Derrick Gibbings
Associate Vice-President, Research Support and Infrastructure
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
The University of Ottawa ranks in the top 3-6 research Universities in Canada. My responsibilities include a Health Innovation Hub and 26 core facilities..
My organisation
The University of Ottawa has over 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It ranks in the top 3 to 6 in Canada in several research metrics. In Health Innovation the University is home to a Biomanufacturing centre, the Canadian Pandemic Preparedness Hub and BioCanRx a national center of excellence in biological therapeutics for cancer. The University specializes in complex biologics, cancer, neuroscience, and neuromuscular disease.
About me
The University of Ottawa ranks in the top 3-6 research Universities in Canada. My responsibilities include a Health Innovation Hub and 26 core research platforms. I am also a Professor in Cellular and Molecular Medicine who previously founded a biotech company and worked as an entrepreneur-in-residence in the area of RNA drug delivery at a leading US venture capital fund.