Faculty awards and recognition
Bone and Joint Institute members make outstanding contributions to MSK-related challenges through innovative, interdisciplinary research, community outreach and knowledge translation.
Our members have been acknowledged for their impactful work, and we are proud of having more than 20 Canada Research Chairs and 4 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada among the BJI community.
For awards and recognition of our postdoctoral fellows and graduate student members, please visit the Transdisciplinary Research Awards page.
Michele Crites Battié
Western Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Exercise Mobility and Health, Tier 1
Frank Beier
Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research, Tier 1; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Medicine
Trevor Birmingham
Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Tier 1
Blaine Chronik
IRC in Magnetic Resonance Systems Development
Aaron Fenster
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Medicine; Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine
Jayne Garland
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences
Elizabeth (Beth) Gillies
Canada Research Chair in Polymeric Biomaterials, Tier 1
Matthew Grol
Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Biology and Health, Tier 2
Yolanda Hedberg
Canada Research Chair in Corrosion Science, Tier 2
David Holdsworth
Dr. Sandy Kirkley Chair in MSK Research
Mikko Karttunen
Canada Research Chair in Computational Materials and Biomaterials Science, Tier 1
Dale Laird
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Medicine
Joy MacDermid
Canada Research Chair in MSK Health Outcomes and Knowledge Translation, Tier 1; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; James Roth Research Chair in MSK Measurement & Knowledge Translation
Steven MacDonald
J.C. Kennedy Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
Haojie Mao
Canada Research Chair in Head Mechanics, Tier 2
Rajni Patel
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control, Tier 1; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Arghya Paul
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Cell-instructive Materials and Biotherapeutics, Tier 2
Terry Peters
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Medicine; Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine
Janet Pope
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Medicine
Siobhan Schabrun
William and Lynne Gray Research Chair in Mobility & Activity
Emil Schemitsch
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Medicine; Richard Ivey Chair of the Department of Surgery
Kevin Shoemaker
Canada Research Chair in Integrative Physiology of Exercise and Health, Tier 1; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences
Jane Thornton
Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health, Tier 2
Ana Luisa Trejos
Canada Research Chair in Wearable Mechatronics, Tier 2