate links between perfectionism, stress, adjustment and well-being within a multidisciplinary and multimethod framework.<\/p>\n \u201cI am hoping that this research will help us understand and give voice to the experiences of young perfectionists and their parents so that we can recognize the implications of perfectionism for their health and well-being,\u201d says Sirianni Molnar. \u201cThe end goal is to target ways in which stress can be minimized for adolescents high in perfectionism, thus improving their adjustment and well-being and optimizing their performance.\u201d<\/p>\n Sze is Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Mechanisms of Health and Disease. He joined Brock in 2021 from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, where he was Director of the Proteomics Research Program in the School of Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n A common feature of many age-related diseases is damage to the blood vessel lining in different tissues and organs. Using methods he invented to investigate how the lining degrades over time, Sze will exam how early life adversities, stressful lifestyles and unhealthy diets can increase damage to the blood vessel lining.<\/p>\n Sze will also investigate if drugs targeting the blood vessel lining can be used to prevent age-related diseases. \u201cHopefully the research will allow us to find a method to make older people live healthy lives so that they can enjoy their retirement,\u201d says Sze.<\/p>\n The Canada Research Chair Program invests around $265 million per year \u201cto attract and retain some of the world\u2019s most accomplished and promising minds\u201d in the fields of engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences, says the program\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The program recognizes diversity and inclusion as cornerstones of research excellence, working with participating Canadian institutions to achieve equity and diversity in the program.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mike-Holmes-1020x1050.jpeg\")