Deborah O’Leary has been appointed Acting Associate Vice-President, Research, and will serve in the role from July through December. The six-month appointment will take place while Michelle McGinn, Associate Vice-President, Research and Professor of Educational Studies, is on administrative leave.

A Professor of Health Sciences, O’Leary is currently Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (FAHS) and Director of the Brock Functional Inclusive Training Centre.

Wendy Ward, Professor of Kinesiology, will serve as FAHS interim Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies during O’Leary’s absence from the Faculty.